Minal Bhadane, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Biomedical
Engineering Program at The University of Toledo, was recognized for
her work in shape memory alloys.

Minal was selected as finalist in Best Student Hardware Competition
organized at SMASIS 2011 conference. She received cash prize of $250
along with a certificate of participation in this competition.
The ASME 2011 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and
Intelligent Systems was held in September, 2011 at Scottsdale,
Arizona. The purpose of this conference is to assemble world experts
across engineering and scientific disciplines to actively discuss the
latest breakthroughs in smart materials, the cutting edge in adaptive
structure applications and the recent advances in both new device
technologies and basic engineering research exploration. As being a
finalist Minal participated in a special exhibit session in the
conference to demonstrate hardware operation and a presented a poster
explaining the nature of the project.

Minal is advised by Dr. Mohammad Elahinia. The research topic of her dissertation is focused on
development of active ankle foot orthosis by using shape memory
alloys. This work in Dynamic and Smart Systems Lab is supported by
National Science Foundation to improve walking pattern of drop foot patients.

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