{"id":23542,"date":"2025-04-01T15:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=23542"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:59:27","slug":"slavens-featured-on-wisconsin-public-radio-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/slavens-featured-on-wisconsin-public-radio-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Slavens featured on Wisconsin Public Radio show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brooke Slavens, professor, mechanical and biomedical engineering, was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio\u2019s show \u201cWisconsin Today,\u201d on April 4 to talk about her studies with users of manual wheelchairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 90% of wheelchair users opt for manual chairs, using their arms to rotate the wheels about a thousand times a day. Slaven\u2019s research focuses on the impact of those repetitive motions in both adults and children. Her lab is one of the few worldwide investigating the biomechanics of pediatric wheelchair users and imaging their muscles with ultrasound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe noticed right away there needed to be more done to uncover better design of [wheelchairs],\u201d she said, \u201cas well as helping individuals who are using wheelchairs to be able to preserve their arms.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/milwaukee-research-lab-aims-to-improve-wheelchair-experience\">Listen to the segment.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slavens, was awarded the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/slavens-honored-with-governments-highest-award-for-early-career-scientists-and-engineers\/\">earlier this year<\/a>. The award is highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their career. 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