Clifford E. Brubaker



Clifford E. Brubaker has served as Professor and Dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh since 1991. He is professor of rehabilitation science, neurological surgery and regenerative medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Brubaker is also Adjunct Professor at the Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, Peoples Republic of China. He currently serves as academic advisor to the Department of Rehabilitation Science of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Brubaker received his PhD degree in 1968 in Exercise Physiology from the University of Oregon. His scholarly work has been concentrated in biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering at the University of Oregon, University of Virginia and University of Pittsburg. He has served as Director or Co-director of 3 rehabilitation engineering research centers at UVA and Pitt from 1987 to 2004. Brubaker is a founding member, Fellow and former President of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA), a founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and was inducted in the inaugural class of Fellows of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES).

Awards and Fellowships

 * Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Distinguished Service Award - June, 1988.
 * PVA Distinguished Lecturer, Seattle Veterans Administration Medical Center, March, 1989.
 * Sigma Xi. (full member) 1989.
 * RESNA Distinguished Service Award, June, 1990.
 * Elected Fellow (founding), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, February, 1992.
 * Elected Fellow, RESNA, 1992.
 * Elected President-elect of RESNA, June, 1992. (President 1995, 1996)
 * Isabelle and Leonard H. Goldensen Technology Award, 1995 (United Cerebral Palsy Research and Education Foundation).
 * Robin Gray Fellowship, University of Western Australia, September, 1996.
 * Lifetime Achievement Award, The Pittsburgh Business Times 2002 Health Care Hero Award, March, 2002
 * Riland Memorial Lecture, American Osteopathic College of Occupational & Preventive Medicine, April, 2003
 * The Joe Award (Pittsburgh Employment Conference), August, 2003

Selected publications

 * DM Brienza and CE Brubaker, (1999) "A Steering Linkage for Short Wheelbase Vehicles," Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 36(1)
 * Brienza, DM, RA Cooper, CE Brubaker, (1996) "Wheelchairs and Seating," Current Opinion in Orthopedics, 7 (VI)
 * Brienza, DM, TE Karg, CE Brubaker (1996) "Seat Cushion Design for Elderly Wheelchair Users Based on Minimization of Soft Tissue deformation using stiffness and pressure measurements" IEEE Trans on Rehab. Eng 4(4):320-328.
 * Brienza, DM, KC Chung, CE Brubaker, J Wang, TE Karg, CT Lin, (1996) "A System for the Analysis of Seat Support Surfaces Using Surface Shape Control and Simultaneous Measurement of Applied Pressures," IEEE Trans on Rehab Eng 4(2):103-113.
 * Cooper, RA, DM Brienza, CE Brubaker (1994) "Wheelchairs and Seating," Current Opinion in Orthopedics, 4;VI:101-107.