Forum Proceedings

On behalf of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology Transfer (T²RERC) I would like to acknowledge and thank a number of people and organizations who are helping to make the Demand Pull Project on Wheeled Mobility a success.

First, I want to thank our sponsor, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the U.S. Department of Education. Without their support, this valuable research would not have been possible.

I would like to thank the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), Mid-Atlantic Region and its director, Rich Dimmick, for co-sponsoring this project. We hope that the Mid-Atlantic FLC will be an important source for technology solutions that address the needs and opportunities identified during the Stakeholder Forum. I would also like to thank Frank Koos of the FLC Locator Service for his help in recruiting some critical Forum attendees.

Special thanks to our partner and host RERC, the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wheeled Mobility at the University of Pittsburgh (also funded by NIDRR). In particular, Dr. Douglas Hobson deserves recognition, as well as the students from Pittsburgh's RERC and the Human Engineering Research Lab for their contributions to document preparation and logistical support at the Stakeholder Forum.

Of course without the many participation of consumers, clinicians, researchers, businesses and government, the Forum and overall Project could not be successful. Thank you to everyone who participated in our initial telephone interviews, panels and the Forum itself.

I would like to thank our partners from the Research Triangle Institute, for providing valuable insights and assistance on technology transfer; AZtech for developing the industry profile, and the Western New York Independent Living Center for bringing the consumer's perspective to this Project.

Finally, I would like to give my thanks to the staff at the T²RERC whose hard work, team effort, patience and humor have sustained this Project from the very beginning.

Sincerely,
Dr. Stephen Bauer
Demand-Pull Project Director &
Co-Director of the T²RERC

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