We partner with individuals and with organizations. Our work may be realized as engineering, or design, or art — but it’s often some hybrid combination.
Projects get started through the “test kitchen” of Sara Hendren's course for undergraduates, Investigating Normal, or stand alone as ongoing collaborations.
![ramp-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/a27219867b4d29ca1f73d82d6ed7a32aa08f208a/f38a2/assets/ramp-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg)
![An aerial shot of students building a 24-foot square wooden ramp, a stage landscape for dancer/choreographer Alice Sheppard and her collaborator, Laurel Lawson.](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/b15c4423b39102496db2dfa65a96ae0c14bc7ba9/73341/assets/ramp-crop-dc6ed6b2a865393e7ef61ee12a2081ed028f63ab5931f39de306e6790749c44a.jpg)
Ramp/Kinetic Light
with Alice Sheppard and Yevgeniya Zastavker
January 2016–ongoing
![acousticmobilitydevice-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/d6532656b4550bbe438bd0ae1be7433b26f3d8ad/ff3e2/assets/acousticmobilitydevice-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg)
![Carmen tests a cane with audio—hooked up to an amplifier and microphone, it now senses and](/assets/acousticmobilitydevice-crop-dc6ed6b2a865393e7ef61ee12a2081ed028f63ab5931f39de306e6790749c44a.jpg)
Acoustic Mobility Device
with Carmen Papalia
September 2015–ongoing
![lowtechengineering-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/85224ddfd865a170cd5736781697e8fd1c2629c8/6049c/assets/lowtechengineering-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg)
![Students sit on cardboard furniture and adaptations tailored to their own bodies: standing desks, custom stools, and more.](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/4ceb19b95ba3663d463bf8ee277f9f7b2b3fa304/99d82/assets/lowtechengineering-crop-dc6ed6b2a865393e7ef61ee12a2081ed028f63ab5931f39de306e6790749c44a.jpg)
Low Tech Engineering
with Adaptive Design Association
September 2014–ongoing
![limb-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/fb152e19ff4a168223f6d49c4d3f827e18e53660/da3eb/assets/limb-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg)
![Chris Hinojosa, born with one arm but not a prosthesis user, tries on an early prototype for a modular socket that would accommodate single use extensions, like one for rock climbing or biking.](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/5c42a7b478cef9e8a372c126466db9e4cb03cd12/b2705/assets/limb-crop-dc6ed6b2a865393e7ef61ee12a2081ed028f63ab5931f39de306e6790749c44a.jpg)
Socket and Limb
with Chris Hinojosa
January 2015—ongoing
![Eating tools-a-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg](/assets/Eating tools-a-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg)
![Cindy, who lost most of all her fingers following complications from a heart attack, uses this set of tools for daily eating.](/assets/Eating tools-a-dc6ed6b2a865393e7ef61ee12a2081ed028f63ab5931f39de306e6790749c44a.jpg)
Engineering at Home
with Caitrin Lynch and Cindy
June 2015–February 2016
![alterpodium-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/7d6b39fd4ed93dd7cfa3dcc241b71d0261420355/8fc6c/assets/alterpodium-crop-d56af9192364117e46ebbbe76360427bbb3790af297be99b5b2bc4d9d48a4952.jpg)
![Amanda Cachia, an art historian and curator who also has dwarfism, stands with a cardboard prototype of a lectern for short stature.](http://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/c85d1488bc10c6bdc93a3135a47ce26cc5936dd5/b0543/assets/alterpodium-crop-dc6ed6b2a865393e7ef61ee12a2081ed028f63ab5931f39de306e6790749c44a.jpg)
Alterpodium
with Amanda Cachia
March 2014–ongoing