Clifford E. Brubaker is
Dean of the
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the
University of Pittsburgh. Brubaker is also a
professor at that institution and an
adjunct professor
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at both
Xian Jiaotong University
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and
Carnegie Mellon University
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.
Education and career
Clifford E. Brubaker was born on December 23, 1938, in
Muncie, Indiana
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.
Brubaker received his
Ph.D. degree in
Exercise Physiology
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from the
University of Oregon in 1968. Subsequently, in 1971,
[ he became a professor at the University of Virginia, eventually directing its Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wheelchair Mobility. In July 1991, he became Dean of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, where he founded the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology. In 1997, he led the school to develop the first multidisciplinary doctoral program in rehabilitation sciences in the United States.][ In 2002, Brubaker received a Lifetime Achievement "Health Care Hero Award".]
Awards and fellowships
*Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Distinguished Service Award - June, 1988.[
*Elected Fellow (founding), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, February, 1992.
*Elected Fellow, RESNA, 1992.][
*Elected Fellow, BMES, 2005.]Pittsburgh Business Times
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2002 Health Care Hero Award, March, 2002.
*Riland Memorial Lecture, American Osteopathic College of Occupational & Preventive Medicine, April, 2003.
*The Joe Award ( Pittsburgh Employment Conference), August, 2004.
Selected publications
*DM Brienza and CE Brubaker, (1999) "A Steering Linkage for Short Wheelbase Vehicles," '' Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development'', 36(1)
*Brienza, DM, RA Cooper, CE Brubaker, (1996) "Wheelchairs and Seating," '' Current Opinion in Orthopedics'', 7 (VI)
*Brienza, DM, TE Karg, CE Brubaker (1996) "Seat Cushion Design for Elderly Wheelchair Users Based on Minimization of Soft Tissue deformation using stiffness and pressure measurements" IEEE Trans on Rehab. Eng 4(4):320–328.
*Brienza, DM, KC Chung, CE Brubaker, J Wang, TE Karg, CT Lin, (1996) "A System for the Analysis of Seat Support Surfaces Using Surface Shape Control and Simultaneous Measurement of Applied Pressures," IEEE Trans on Rehab Eng 4(2):103–113.
*Cooper, RA, DM Brienza, CE Brubaker (1994) "Wheelchairs and Seating," Current Opinion in Orthopedics, 4;VI:101-107.
Notes
Sources
Biography at SHRSBiography at McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
1938 births
Living people
21st-century American engineers
American medical researchers
University of Oregon alumni
University of Virginia faculty
Carnegie Mellon University faculty
University of Pittsburgh faculty
Exercise physiologists
Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Fellows of the Biomedical Engineering Society
People from Muncie, Indiana
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