Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight

Rowan engineering students help veteran amputee return to cycling

Rowan engineering students Carley Tool, Landyn Bacanskas, Andronikos Nouragas, Ben Afflitto, Anthony Boyko and Kenyon Burgess present an adapted bike to veteran Hilbert Caesar, along with Dr. Jody Kakacek, Dr. Berivan Cecen and Dr. Mark Byrne.

5/19/22 - For the first time since losing his right leg during a 2004 mission in Iraq, Army veteran Hilbert Caesar can ride a mountain bike outside, due to the work of six students led by the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering and Quality of Life Plus, a national nonprofit serving injured veterans, first responders and others in service to the nation. 

The organization matches STEM students in universities around the country with “challengers” like Caesar to create innovative technology solutions to improve their quality of life. Through physical rehab and assistance from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the York, Pennsylvania, resident can walk, drive and even pedal a stationary bike with his prosthetic leg. But he wanted to get outside and ride a bike with his family. More >>