Leanne West
Leanne West is the chief engineer of Pediatric Technologies and principle research scientist at the Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory at Georgia Tech Research Institute. West is also the CEO of Intelligent Access, LLC, an Atlanta-based company that sells wireless personal captioning systems (for which West holds a patent) to public venues such as theaters, museums, and houses of worship. She is a former director of the GTRI LandMARC research center and a current member of the Georgia Tech Executive Board. West's research focuses primarily on the development of assistive technologies that make use of wireless and mobile technologies and the healthcare applications of optical remote sensing and multispectral imaging technologies.
Education and career
West received a bachelor of arts in physics and mathematics from Vanderbilt University in 1991. In 1994, she received a master of applied physics with a specialization in optics, and in 1997, a master of engineering science in electrical engineering, also with a specialization in optics, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In 2013, West, in a partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, led the effort to design a better surgical instruments for use in the correction of pediatric pyloric stenosis. The new instruments replace those that were not specifically designed for such precise surgery and are expected to shorten the length of the procedure and reduce post-surgical complications.
She is also active in promoting STEM education and creating educational tools using the fruits of her research. Some of these projects include the development of a mobile app in use by the Atlanta Zoo that helps visitors learn about technologies inspired by animals' biomechanics, another mobile app that is used at the high school and college level to teach blackbody radiation, and a collaboration with a Montana-based photographer that used GTRI-developed thermal imaging techniques to photograph Yellowstone National Park.
Education and career
West received a bachelor of arts in physics and mathematics from Vanderbilt University in 1991. In 1994, she received a master of applied physics with a specialization in optics, and in 1997, a master of engineering science in electrical engineering, also with a specialization in optics, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In 2013, West, in a partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, led the effort to design a better surgical instruments for use in the correction of pediatric pyloric stenosis. The new instruments replace those that were not specifically designed for such precise surgery and are expected to shorten the length of the procedure and reduce post-surgical complications.
She is also active in promoting STEM education and creating educational tools using the fruits of her research. Some of these projects include the development of a mobile app in use by the Atlanta Zoo that helps visitors learn about technologies inspired by animals' biomechanics, another mobile app that is used at the high school and college level to teach blackbody radiation, and a collaboration with a Montana-based photographer that used GTRI-developed thermal imaging techniques to photograph Yellowstone National Park.
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