This year, several athletes represented Tech and the U.S. in Rio. One of the athletes was Cassie Mitchell, Ph.D., who participated in the 2016 Paralympic Games.
Currently, Mitchell works as a research professor at Tech’s Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. She is the principal investigator of the Laboratory for Pathology Dynamics. Mitchell earned her doctorate in biomedical engineering with a concentration in neuroengineering from Tech and Emory University seven years ago.
From a young age, Mitchell was very involved in athletics and international competitions. She grew up on a farm in Oklahoma and trained her horse in Western speed events, winning several world championships by the age of 16.