Nina Petelina
PhD student
Prosthetic leg team
Research Interests
Hello, my name is Nina and I’ve been a graduate student in GEAR Lab since 2017, and a student at MIT since 2013. I am working on the passive prosthetic knee and leg project. I’m very excited to work on a project that can help so many people. My research interest include design, manufacturing, and drawing free body diagrams.
Education
S.M. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017
Honors and Awards
MathWorks Fellowship recipient, 2021
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Summer Internship Poster Finalist Award, 2016
Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, member since spring 2016
Hobbies
MIT MakerWorkshop, film photography, ceramics, painting, playing the ukulele