Selected recent publications:

• Liu HY, Cooper RM, Cooper R, Smailagic A, Siewiorek D, Ding D, Chung FC, Seating virtual coach: a smart reminder for power seat function usage, Technology and Disability, Vol. 22, No. 1-2, 2010.
• Ding D, Liu HY, Cooper RM, Cooper RA, Smailagic A, Siewiorek D, Virtual Coach Technology for Supporting Self-Care, PM&R Clinics of North America, pp. 179-194, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2010.
• Wang H, Salatin B, Grindle GG, Ding D, Cooper RA, Real-Time Model Based Electrical Powered Wheelchair Control, Medical Engineering and Physics, pp. 1244-1254, Vol. 31, No. 10, 2009.
• Ding D, Leister L, Cooper RA, Cooper R, Kelleher A, Fitzgerald S, and Boninger M, Power Seat Feature Usage among Wheelchair Users in Community Living Conditions, JRRD, pp. 973-984, Vol. 4, No. 7, 2008.
• Ding D, Souza A, Fitzgerald S, Cooper RA, Cooper R, Kelleher A, and Boninger M, Impact of Pushrim Activated Power Assist Wheelchairs among Individuals with Tetraplegia, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, pp. 821-829, Vol. 87, No. 10, 2008.
• Cooper RA, Tolerico M, Kaminski BA, Spaeth D, Ding D, Cooper R, Quantifying Wheelchair Activity of Children: a Pilot Study, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, pp. 977-983, Vol. 87, No. 12, 2008.
• Cooper RA, Dicianno BE, Brewer B, LoPresti E, Ding D, Simpson RC, Grindle GG, Wang H, A   
  Perspective on Intelligent Devices and Environments in Medical Rehabilitation, Medical Engineering          and Physics, pp. 1387-1398, Vol. 30, No. 10, 2008.
• *Tolerico ML, Ding D, Cooper RA, Spaeth DM, Fitzgerald SG, Cooper R, Kelleher A, Boninger ML, Assessing the Mobility Characteristics and Activity Levels of Manual Wheelchair Users, JRRD, pp. 561-572, Vol. 44, No. 4, 2007.
• Cooper RA, Cooper R, Tolerico M, Guo S, Ding D, Pearlman J, Advances in Electric Powered Wheelchairs, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 15-29, 2006.
• Cooper RA, Boninger ML, Spaeth DM, Ding D, Guo S, Koontz AM, et al., Engineering Better Wheelchairs to Enhance Community Participation, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 438-455, 2006.
• Ding D, and Cooper RA, Electric Powered Wheelchairs - A review of the current Technology and State of Electric Powered Wheelchairs, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, vol. 25 no. 2, pp. 22-34, 2005
• Dan Ding, and R.A. Cooper, “A review of the current state of electric powered wheelchairs,” IEEE Control Systems Magazine, vol. 25 no. 2, pp. 22-34, 2005.
• R.A. Cooper, Dan Ding, R. Simpson, S. Fitzgerald, and etc. “Virtual reality and computer enhanced training applied to wheeled mobility: an overview of work in Pittsburgh”, Assistive Technology, 2005
• Dan Ding, R.A. Cooper, S.F. Guo, T.A. Corfman, “Analysis of driving backwards in an electric-powered wheelchair,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 934-943, 2004.
• Y.H. Liu, M.L. Lam, and Dan Ding, “A complete and efficient algorithm for searching 3-D form-closure grasps in discrete domain”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 805-816, 2004.
• Y. H. Liu, Dan Ding, M. L. Lam, “3-D Grasp Analysis and Synthesis using the Ray-Shooting Technique,” in Robotics Welding, Intelligence and Automation, Lecture notes in control and information sciences, pp. 80-109, 2004, Springer-Verlag Press.
• Dan Ding, R.A. Cooper, B.A. Kamniski, J.R. Kanaly, A. Allegretti, E. Chaves, and S. Hubbard, “Integrated control of assistive devices and related technology,” Assistive Technology, vol. 15, pp. 89-97, 2003.
• S.F. Guo, R.A. Cooper, T.A. Corfman, and Dan Ding, “Influence of wheelchair front caster wheel on the reverse driving stability”, Assistive Technology, vol. 15, pp. 98-104, 2003.
• Dan Ding, Y.H. Liu, M.Y. Wang, S.G. Wang, “Automatic selection of fixturing surfaces and fixturing points for polyhedral workpieces”,IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 833-841, 2001.
• Dan Ding, Y.H. Liu, S.G. Wang, “Computation of 3D form-closure grasps”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 515-522, 2001.
• Dan Ding, Y.H. Liu, S.G. Wang, “The synthesis of 3D form-closure grasps”, Robotica, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 51-58, 2000, Cambridge University Press.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Dan Ding
Phone: (412) 365-4885
Email: dad5@pitt.edu