Michael Goldfarb

  • 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

    Goldfarb is finalist for first Governor’s Award for Innovation

    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

    May. 3, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt engineers’ Powered Knee and Ankle System licensed by California prosthetics company

    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

    Apr. 18, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Goldfarb receives Edward C. Nagy New Investigator Award

    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

    Mar. 8, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Goldfarb team wins best paper award at ICORR 2009

    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

    Jun. 30, 2009

  • Vanderbilt University

    Goldfarb, Schrimpf, Hornberger awarded endowed chairs

    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

    Jan. 30, 2009