David J. Reinkensmeyer, PhD

Professor
University of California Irvine

David Reinkensmeyer is Professor in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California at Irvine. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, studying robotics and the neuroscience of human movement. He carried out postdoctoral studies at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago developing robotic devices for rehabilitation therapy after stroke before becoming a assistant professor at U.C. Irvine in 1998. He is co-inventor of the T-WREX upper extremity training device, which was commercialized as ArmeoSpring, and the MusicGlove finger training device. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation for 10 years and is co-director of the NIDILRR COMET Robotic Rehabilitation Engineering Center, co-editor of the of the book Neurorehabilitation Technology, 3rd edition, and a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Poster(s):

• Feasibility of a Novel Dynamic Wheelchair Armrest for Arm Movement Practice During Subacute Stroke Rehabilitation