The Northwestern University Rehabilitation Engineering Research Program is dedicated to the improvement of prostheses and orthoses, to the improved fitting and manufacturing processes for prosthesis/orthosis systems, and to the improved basic understanding of human interactions with these systems. The research, applied and technical in nature, is conducted in a rehabilitation environment that fosters direct clinical interactions and applications.

We are dedicated to develop and provide—through science, engineering, prosthetics and orthotics and other related disciplines—limb replacements (prostheses) and structural and movement aids (orthoses) that help humans affirm their lives with enthusiasm, wholeness, and hope.