Presenter

Megan Conrad is the Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. She received a PhD in biomedical engineering at Marquette University and studied Hand Rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab). Megan's research interests are centered around the assessment of human performance in healthy and disabled populations as it pertains to therapy, work and product design. Specifically, she studies hand and arm function with the goal of identifying techniques that will allow elderly and disabled individuals to remain independent at home and work.