Talk by Michael Palmer, Senior Engineer - Freedom Innovations
Industrial Strength Bio Seminar Series
Friday, April 5, 2013
Seminar 12 Noon - 1:00 p.m. - 517 Lecture Hall
Freedom Innovations and the Prosthetics Industry
- Overview of the prosthetics industry and how Freedom Innovations has grown in nine years from a startup company to a technology leader
- Tried and true methods of accelerating product development
- Philosophical discussion of the challenges the United States faces to foster medical device innovation
Michael Palmer is a design engineer and project manager in the R&D department at Freedom Innovations LLC, an Irvine, CA based manufacturer of lower-limb prostheses for amputees. Before joining Freedom nine years ago during its startup phase, he had worked as a design engineer at two other companies in the prosthetics industry. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Company website: www.freedom-innovations.com
Dress code: business casual
| Where: | 517 Lecture Hall |
| When: | April 5, 2013, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
| Register: | http://isbssmichaelpalmerfreedominnovapril52013.eventbrite.com/ |