Heidi Peterson
Master’s student
Prosthetic foot team
Research Interests
Heidi has been passionate about designing prosthetics and medical devices since high school. After completing her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and working briefly at Verb Surgical, she returned to graduate school and joined MIT’s GEAR Lab, where she is working on developing a low-cost, high-performance prosthetic foot.
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2018
Honors and Awards
MIT Presidential Fellowship (2019)
Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Scholastic Award (2018)
Hobbies
Backpacking, oil painting, woodworking, cooking, soccer, travel, Lord of the Rings