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Robert W. Mann
Pages 190-193

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... But by the mid-1960s, his research was focused primarily on applying technology to human disabilities. In 1997, during a talk at MIT about his fruitful career, Mann characteristically combined modesty and enthusiasm in describing how he made the switch from "powering rockets to powering people." A fellow veteran who had lost his sight and one arm in the Battle of the Bulge inspired his first 191
From page 192...
... He designed a caliper-like sizing device to ensure that the replacement ball used in hip surgery fit perfectly. While teaching and mentoring graduate students at MIT, Robert Mann, along with Woodie C
From page 193...
... He was also a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, IEEE, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and American Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering. Robert Mann met and married Margaret Florencourt, a researcher at MIT on the Whirlwind Computer Project, in 1950.


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