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By Improper Staff Aug. 5, 2016
Murphy Wonsick
Twenty-four-year-old Murphy Wonsick may be a doctoral student at Northeastern, but she’s still focusing on mastering baby steps—for NASA’s humanoid robot, that is. As part of one of three internships she’s had with the agency, Wonsick is aiding in the development of Valkyrie, a 6-foot-tall robot being designed to help astronauts. “My current research focus is footstep planning. Basically, trying to get Valkyrie to successfully navigate from point A to point B by planning where she can place her feet in order to avoid obstacles and, of course, not fall down,” she explains. “I would love to work on a project that would send my work to space, so, in a way, a part of me would be there.” But her engineering skills have plenty of down-to-earth applications too: Murphy has also been working on an app to improve the tracking of blood samples that could help combat epidemics in developing countries.
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