Kevin Granata
| Kevin Granata | |
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| Born |
December 29, 1961 Toledo, Ohio |
| Died | April 16, 2007 (aged 45) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia |
| Residence | Blacksburg, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
Mechanical engineering Orthopedic surgery |
| Institutions |
Virginia Tech Wake Forest University University of Virginia |
| Alma mater |
Ohio State University Purdue University |
| Doctoral students | Darin Padua |
| Known for | Robotics and mobility expertise Cerebral palsy research |
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Kevin P. Granata (December 29, 1961 – April 16, 2007) was an American professor in multiple departments including the Departments of Engineering, Science and Mechanics (in which he was tenured) and Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia. Granata held an additional academic appointment as a professor in the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and was an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. During the Virginia Tech shootings, he shepherded students into his office in order to safeguard them. He was then killed by Seung-Hui Cho after he went to investigate and intervene.
A native of Toledo, Ohio, Granata attended St. Francis de Sales High School in Toledo, where he played football and served on the debate team for four years, graduating in 1980 with a 4.0 GPA. Granata was awarded a bachelor's degree in engineering physics & electrical engineering from Ohio State University in 1984, a master's degree in physics from Purdue University in 1986, and a doctorate in biomechanics from Ohio State in 1993. He began his bachelor's degree in physics at John Carroll University in Cleveland, where he also played football, before transferring to Ohio State to finish the degree.
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