Brandon Daveler Post-Doctoral Researcher

Biography

Brandon Daveler, Ph.D. Is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburg in the Human Engineering Research Laboratories. He received a Bachelor’s in Engineering Science from Penn State (2012), a Master’s in Rehabilitation Science and Technology (2014) and PhD in Rehabilitation Science (2020), both from the University of Pittsburgh. His dissertation titled “Development and Evaluation of Pneumatic Powered Mobility Devices” resulted in 3 first-author papers and a United States patent. His research interests include powered wheelchair and robotic assistive technologies.

Brandon is also a person with a disability due to a spinal cord injury from a motocross accident in 2005. As a wheelchair user for nearly 2 decades, he has become an expert in military and assisted technology and applies his experiences and knowledge to solving problems for individuals with disabilities.