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PEO Announces Recipient of 2019 G. Gordon M. Sterling Engineering Intern Award

Kaela Shea, EIT, has been named this year’s recipient of the G. Gordon M. Sterling Engineering Intern Award. Currently a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Shea is researching rehabilitation and assistive devices solutions to help overcome communication and physical challenges faced by children with disabilities. Her work includes the development of an innovative brain-computer interface that incorporates natural language processing, bringing the user context-relevant messages for face-to-face communication.