Amos Winter is a Post-Doctoral Reserach Associate with the Singapore University of Tehnology and Design (SUTD)-MIT International Design Center. He is currently testing and commercializing the Leveraged Freedom Chair in Guatemala and India. Amos's research interests include: design for emerging markets; design for international development; cross-cultural tech transfer; biomimetic design; fluid, solid, granular mechanics; biomechanics; mechanical, precision machine design; ocean systems; and machine-soil interactions. He received his PhD from the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering in September 2010. His thesis focused on investigating how to design compact, low-power, dynamic, and reversible burrowing systems for use in undersea substrates. The technology and robotic devices resulting from this work are based on the burrowing mechanisms of razor clams.

As a practicing engineer, Amos has worked with Bluefin Robotics, Schlumberger, Massachusetts General Hospital, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Additionally, Amos has engaged in numerous projects focused on developing country mobility aids. He is the principal inventor of the Leveraged Freedom Chair and is the founder and director of the MIT Mobility Lab (M-Lab).

Recent News:
4/9/11 - Amos wins Tufts University's Young Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award
2/10/11 - Leveraged Freedom Chair on display in the Design Museum London as a nominee for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
2/6/11 - Leveraged Freedom Chair profiled in Core77 design magazine and resource
11/16/10 - Amos and the MIT News Office win Scientific American's World Changing Ideas Video Contest
11/11/10 - Leveraged Freedom Chair wins R&D 100 Editor's Choice Award - given to the editors' favorite three R&D 100 winners.
11/3/10 - MIT Mobility Lab and Continuum win a Gold Award from the Spark Awards for