Personnel

Principle Investigator

Dr. Michael Goldfarb
Principle Investigator
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, 1988
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994

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.

Faculty

Don Truex
Electronics Wizard/Research Scientist
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, 1992

Graduate Students

Beau Johnson
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2018

Steven Culver
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Texas Christian University 2017
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2022

Shane Shane King
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University 2017
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2021

Jantzen Lee
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University 2017
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2021

Leo Vailati
B.S. Control and Automation Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina 2015
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2021