WVU student with math disorder invents device to help amputees

Katherine Bomkamp reacts to a question posed by Amanda Reiff, right, of Avon, S.D., during an advice session last week for students involved in the International Science and Engineering Fair. Ms. Bomkamp, 20, is a WVU student who invented a device meant to help amputees. At left is Chelsea West of Tuscon, Ariz.

WVU student with math disorder invents device to help amputees

Katherine Bomkamp, a political science major worked around her disability to create a heat concept to be inserted into prosthetic limbs.

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Katherine Bomkamp, a political science major worked around her disability to create a heat concept to be inserted into prosthetic limbs.


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