Pretty Prostheses From: Northwestern Alumni Magazine - Fall 2011 - page 17 Kick Line Science meets art at Northwestern University Prosthesis-Orthotics Center, where prosthetists-in-training designed and fabricated these prostheses. NUPOC biomedical engineers tests prostheses and develop new components. Current projects include development of a socket for highly active above-the-knee amputees for the US Department of Defense; a prosthetic limb alignment project for the Department of Veterans Affairs; and assessing the prosthetic needs of farmers.