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Principle Investigator<\/h2>\n

\"MichaelGoldfarb_160x200-2\"Dr. Michael Goldfarb<\/strong>
\nPrinciple Investigator
\nB.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, 1988
\nM.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
\nPh.D., Mechanical Engineering,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994<\/p>\n

Dr. Goldfarb has authored more than 250 publications and been awarded over 40 US patents on topics related to wearable robotics. Dr. Goldfarb was recognized by Stanford University as among the Top 2% of Most Cited Scientists in 2021, and also in the Top 2% of Most Cited Scientists in the Career-long category. Among his papers were ones awarded best-paper awards in 1997, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2020, and 2022 and papers that were finalists for best paper awards in 2015, 2017, and 2020. Research interests includes the development of robotic limbs for upper and lower extremity amputees, and the development of exoskeletons for individuals with spinal cord injury and stroke, including the development of a lower limb exoskeleton now sold as the Indego exoskeleton. Dr. Goldfarb was inducted into the US National Academy of Inventors in 2020.<\/p>\n

Faculty<\/h2>\n

\"Don_Photo\"Don Truex<\/strong>
\nElectronics Wizard\/Research Scientist
\nB.S., Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, 1992<\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n

\"Headshot\"Beau Johnson<\/strong>
\nB.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2018<\/p>\n

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\"StevenCulver\"Steven Culver<\/strong>
\nB.S. Mechanical Engineering, Texas Christian University 2017
\nM.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2022<\/p>\n

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\"Shane\" Shane King<\/strong>
\nB.S. Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University 2017
\nM.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2021<\/p>\n

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\"Lee_headShot\"<\/strong>Jantzen Lee
\n<\/strong>B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University 2017
\nM.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2021<\/p>\n

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\"Leo_headshot\"Leo Vailati<\/strong>
\nB.S. Control and Automation Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina 2015
\nM.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2021<\/p>\n

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David Marsh<\/strong>
\nB.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2018
\nM.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London 2019<\/p>\n

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Aaron Haake<\/strong>
\nB.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2022<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate<\/h2>\n

\"MichaelFinn-Henry\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Finn-Henry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate Researcher
\nClass of 2022<\/p>\n

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Jose Leonardo Brenes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate Researcher
\nClass of 2024<\/p>\n

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