My name is Sasha Keck and I am a freshman at Lovett College from the Bay Area, California.  I am majoring in mechanical engineering and hoping to work on biomedical devices in the future.  At Rice, I am a part of the club equestrian team, Society of Women Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

I am proud of the mobility device I built for Harold, a paralyzed dog.  It was a year-long capstone project for my high school engineering class.  Over the summer, I replicated the device for Fred, another paralyzed dog.

Harold in his new device!

Fred walking for the first time since his car accident.

In the future, I’d love to be a part of an engineering design team for prosthetics or assistive technology.  While this may not be feasible during college, I hope to be a part of a design team for a similar project in my career.

I am looking forward to learning how to use the waterjet cutter and plasma cutter because I have not had much experience prototyping with metal.