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Douglas F. Schwandt, MS Biomedical Engineer

650/464-3578 (cell)

Education

Affiliations

NASA Ames Research Center

Projects

• Altered Gravity Environment
• Automated Constraint-induced Therapy for Restoring Movement after Stroke
• Differential Pressure Walking Assist - An inflatable walking support
• Graded Weight-bearing Exercise for Improved Ambulation after Stroke
• Mechanically Assisted Upper Limb Movement for Assessment and Therapy
• Mobility Therapy for Parkinsonism using Accelerometric Motion Analysis
• MRI Compatible Spinal Compression Harness
• MRI Cycle
• Robot-Assisted Upper Limb Neuro-Rehabilitation
• Sunburst Tandem Bicycle
• Boat Stairs
• Tiltcycle III: Tilting Cycle Ergometer for Stroke Rehabilitation Research
• Walking Assist Devices to Restore Ambulation

Publications and Presentations

Honors and Awards

• VA Superior Performance Awards
• Best of Category Design Award (fingerspelling hand), Industrial DesignAnnual Design Review, 1993
• Federal Laboratory Consortium Technology Transfer Award, 1989
• Federal Design Achievement Award (Handbike) in the Presidential Design Awards Program, 1984
• California Engineer-in-Training certification, 1980
• Stanford Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1979/80
• William A. Hadley Award for "Outstanding Promise of Scholarly and Professional Achievement in Mechanical Engineering," Columbia University, 1979
• Tau Beta Pi, and Pi Tau Sigma engineering honor societies, Columbia University, 1979
• Dean's List, 9 of 10 semesters, Columbia University, 1974 thru 1979

Invention Disclosure

Beaupré GS, Schwandt DF. Method and apparatus for creating simultaneous loading states in biomaterials. Invention disclosure, 2001.

Last updated 02/29/2008