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Biography
Graduating from Heriot Watt University with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Mhairi has come to the University of Aberdeen to undertake a PhD in Biomechanical Engineering, under the supervision of Prof. Ed Chadwick. The proposed project has been chosen for support from The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland through scholarship funding.
Mhairi is currently investigating the use of wearable inertial sensors for human motion analysis. Working in the Biomechanics lab in the Fraser Noble building, she has been assessing the accuracy of the Delsys inertial sensors, using the OptiTrack optical motion capture system for validation.
With her interest in finding practical clinical solutions, Mhairi aims to incorporate feedback from local clinicians into her work, hoping to develop a user-friendly protocol for upper limb inertial sensor motion analysis during rehabilitation.