“It's A Bargain” Thrift Shop - Orthopaedic Hospital

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Last year, six students participated in a successful
internship program. They worked for eight weeks
on special projects and received stipends.
“These were wonderful opportunities for the
students,” Barbara said. “It was competitive. They
had to fill out applications and be interviewed
before being chosen. At the end we had each student
prepare a presentation for some of the staff
members who were involved in the internship
program. The students did an amazing job.”
One student joined a knee study project in
physical therapy. Two worked in biomechanical
engineering and partnered with engineers who
had volunteered in their physics class and had
helped students building rockets.
Students also were paired with engineering
students from California State University, Los
Angeles to build an experimental merry-go-round
for patients who are wheelchair bound.
“This has been an exciting project,” Barbara
said. “The merry-go-round will be put into our
universally accessible playground. Two students
continued to work over the summer to devise the
prototype. They did a lot of investigative work.”
Two students worked with Orthopædic Hospital
researchers on special projects. One was
a colloid while the other involved stem cell
research. Finally, one intern assisted on an information
technology project for the Orthopædic
Hospital Foundation.
Artin M. Davidian, coordinator of the Rehab
Engineering Program’s Outreach Program (center),
checks with Marco Lopez Jr. and Ryan Lytle as the
CSULA students prepare to demonstrate their prototype
artificial hand, called the Hybrid Easy Feed Hand, at
the downtown campus. Unavailable for the photo was
the team’s third member, Brian Bowling.
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Dr. Samuel E. Landsberger, ScD, director of Orthopædic
Hospital’s Rehabilitation Engineering Program (center),
huddles with Yuko Yoshitsugu and Roberto Reyes
before testing the Accessible Mobility Platform at the
Orthopædic Hospital campus. Dr. Landsberger worked
with the two mechanical engineering students at
California State University, Los Angeles to build the
prototype playground equipment.
CSULA student Paisit Termratanakul tests the
Accessible Mobility Platform prototype with the
assistance of the sister of an Orthopædic Hospital
patient.
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