Big Ten Network features students' new safety device

2/12/2015

PhD student Nishana Ismail holds an early prototype of Shadow in MechSE' rapid prototyping lab.“What could we do?” That question went through the mind of Nishana Ismail for years while growing up in her native India and attending the University of Illinois. She knew several people who’d been victims of all kinds of assault in both places, which demonstrated the universal nature of this problem.

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PhD student Nishana Ismail holds an early prototype of Shadow in MechSE' rapid prototyping lab.
PhD student Nishana Ismail holds an early prototype of Shadow in MechSE' rapid prototyping lab.
PhD student Nishana Ismail holds an early prototype of Shadow in MechSE' rapid prototyping lab.
“What could we do?”

That question went through the mind of Nishana Ismail for years while growing up in her native India and attending the University of Illinois. She knew several people who’d been victims of all kinds of assault in both places, which demonstrated the universal nature of this problem.

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This story was published February 12, 2015.