Congratulations to Ben Shafer on successfully defending his PhD and earning his PhD in Robotics! Ben’s dissertation is titled “How to improve self-selected walking speed is older adults using exoskeleton assistance.” Ben is also the first PhD grad co-advised with the Dr. Greg Sawicki. We’re very proud of you Ben!
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