Index

Research Tasks

Design and Development Tasks

Support Tasks

RERC-I Final Report-(1993-98)

G-5: Collaboration

One of the major strengths of the RERC program is the established extensive network of relevant cooperating and collaborating partners and affiliations. Presently, cooperative or collaborative activities have been conducted or arranged with the following entities.

Federal, state and local

• Baptist Homes of Western PA
• Center for Assistive Technology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Greater Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Center
• Mid-Atlantic Technology Applications Center (MTAC)
• National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research
• Pennsylvania Initiative on Assistive Technology (PA Tech. Act Project)
• Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Presbyterian Senior Care
• RESNA Technical Guidelines Committee
• Southwestern PA Partnership for Aging
• The Center for Universal Design, North Carolina State University
• The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh, Rehabilitation Hospital
• The Medical Center Brace Co.
• The RERC on Technology Transfer, University of Buffalo
• The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
• Three Rivers Independent Living Center
• Trace Research and Development Center, University of Wisconsin
• University of British Columbia, Sunyhill Hospital
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Systems
• Veterans Medical Centers of Pittsburgh

Industry

• Graham and Fields-Everest and Jennings Inc.
• Invacare Inc.
• Kinedyne Corp.
• Minkel Consulting
• Prentke Romich Co.
• Q'Straint Inc.
• Roho Inc.
• Sunrise Medical Corp.
• Sunrise Medical-Dynavox Technology, Inc.
• Whirlwind Wheelchair International
• Whitmyer Biomechanix Inc.
• FLC-Mid Atlantic Region/RERCs Cooperative Project
• Assuming success in the competition, the RERC on Technology Transfer at the University of Buffalo and the RERC on W/C Mobility have agreed to the following project with the Federal Laboratory Consortium-Mid Atlantic Region.