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Surf Leg, Samantha Campbell, Oyundari Altansukh, Caroline Swanson, Kurtis Barth
Surf Leg, Samantha Campbell, Oyundari Altansukh, Caroline Swanson, Kurtis Barth
Mechanical Engineering
The Surf Leg Prosthetic project team in conjunction with QL+ and Operation Surf designed a transtibial prosthetic to be used for surfing. The senior project team focused on the missions of QL+ and Operation Surf as they went through the design process during the 2018-2019 academic year. The problem solved was that a standard prosthetic for a transtibial amputee does not provide the flexibility in enough degrees of freedom for a user to squat and balance on a surfboard. The goal of this project was to create a device specifically designed to improve the user’s balance and control while surfing. …