Glencliff High School, Nashville, TN

RASL members Zhi (Jenny) Zheng and Josh Wade spoke on Wednesday to students at Glencliff High School in southern Nashville. The students in Dr. Robert Jordan‘s Health Science classes learned about ways that technology can be used to help improve outcomes for people with a variety of medical conditions, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and gait disability following stroke or due to Parkinson’s disease.

Jenny explains how robots can be used to teach social communication skills to children with ASD

The students were also encouraged to look into opportunities for Summer research through the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach program. RASL has previously worked with high school students involved in this program who have since gone on to universities around the country to earn degrees in STEM fields.