Andrew Hansen
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Credentials
PhD

Professor
Biography

Bio

Dr. Hansen directs the Rehabilitation & Engineering Center for Optimizing Veteran Engagement & Reintegration (RECOVER) at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. RECOVER develops and evaluates adaptive technologies and interventions to help Veterans maximize their function and participation in meaningful activities after amputation or spinal cord injury and throughout their lives.

Research Summary

Research Summary/Interests

Veteran-Centered Design, Development and Evaluation of Rehabilitation Technologies, Medical Device Development and Commercialization, Rehabilitation Engineering and Adaptive Technologies, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Wheelchair Design and Evaluation

Currently Funded Research and Development Projects (as PI)

Rehabilitation & Engineering Center for Optimizing Veteran
Engagement & Reintegration (RECOVER)
PIs: Andrew Hansen, PhD and Erin Krebs, MD
Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development

Impact of Mobile Manual Standing Wheelchair on Standing Dosage
and Utility
PIs: Andrew Hansen, PhD and Jenny Kiratli, PhD
Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development

Impact of Improving Footwear Options for Women Veterans with
Amputations
PI: Andrew Hansen, PhD
Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development

Multi-Speed Ergonomic Wheelchair
PIs: John Looft, PhD and Andrew Hansen, PhD
Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development

Biomimetic Slope Adaptive Foot-Ankle Prosthesis
PIs: Edwin Iversen, MEME and Andrew Hansen, PhD
Department of Defense – STTR Phase II TRL Booster

VA-MADE Technology Transfer Assistance Program
VA Technology Transfer Program
PI: Andrew Hansen, PhD

Caregiver Assist Folding Ergonomic Wheelchair
University of Minnesota Office of Discovery and Translation
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
PI: Andrew Hansen, PhD