I am a Professor in the Departments of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and the director of the Sienko Research Group. My research focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of medical devices; design science; and engineering education. I have led efforts at the University of Michigan to incorporate the constraints of global health technologies within engineering design at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and have established field sites in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia at which numerous devices have been conceptualized and refined in collaboration with local stakeholders. I am the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and I hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D. 2007) in Medical Engineering and Bioastronautics from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program, an S.M. (2000) in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT, and a B.S. (1998) in Materials Engineering from the University of Kentucky.

My research interests include biomechanics, rehabilitation and injury prevention. My research aims to utilize wearable technologies and data-driven approaches to create effective rehabilitation tools. I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Controls, Instrumentation, and Robotics (CIT) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

My research interests include biomechanics, wearable sensors, and rehabilitation engineering. Currently, my research uses wearable technology to understand clinical decision-making and to develop data-driven approaches to rehabilitation. I am a Ph.D. pre-candidate in Mechanical Engineering and I also received a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.