Bona Park
Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
- gpark2@nd.edu
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2025
Current projects: Soft everting body-powered prosthetic hand, Hydrostatic Pressure-Powered Underwater Soft Growing Robot with Manual Steering and Buoyancy Control Mechanism
Bona is a junior studying Mechanical Engineering from Honolulu, Hawai'i. She joined the IRIS Lab as an undergraduate researcher in the spring of 2022. She has been developing a soft body-powered prosthetic hand to help disabled people access prostheses with soft robotics technology. Besides working towards her career goals, Bona often finds meaning in life through hiking, SCUBA & free diving, and participating in sustainability & ocean conservation-related activities.