Ada-Rhodes Short
Ada-Rhodes Short | |
---|---|
![]() Ada-Rhodes Short | |
Born | Calgary, Alberta |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Alma mater | Oregon State University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | robotics, computational cognition, design |
Institutions | Sphero, Lora DiCarlo |
Thesis | |
Doctoral advisor | Bryony DuPont |
Ada-Rhodes Short is a Canadian mechanical engineer, roboticist, and transgender rights activist.[1] She is the co-host of the podcast Totally Trans: Searching for the Trans Canon alongside writer Henry Giardina.[2] She is a co-founder of Baylor University's first LGBTQ student group.[3] She is a co-creator of Osé, a hands-free device for blended orgasms, which won a 2019 CES Innovation Award in the robotics and drones category. Short may have been the first out trans woman to complete a PhD in mechanical engineering but the claim has not been verified.[4]
Education and activism[]
In 2010, Short attended Baylor University and attempted to gain recognition for a club to discuss sexuality and combat homophobia.[5][6] This group became Gamma Alpha Upsilon, Baylor's unofficial LGBTQ student organization.[7] Short completed her PhD at Oregon State University under Bryony DuPont, publishing a dissertation on building a computationally cognitive agent that can handle black swan events.[8] In 2018, Short delivered a speech at the Corvallis Women's March on food instability and housing insecurity in the transgender community.[9] She was the recipient of the 2019 Soroptimists Ruby Award for Women Helping Women in recognition of her mutual aid and activism work.[10] In 2021 Short was involved in the fight against anti-trans legislation in Texas and helped start the protest group Trans Resistance of Texas (TRoT).[11]
Career[]
In 2015, Short worked at Sphero and co-developed a patented multi-body self-propelled device that was used in the Star Wars BB-8 Robot toy.[12] She was hired by Lora DiCarlo, a sexual technology company, in 2018.[13] While at Lora DiCarlo, Short co-developed the Osé, a hands-free device for blended orgasms.[14] The Osé won a 2019 CES Innovation Award in the robotics and drones category.[15] The award was rescinded due to a CES policy forbidding indecent companies from exhibiting on the show floor, but later reinstated after CES organizers were accused of sexism.[16][17]
Selected works[]
- Hemphill, Ryan, Kevyn Young, Maxwell Harris, Adam Short, and Douglas L. Van Bossuyt. "Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Method."
- Short, Adam R., and Douglas Lee Van Bossuyt. "Rerouting failure flows using logic blocks in functional models for improved system robustness: failure flow decision functions." In DS 80-6 Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 15) Vol 6: Design Methods and Tools-Part 2 Milan, Italy, 27–30.07. 15, pp. 031–040. 2015.
- Short, Ada-Rhodes, Ann D. Lai, and Douglas L. Van Bossuyt. "Conceptual design of sacrificial sub-systems: failure flow decision functions." Research in Engineering Design 29, no. 1 (2018): 23–38.
- Short, Adam R., and Douglas L. Van Bossuyt. "Risk attitude informed route planning in a simulated planetary rover." In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, vol. 57052, p. V01BT02A048. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015.
References[]
- ^ "Building the Robotic Brain: Dr Ada-Rhodes Short curates Real Scientists". Real Scientists. Medium. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Short, Ada-Rhodes; Giardina, Henry. "Totally Trans: Searching for the Trans Canon". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Howard, Meredith (6 October 2020). "LGBTQ community fights for rights at Baylor, in Waco". Baylor Lariat. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Short, Ada-Rhodes (13 April 2021). "Twitter". Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Eckholm, Erik (18 April 2011). "Even on Religious Campuses, Students Fight for Gay Identity". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Kincaid, Rachel (20 April 2011). "Christian Colleges Find Christian Students Remain Gay Despite Christianity". Autostraddle. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Howard, Meredith (6 October 2020). "LGBTQ community fights for rights at Baylor, in Waco". Baylor Lariat. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Short, Ada-Rhodes. "Autonomous Decision Making Facing Uncertainty, Risk, and Complexity". Oregon State University. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Smith, TIffani. "Thousands marched through Corvallis in commemoration of Women's March". The Daily Barometer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Short, Ada-Rhodes (31 May 2019). "Soroptimists International Corvallis, Ruby Award Speech". Ada-Rhodes Short, PhD. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Gira Grant, Melissa (9 August 2021). "Behind the GOP Strategy to Outlaw Trans Youth". The New Republic. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Clarke, David; Webster, Douglas; Nutting, Judd; Keeney-Ritchie, Miles; Short, Adam; MacGregor, Ross. "Multi-body self propelled device with magnetic yaw control". Google Patents. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Lora DiCarlo Hires PhD Robotics Engineer Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short". BioSpace. Lora DiCarlo. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Lorenzo, Doreen (23 May 2019). "The problem with aspirational design (and what designers should do instead)". Fast Company. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Safronova, Valeriya (18 January 2019). "What's So 'Indecent' About Female Pleasure?". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Haddock, Lora (17 January 2019). "Our robotic pleasure tech won a big award. Then they took it away". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Zraick, Karen (9 May 2019). "Sex Toy Award Is Restored by Trade Show After an Outcry Over Sexism". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
External links[]
- Ada-Rhodes Short publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- Baylor University alumni
- Oregon State University alumni
- LGBT scientists from the United States
- 21st-century American women scientists
- American women engineers