June 22, 2026
Congratulations to CREATE faculty member UW ECE Assistant Professor Kim Ingraham, recipient of the 2026 Award for Early Career Achievement in STEM from the Association for Women in Science (AWIS)!
Ingraham, an assistant professor in Electrical and Computing Engineering, centers her research on intelligent assistive robotic systems that help restore and enhance human mobility. Her work combines wearable robotics, adaptive control, and clinical rehabilitation to develop customized exoskeletons, prostheses, and powered mobility devices.
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Kim Ingraham — engineering assistive robotic devices for people with disabilities
March 25, 2025 CREATE faculty member Kim Ingraham designs personalized, adaptive control strategies for assistive robotic devices, such as exoskeletons and powered wheelchairs for people with disabilities. Her work aims to optimize and customize the technologies by making sure humans are in the device control and feedback loop. “Historically we have studied the way humans…
Before she joined the ECE faculty, Ingraham was a CREATE postdoctoral fellow (2021-2023), mentored by CREATE associate directors Katherine M. Steele (Mechanical Engineering) and Heather Feldner (Rehabilitation Medicine).
The award will be presented at the AWIS Banquet on Tuesday, June 16, at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture. The event is open to the public. Learn more about the AWIS awards and banquet.
This article was excerpted from the Electrical and Computing Engineering article