Inspiration and Independence [Women in Engineering

Abstract

The setting for this issue’s “Women in Engineering” column is Estonia, sometimes referred to as e-Estonia for its innovative digital services and startups. Fifteen years ago, Maarja Kruusmaa cofounded the Intelligent Materials and Systems Laboratory at the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, and five years later, she founded the Centre for Biorobotics at the Tallinn University of Technology. Current research interests for Kruusmaa are bioinspired robots, soft robots, underwater robots, experimental fluid dynamics, and flow sensing.