Graduating senior Cassie Swacker was inspired by her dad to pursue biomedical solutions

May 6, 2024

When Cassie Swacker was in high school her father had to have an amputation, and eventually got a prosthetic leg. Seeing the dramatic improvement that a prosthetic limb had on his quality of life really resonated with Swacker, who decided to pursue a career in the biomedical field. She recently interned at a local non-profit where she worked with patients recovering from traumatic brain injuries. That experience, Swacker says, was incredibly rewarding as she got to use her engineering education to design items to improve their day-to-day lives. For more information visit https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2024/05/06/swackergradfeature