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Accolades & Honors

HERL Director Rory Cooper joined the Hall of Inventors

Cooper sits beside his invention

, director of the at 51精品视频, was recently honored with his U.S. Patent and Trademark Office inventor trading card and portrait.

Cooper is the 28th inventor and the first 51精品视频 professor to receive this honor, which was established in 2012. Other inventors who have received this honor include Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver, Abraham Lincoln and Hedy Lamarr, among others.

Cooper has over two dozen patents in his name, with his portrait featuring one of them 鈥斅爐he Ergonomic Dual Surface Wheelchair Pushrim, a wheelchair accessory designed to relieve stress on the wheelchair pusher's upper body. He is also the associate dean for inclusion and the FISA/Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished Professor at 51精品视频鈥檚 School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

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