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Krystyna Gielo-Perczak
Biography
Dr. Gielo-Perczak is an Associate Professor in Residence in Biomedical Engineering Department at School of Engineering at University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.
Krystyna Gielo-Perczak obtained her combined B.S. and M.Sc. in Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering and her Ph.D. in Biomechanics and Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Warsaw. After earning her Ph.D., she participated in the visiting researcher program of the University of Torino’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. After that, she gained academic and teaching experience by serving as a faculty member at several universities around the world, including WPI, the University of Oregon, the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto, Victoria University of Technology, and the Technical University of Warsaw. Just prior to joining the University of Connecticut, she worked as a research scientist at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and Health in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, for seven years. Her research and education interests center on multidisciplinary and systems engineering design approaches, and include modelling, data analysis and simulation software. Recently, at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Gielo-Perczak created the Human-User Interaction Lab to address real-world patient needs. In this lab, she collaborates with medical and industrial partners on several, multidisciplinary biomedical engineering design projects. Dr. Gielo-Perczak is best known for crossing the boundaries of traditional research by applying holistic and multidisciplinary approaches to improve the design of exoskeletons, robotics and medical devices/systems.
Krystyna Gielo-Perczak obtained her combined B.S. and M.Sc. in Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering and her Ph.D. in Biomechanics and Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Warsaw. After earning her Ph.D., she participated in the visiting researcher program of the University of Torino’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. After that, she gained academic and teaching experience by serving as a faculty member at several universities around the world, including WPI, the University of Oregon, the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto, Victoria University of Technology, and the Technical University of Warsaw. Just prior to joining the University of Connecticut, she worked as a research scientist at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and Health in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, for seven years. Her research and education interests center on multidisciplinary and systems engineering design approaches, and include modelling, data analysis and simulation software. Recently, at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Gielo-Perczak created the Human-User Interaction Lab to address real-world patient needs. In this lab, she collaborates with medical and industrial partners on several, multidisciplinary biomedical engineering design projects. Dr. Gielo-Perczak is best known for crossing the boundaries of traditional research by applying holistic and multidisciplinary approaches to improve the design of exoskeletons, robotics and medical devices/systems.
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