Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Jennifer
Howcroft,
a
systems
design
engineering
graduate
student,
is
one
of
just
two
doctoral
students
in
Canada
chosen
to
receive
a
$15,000
Scholar
Award
from
the
P.E.O.
Sisterhood.
A
total
of
90
students
across
the
U.S.
and
Canada
are
recipients
of
this
year's
award
from
the
philanthropic
organization
focused
on
offering
women
increased
opportunities
for
higher
education.
Howcroft's
research is
focused
on
assessing
and
predicting
the
risk
of
falling
in
elderly
individuals
using
wearable
sensors.
Her
doctoral
work
is
being
supervised
by
systems
design
engineering
faculty
members
Jonathan
Kofman
and
Edward
Lemaire.
The
P.E.O.
Scholar
Award
was
established
by
the
P.E.O.
Sisterhood
in
1991
to
provide
merit-based
awards
for
women
in
the
U.S.
and
Canada
who
are
pursuing
a
doctoral
level
degree
at
an
accredited
college
or
university.