- Rory
- Cooper
- PhD
- Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research for STEM-Health Sciences Collaborations, Distinguished Professor
Biography
Rory A. Cooper is the founding director and VA senior research career scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a VA Rehabilitation R&D Center of Excellence in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh. Cooper has authored or co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed journal publications. He has 30 patents awarded or pending.
Awards
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation, presented by President Joe Biden, 2023
- National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee
Publications
- “Rehabilitation Engineering Applied to Mobility and Manipulation”
- “Wheelchair Selection and Configuration”
Professional Organization Appointments
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
- FISA/Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Fellow, Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America (RESNA)
