Dr. Elizabeth DePoy

edepoy@maine.edu

Professor of Interdisciplinary Disability Studies, Social Work and Cooperating Faculty, School of Policy and International Affairs and Mechanical Engineering

University of Maine
Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
5717 Corbett Hall, Room 243A
Orono, ME 04469-5717
Phone: 207.581.1469
Fax: 207.581.1084
800.203.6957
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207.581.1231 (Fax)

Senior Research Fellow at Ono Academic College in Kiryat-Ono, Israel

Education

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Project Affiliations

  • Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
  • Mobility Technologies:
    • AFARI – a state-of-the-art, aesthetically designed device to aid upright mobility and to enable persons who need or want balance, stability, and/or weight bearing assistance to participate in outdoor jogging, running and distance walking activity in diverse terrain.
  • Mojo-Aesthetically designed modular mobility system research and development
  • HIPP-Fashionable, wearable hip protection
  • Neuro-protective headgear RFID monitoring system
  • Advanced Biomechanics Laboratory for Injury Reduction and Rehabilitation
  • REE: Robotic Rowing Exoskeleton
  • Servicebot: Translation and Usability of Robotic Assistance

Specialty Areas

  • Aesthetically designed robotics and equipment to enhance function and fitness
  • Legitimacy theory
  • Disjuncture and egalitarianism
  • Research and evaluation methods

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