{"id":5162,"date":"2011-05-13T14:18:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T18:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:13:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:13:11","slug":"engineering-students-adapt-a-rocker-for-emory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/engineering-students-adapt-a-rocker-for-emory\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering students adapt a rocker for Emory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight-year-old Emory is doing things she\u2019s never been able to do before, thanks to an adapted car seat made into a rocker with wheels.<!--more--><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"5163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/engineering-students-adapt-a-rocker-for-emory\/attachment\/096\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/096.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,857\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1303835256&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"096\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/096-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5163\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/096-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/096-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/096-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/096.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Junior engineering student Arthur Rogers explains Emory\u2019s rocker is very versatile, designed for a child who needs assistance with movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWheels make the rocker very mobile.\u00a0 She can rock herself, her parents can roll her between them and she can also recline to watch TV,\u201d Rogers said.<\/p>\n<p>Emory is eight years old and due to her physical disabilities, has reached her maximum height.\u00a0 Rogers said the rocker was designed to hold up to 200 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers said the team of engineering students including Hunter Dockery (sophomore), Sam Kuntz (sophomore), Wes Brown (senior), Charlie Rodey (Junior) and himself had an important tip about creating this rocker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted it to be safe, secure, and easy to use.\u00a0 It couldn\u2019t have any sharp edges and we didn\u2019t want Emory\u2019s arms or legs to be able to get under the rocker.\u00a0 So we measured six times and cut once!\u201d Rogers said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight-year-old Emory is doing things she\u2019s never been able to do before, thanks to an adapted car seat made into a rocker with wheels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/engineering-students-adapt-a-rocker-for-emory\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,12659],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","7":"category-events-entertainment","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Engineering students adapt a rocker for Emory | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eight-year-old Emory is doing things she\u2019s never been able to do before, thanks to an adapted car seat made into a rocker with wheels. 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