- Biomechatronics
Ingrid Mantilla is a Biomedical Engineer interested in designing bionic limbs that let us transcend disability and augment the human condition. Ingrid believes that the performance of bionic limbs should match those of biological systems: to truly emulate biological function, biological durability would require that the machine repairs itself. She believes that the next step in bionics is to increase its mergence with the designed world with biological tissues, electrically, mechanically, and chemically. The fundamental science and technology that will enable this mergence will not only end many disabilities, but will also serve as the same foundation to enable human augmentation, extending capability beyond innate physiological levels.
Ingrid graduated with a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Florida International University in 2020.