Jenna Thorp

Jenna Thorp is a skilled Patent Analyst at Cardinal Intellectual Property since June 2021. Jenna holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where studies also included a Master's degree in the same field and a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University. Experience includes serving as a Graduate Research Assistant at UW-Madison, focusing on electrical stimulation for gait modulation in Parkinson's disease and stroke, as well as conceptual design work for a powered wheelchair seating system. Additionally, Jenna has experience as a Teaching Assistant for ME 240 Dynamics and as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Biomechatronics Lab at ASU, assisting with Vicon Motion Capture data and conducting an honors thesis on robotic grasp.