Research

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineer uses Vanderbilt bionic leg to climb Chicago skyscraper

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Nov. 7, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineers' exoskeleton promises a new degree of independence for people with paraplegia

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Oct. 30, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt plays role in contests to build Marine combat vehicle

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Oct. 30, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt spinoff company adds to local high-tech growth

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Oct. 26, 2012

  • Janos Sztipanovits

    State’s high-tech challenge: Turn Tennessee Valley into a Silicon Valley

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Oct. 24, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Director of German nanosciences institute is NanoDay! keynote speaker

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Oct. 16, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nanoscience and nanotechnology minor offered

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Oct. 15, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Grant will help professor develop battery to aid home energy use

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Oct. 11, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Undergraduates manipulate model car prototype for fast design changes

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Oct. 3, 2012

  • Akos Ledeczi

    Google Research Award goes to engineering team for pinpoint location accuracy using smartphones

    A 31-year old software engineer climbed 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower Sunday, Nov. 4, wearing a prosthetic leg designed by Vanderbilt University engineering professor Michael Goldfarb and adapted by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to become the world’s first neural-controlled bionic leg. The climb… Read More

    Sep. 28, 2012