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AOPA Announces Winners of National Assembly Technical Fabrication Contest

FIRST PLACESECOND PLACE

The Technical Fabrication Contest at the 2018 AOPA National Assembly, which took place in Vancouver in September, featured a timed competition on the Exhibit Hall show floor. Participants were asked to properly assemble an articulating ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) or simple below-knee prosthesis. A judge recorded the time from start to finish, with participants able to record up to three times on each device. The best time was chosen as the final time submission. Any ties resulted in a “time-off” to determine the winner.

Two winners were selected from each category (student, technician, and practitioner). Six first-place winners with the lowest fabrication times each received a $500 prize. Six runnerups with the second-best times each received $200.

PRIZE CATEGORY PRIZE WINNER

PROPERLY ASSEMBLING

AN ARTICULATING AFO

FIRST PLACE Technician $500 Prize Ramen Landon, MPO, CP, CTPO

FIRST PLACE

Student $500 Prize Robert Hinks

FIRST PLACE

Practitioner $500 Prize Anton Kruglov, CPO

SECOND PLACE Technician $200 Prize Desmond Cook

SECOND PLACE

Student

$200 Prize

Wesley Fong

SECOND PLACE

Practitioner

$200 Prize

Koji Duncan

PROPERLY ASSEMBLING

A SIMPLE BELOW-KNEE PROSTHESIS

FIRST PLACE Technician $500 Prize Ramen Landon, MPO, CP, CTPOFIRST PLACE

Student $500 Prize Mackingley Burrell

FIRST PLACE

Practitioner

$500 Prize

Loren Schubert, MSc, CP(C)

SECOND PLACE

Technician

$200 Prize

Desmond Cook

SECOND PLACE

Student

$200 Prize

Molly Jeffers

SECOND PLACE Practitioner $200 Prize Tony Ward, CPO

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