Johns Hopkins University

Despite the clamor at the bus station, I remained fixated on the person’s leg. His prosthetic limb had restored his ability to move, but he didn’t have access to other subconscious privileges, like wiggling his toes. Weighing the benefits and limitations of these current prosthetics, I realized that these were placeholders, not replacements, for limbs. Wanting to create more innovative prosthetics shaped my interest in applying science and engineering to biological and mental health issues. I first did this through research, finding an inexpensive alternative to water filtration for…