WearLab
Solutions
About Us
WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT
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WearLab Solutions is a research-driven design and development consulting firm and studio founded at Iowa State University, where creativity, engineering, and human-centered thinking converge to solve real-world problems.
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Rooted in the Midwest and powered by interdisciplinary collaboration, we partner with researchers, students, clinicians, and industry experts to design functional, protective, and performance-focused wearable solutions. Our work bridges the gap between academic research and real-world design applications, turning ideas into tested, tangible products.
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Our
Story
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
WearLab Solutions began with a simple classroom challenge.
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In one of Dr. Rachel Eike’s functional design courses at Iowa State University, students were tasked with solving real-world problems through research and prototyping. One of those challenges was to redesign the outdated “Figure of 9” harness used in upper-limb body-powered prosthetics, an essential device that had seen little innovation since the 1960s.
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PhD candidate Bahar Esfahani’s concept stood out. What began as a class project in Fall 2021 quickly evolved into the Dual Y Nexxus Harness, a more ergonomic, stability-focused system designed around user comfort, material performance, and real movement.
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Through multiple semesters of iteration, user feedback, and expert input, the design was refined and ultimately supported by an Innovation Accelerator Fund grant, helping move the concept toward market readiness.
