Jessica Steinberg, BS

Jessica Steinberg’s role as Research Engineer at HERL is to design, fabricate, and test various assistive technology and medical devices. She earned a bachelor's degree in bioengineering and a master's degree in mechanical engineering, both from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. Her primary focus at HERL is on using kirigami-inspired design to build wheelchairs made from sheet metal instead of tubes. She is a team member on the airport use manual wheelchair project, R2 and D1.