Our Mission Statement:

To design and build a comfortable, durable, and aesthetically pleasing prosthetic leg which will increase the user’s quality of life and athletic potential by correcting his anatomical geometry, providing for the future growth of the user, thus increasing the useful lifespan of the prosthesis.

Project Abstract:

This project officially starts Spring Semester 2009 as a Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project. However, the project began to take shape much earlier. The student team became aware of a need within their community. After preparing a basic analysis of the problem and forecasting the costs, the team decided to make it their Senior Design Project. The goal of their project is to design a prosthetic leg for the individual, born with a physical disability. The team members bring to the project experiences that will serve as resources. One individual personally knew the child; another interned at a company that worked in brace and prosthetic development; all the members are in their final year in Mechanical Engineering. The students will be sharing their thought process as they design this device. They hope that by sharing their experience with the public, they will get feedback, collaboration and ultimately a better product. They will host this process on the Global Hub. Sharing what they have learned, through this communication portal, will help disseminate the information across the globe, thus giving other innovators a “jump start” on the process of taking an idea to product.