Charlotte Folinus
PhD student
Prosthetic foot team
Research Interests
Charlotte is passionate about using thoughtful, technical design to create meaningful products for people. She loves using mechanical design and computation to understand tradeoffs and drive technoeconomic decisions. Stationed at the GEAR Lab, she is designing high-performance, customized prosthetic feet that can be clinically provided in the US.
Education
S.M. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020
Honors and Awards
Carl G. Sontheimer Prize for Creativity and Innovation in Design, 2020, 2022
De Florez Travel Award in Design and Manufacturing, 2022
De Florez Competition for Graduate Design, 2nd Place, 2021, 2022
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2020
MIT Mechanical Engineering Martin Fellowship, 2020
Hobbies
Machining, baking, running, biking, traveling, learning the ukulele, making playlists