A Module on Ethics and Social Implications of Computing for Introductory Engineering Computing Courses

Abstract

Hope College. She and her team of undergraduate researchers are interested in developing interventions to reduce risk of musculoskeletal injury associated with manual patient-handling tasks. Courses she teaches include "Engineering Computing," "Biomechanical Systems," "Dynamic Systems Laboratory," and "Mechanics of Materials Laboratory." Prior to joining Hope College, Dr. Odle was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, working in the Motion Study Laboratory at the Advanced Platform Technology Center (Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center). There, she developed and evaluated control systems to restore standing balance after paralysis, explored experimental biomechanical and computational modeling techniques to investigate interactions between the upper extremities and walkers during static and quasi-static standing postures, and investigated the feasibility of neural stimulation to facilitate assisted transfers after paralysis. She received her Ph. D. and M. S. in Biomedical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. She received her B. S. in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh.