Medal Laureate Rory A. Cooper, PhD, PLY is the founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a joint center of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He is Associate Vice Chancellor for Research for STEM-Health Sciences Collaborations at Pitt, and a FISA Foundation – Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished Professor and VA Research Scientist. Cooper has authored or co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed journal publications. He has over 30 patents awarded or pending. He is the author of two books, an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, as well as RESNA, IEEE, AIMBE and BMES, and the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by the President of the United States in 2023.
- B.S. and M.Eng, Electrical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1985 & 1986, respectively
- PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering (concentration in bioengineering), University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989
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Dr. Cooper's publications are indexed on PubMed