Rehabilitation Engineering Wheelchair Transportation Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1664

Pennsylvania

EDUCATION

Undergraduate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1959-1960, United College, General Science
1961-1965, University of Manitoba, B.Sc. Mech. Engineering

Graduate, Glasgow, Scotland
1989, University of Strathclyde, Ph.D. Bioengineering

POST-GRADUATE COURSES

1966, Upper Extremity Prosthetics, Northwestern University
1967, Anatomy for Therapists, University of Manitoba
1969, Milwaukee Bracing, Marquette University
1970, Research Associate, University of New Brunswick

MILITARY

1955-1957, Reserve Training, RCAF402nd Squadron, Aero-engineTechnician (Certified)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Certificate of Appreciation, Society of American Military Engineers

Citation of Merit, Les Passees Rehabilitation Center, Tennessee

Isabelle & Leonard H. Goldenson Award for Medicine and Technology, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, California

Distinguished Service Award - RESNA

Fellow– RESNA

Everest & Jennings Distinguished Lecturer Award – RESNA

Mentor Award  - RESNA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1965-1968, Research Design Engineer, Prosthetics and Orthotics Research and Development Unit, Manitoba Rehabilitation Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1968-1969, Research Associate, Bioengineering Unit, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

1969-1975, Rehabilitation Engineering Education Program, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Director, Rehabilitation Engineering, Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, Winnipeg Unit, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1975-1990, Assistant Professor and Technical Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Program, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tennessee

1990-1992, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Aging and Rehabilitation Product Development Corporation (ARCOR), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1990-1992, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1992-2001, Associate Professor (tenured) and Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1995-2001, Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1995-2001, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2001-present, Associate Professor-Emeritus, Associate Director, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Manitoba

Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society; Full Member

International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics; Full Member

RESNA, Interdisciplinary Association for the Advancement of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology; Member Founding Committee

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Full Member

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH COMMITTEES

Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology
Member, Faculty Executive Committee
Chairman, Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee
Member, Curriculum Development Committee
Member, Planning and Budgeting Committee
Member, Faculty Development Subcommittee
Chairman, Modular Curriculum Task Force
Chairman, On-Line Learning Task Force

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Advisory Board Member, Rice Foundation for the Physically Handicapped, Tennessee

Member, Board of Directors, Pin Dot Corp, Illinois

Chairman, Subcommittee on Wheelchairs and Transportation, ANSI/RESNA Technical Guidelines

Member, Founding Chairman Coalition of Rehabilitation Research Organizations

Member, Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT)

Chairman, Task Group on Wheelchair Securement Standards, Adaptive Driving Devices Committee, Society of Automotive Engineers, Michigan

Chairman, Working Group 5, Acceptance Requirements Wheelchair Standards

Chairman, Working Group 6, Wheelchairs Restraints International Standards Organization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland

Chairman and member, Working Group 1, Test Methods for Wheelchairs

Member, Technical Committee 173/SC 1

Memphis Center for Independent Living

RESNA, Member, Founding Committee member, Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Wheelchair Standards, Member, Meetings Committee, co-chairman, Third Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada,
Chairman, Education Committee

Member, ANSI-RESNA Wheelchair Standards Committees

Chairman, Wheelchair Standards Committee

Tennessee Governor’s AD Hoc Committee on Assistive Technology, Committee member and proposal author, Member, Adaptive Devices Standards Committee, Chairman, Wheelchair Restraints Task Group

US Senate Advisory Committee on Amendments to PL 94-142

CURRENT SERVICES TO GRANTING AGENCIES AND JOURNALS

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Washington, DC, Member, Participatory Research Steering Committee

Member, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Spinal Cord Research Foundation

Member, External Peer Review VA, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Member, Editorial Committee Rick Hanson, Man in Motion Legacy Fund

Member, External Peer Review

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

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INVITED LECTURES, INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES and KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

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PUBLICATIONS

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ABSTRACTS, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, PROCEEDINGS AND NEWSLETTERS

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TECHNICAL, ANNUAL AND CONFERENCE REPORTS

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COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND PATENTS

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