Andrew Hansen, PhD (2007) was awarded a two-year R03 grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant was titled, "Responses of the Ankle to Changes in Shoe Rocker Radius." Margrit Meier, PhD and Andrew Hansen, PhD (2007) were awarded a three-year Marie Curie International Re-Integration Grant. The grant was titled, "Shape&Roll Talon." Andrew Hansen, PhD and Steven Gard, PhD (2006) were awarded a three year merit review grant from the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development division. The grant was titled, "Effects of Prosthetic Foot Rocker Radius on Gait of Prosthesis users." Steven Gard, PhD, Stefania Fatone, PhD, and Aruna Ganju, MD (2006) were awarded a three-year grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs for "Effect of Spine Surgery on Energy Expenditure of Walking." The purpose of this project is to evaluate the impact of surgery on quality of life as it relates to the effort and efficiency of walking in patients with degenerative spine disease. Steven Gard, PhD and Stefania Fatone, PhD (2005) were awarded a three-year grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs for "An Investigation of Ankle Joints for Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFOs)." Steven A. Gard, PhD (2004) was awarded a three-year grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) for "Study of Residual Limb/Prosthetic Socket Compliance in Transtibial Amputees." Dudley S. Childress, PhD and Steven A. Gard, PhD (2003) were awarded a five-year grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) for "Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center in Prosthetics and Orthotics." Richard F. ff. Weir, PhD (2003) was awarded a five-year grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH) for "Multifunctional Prosthesis Control Using Implanted Sensors." Richard F. ff. Weir, PhD (2003) was awarded a three-year grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs Research and Development Service for the technology transfer of an "Externally-Powered Trans-Metacarpal Hand Prosthesis." |