Freshman Engineering Students Design Improved Treadmill for Wheelchair Athletes
From: Northwestern Engineering - 12/07/2011

As their first quarter at Northwestern comes to an end, students in the
freshman design class have completed what may be their grandest collegiate
accomplishment to date: a prototype of a computerized piece of workout
equipment for wheelchair athletes. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/article_1017.html

Link:
Engineering Design and Communication course
http://www.segal.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/edc/

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http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/article_969.html