[Access Lunch] Conversation with Dr. Rory Cooper of HERL | Thursday, August 27 at 2pm

[Aaron Steinfeld]

FYI - Rory is super experienced and well known within the disability
community. He's a world-level expert on wheelchairs. This is a real
opportunity to get time with him and I encourage people to attend.

I'll be (probably) on the road when this meeting occurs so me being absent
is a logistical thing.


On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:51 PM Cole Gleason <cgleason at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> Next Thursday we will be changing the Accessibility Seminar to a new
> format for the Fall semester. We will seek to have guests join us for
> either a talk or informal discussion, instead of focusing on reading
> papers. To accommodate remote attendees and guest speakers that may be on
> the west coast, we are also moving to a new time: 2-3pm on Thursdays. We
> hope you can join us!
>
> To kick this off, we are starting the semester with Dr. Rory Cooper from
> the Human Engineering Research Laboratories <https://www.herl.pitt.edu/>
> (HERL) here in Pittsburgh. HERL is affiliated with Pitt and part of the US
> Veterans Affairs (VA) and is known for their work on designing wheelchairs
> and robotics for people with disabilities. Dr. Cooper is an Associate Dean
> at University of Pittsburgh and the Director of HERL and will be joining us
> to give us an overview of their work and discuss the design of
> accessibility technology with us!
>
> *As we are not asking you to read anything for next week, please take a
> minute to read Dr. Cooper's bio and write down one question you might ask
> in next week's seminar!*
>
> *Bio: *Rory A. Cooper, PhD
>
> FISA/PVA Distinguished Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation
> Science and Technology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
> Associate Dean for Inclusion, School of Health and Rehabilitation
> Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Founding Director of the Human
> Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System,
> Pittsburgh PA
>
> Dr. Rory A. Cooper holds several prestigious positions including Associate
> Dean for Inclusion and FISA & Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished
> Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and Orthopedic Surgery
> at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Founding Director and the
> VA Senior Research Career Scientist at the Human Engineering Research
> Laboratories. He holds an adjunct professorship at the Robotics Institute
> of Carnegie Mellon University and is also a Professor of Physical Medicine
> and Rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
> Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland.
>
> A prolific writer, he has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and
> three books, including the award- winning Care of the Combat Amputee. He
> has over 25 patents awarded or pending. Dr. Cooper’s students have been the
> recipients of over 50 national and international awards. A Fellow of the
> National Academy of Inventors and other scholarly organizations, he is the
> recipient of the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.
>
> Dr. Cooper has served on federal advisory committees in the Departments of
> Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. Currently a
> member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Committee on Assistive
> Products and Devices, Dr. Cooper has improved the lives of Veterans through
> technology. An Army Veteran with a spinal cord injury, he won a bronze
> medal in Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea in 1988.
>
> Dr. Cooper holds B.S. and M.Eng degrees in electrical engineering from
> California Polytechnic State University, a PhD in electrical and computer
> engineering with a concentration in bioengineering from the University of
> California at Santa Barbara, and an Honorary Doctorate from Xi’an Jiatong
> University in China.
> [Image Alt Text: Dr. Rory Cooper posing for a picture with a smile. He has
> light color skin, short brown hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a white
> collared shirt, red and blue tie, and black suit jacket with a red and gold
> lapel pin.]
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