CENTER ON REHABILITATION ENGINEERING AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (CREATe)

Jay Martin (Director) 3126 Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1572 Tel: 608/263-9460 Fax: 608/265-2316 E-mail: martin@engr.wisc.edu Nicola Ferrier (Associate Director) 3128 Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1572 Tel: 608/265-8793 Fax: 608/265-2316 E-mail: ferrier@engr.wisc.edu

• Involves faculty, staff and students from mechanical, industrial, and biomedical engineering, and rehabilitation medicine, working together on projects in rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology.

• Helps children and adults with disabilities improve their quality of life while regaining independence, control, and productivity through:
  1. Development of fundamental and applied engineering knowledge related to biomechanical systems through graduate student education and research.

  2. The application of engineering expertise toward the design and development of leading-edge rehabilitative, assistive and adaptive technologies that allow those with disabilities to achieve greater independence.

  3. Research addresses societal needs, focusing on the increasing importance of disabilities among the public's health care concerns.