Human Performance Studies students earn first and second place at GRASP 2025

Two graduate students from Wichita State’s Department of Human Performance Studies took first and second place at the 2025 GRASP (Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects) symposium.

Charvi Sharma, a master’s student in exercise science, earned first place for her research on the usability of neurocognitive mobile apps among adults with and without Parkinson’s disease. Toomaj Amiri, a master’s student in innovation and design, received second place for his interdisciplinary project introducing PARROT, a wearable device for assessing and improving tongue function.

Both projects were developed in the Human Performance Laboratory with support from department faculty.