Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers

RERC for Ergonomic Solutions for Employment
University of Michigan, Center for Ergonimics
1205 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2117
Director:     Thomas J. Armstrong, PhD, Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering
Phone:        (734) 615-2683
Fax:            (734) 764-3451
Website:     www.engin.umich.edu/dept/ioe/RERC/RERC.html

RERC on Low Vision and Blindness
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
2318 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94941
Director:     John A. Brabyn, PhD, Senior Scientist
Phone:        (415) 345-2000
Fax:            (415) 561-1610
Website:  http://www.ski.org/Admin/Resources/disclaimer.html

RERC on Technology Transfer
University at Buffalo, Center for Assistive Technology
515 Kimball Tower
3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214-3079
Director:     Joseph P. Lane, MBPA
Phone:        (716) 829-3217
Fax:            (716) 829-3217
TTY:           (800) 628-2281
Website:    www.wings.buffalo.edu/ot/cat/rerc-t2htm

RERC on Hearing Enhancement and Assistive Devices
The Lexington Center, Inc., Research Division
30th Avenue 75th Street
Jackson Hegihts, NY 11370
Director:    Harry Levitt, PhD
Phone:        (718) 899-8800
Fax:            (718) 899-3433
TTY:           (718) 899-3030
Website:    www.hearingresearch.org/

RERC on Assistive Technology for Older Persons with Disabilities
University at Buffalo Center for Assistive Technology
515 Kimball Tower
Buffalo, NY 14214
Director:    William C. Mann, PhD, Professor
Phone:        (716) 829-3141
Fax:            (716) 829-3217
Website:    www.wings.buffalo.edu/ot/cat/rerca.htm

RERC on Telerehabilitation
Catholic University of America
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Room 105 Panghorn Hall
620 Michigan Avenue, N.E.
Washington DC, 20064
Director:    Jack Winters, PhD, Professor and Chair
                 Biomedical Engineering Program
Phone:        (202) 319-5181
Fax:            (202) 319-4499
Website:    www.hctr.be.cua.edu/RERC/

RERC on Prosthetics and Orthotics
Northwestern Univeristy
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Program
345 East Superior St
Room 1441
Chicago, IL 60611-4496
Director:   Dudley S Childress, PhD
Rehabilitation and Bimedical Engineering
Phone:        (312) 908-8560
Fax:            (312) 908-6526
Website: www.repoc.nwu.edu/

RERC on Communication Enhancement in the New Millennium
Duke University Medical Center
DUMC 3001
Durham, NC 27710
Director:   Frank DeRuyter, PhD, Chief, Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Phone:        (919) 684-6271
Fax:            (919) 684-8298
TTY:           (919) 684-6626
Website: www.aac-rerc.com/

RERC on Universal Telecommunnications Access
Gallaudet University
Technology Assessment Program
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Director:   Judith Harkins, PhD
Phone:        (202) 651-5257
Fax:            (202) 651-5476
TTY:           (202) 651-5257
Website: www.tap.gallaudet.edu/RERC_UTA.htm

RERC on Wheeled Mobility
Univeristy of Pittsburgh
Forbes Tower, Suite 5044
Pittsburg, PA 15260
Director:   Douglas Hobson, PhD, Associate Professor
Phone:        (412) 647-1274
Fax:            (412) 647-1277
TTY:           (647) 647-1291
Website: http://www.rerc.pitt.edu/

RERC on Accessible and Universal Design in Housing
North Carolina University, Center for Universal Design
Box 8613
Raleigh, NC 27695-8613
Director:   Lawrence H. Trachtman, MS
Phone:        (919) 515-8552
Fax:            (919) 515-3023
Website:    www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/design/cud

RERC on Information Technology Access
Trace Research and Development Center, University of Wisconson-Madison
5901 Research Park Boulevard
Madison, WI 53719
Director:   Gregg C Vanderheiden, PhD
Phone:        (608) 263-5697
Fax:            (608) 262-8848
Website:    www.tracecenter.org

RERC on Applications of Technology to the Rehabilition of Children with Orthopedic Disabilities
Los Amigos Research and Education Institute, Inc. (LAREI)
Rancho Rehabilition Engineering Program
7503 Bonita Street
Downey, CA 90242
Director:   Donald McNeal, PhD
Phone:        (562) 401-7994
Fax:            (562) 803-6117
TTY:           (562) 803-4533
Website:    www.ranchorep.org

RERC on Improved Technology Access for Land Mine Survivors
Physicians Against Land Mines (PALM)
Suite 4-104, The Merchandise Mart
Chicago, IL 60654
Director:   William K Smith, MD, President, PALM
Phone:        (312) 832-1133
Fax:            (312) 832-1184
TTY:           (562) 803-4533
Website:    www.banmines.org

NIDRR Contact
William Peterson
NIDRR, U.S. Department of Education
600 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 205-8187
Fax: (202) 205-8515