Winter Quarter 2011 Course Announcement

ENGR110/210
Perspectives in Assistive Technology

David L. Jaffe, MS and Professor Drew Nelson
Tuesdays & Thursdays   4:15pm - 5:30pm
Main Quad, Building 370, Classroom 370

2011 Lecture Calendar

January
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February
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March
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List of Speakers and Topics


  • David L. Jaffe, MS - Lecturer - Course Overview & Introduction to Assistive Technology
  • Project Pitches by Assistive Technology Project Suggestors
  • Gayle Curtis - Design Thinking and Applied Ideation for Assistive Technologies
  • Deborah E. Kenney, MS, OTR/L - Foothill College - Bridging the Gap between Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Douglas F. Schwandt, MS - Mechanical Engineering Consultant - Design Challenges in Assistive Technology
  • Maurice LeBlanc - "Give Hope - Give a Hand" - The LN-4 Prosthetic Hand
  • Angelo Szychowski, Matt Cooper, Fiona Hinze, and Nicole B. Torcolini - Perspectives of Stanford Students with a Disability
  • Elna R. Tymes - Los Trancos Systems - Why Assistive Technology is Important to Seniors
  • William A. Gerrey, BSEE - Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute - Tools and Techniques for Individuals with Visual Impairments
  • Steve Cousins - Tour of Willow Garage (Menlo Park)
  • Richard D. Steele, PhD - Lingraphica - The Lingraphica: An Assistive Technology for Persons with Aphasia
  • Peter W. Axelson, MSME, ATP, RET - Beneficial Designs - Designing Beyond the Norm to Meet the Needs of All People
  • Teri A. Adams, JD - Stanford Disability Resource Center - Teri Adams’s Extremely Subjective View: Quality of Life for People with Disabilities in 2011
  • Jessica Rose, PhD and Adam Sheppard, BS, MM, MA - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Gait, CP, and FES
  • Ray Grott, MA, ATP, RET - San Francisco State University - Practical and Appropriate Technology Solutions
  • Chris & Michael Bayne - RotaMobility - Perspectives of an Assistive Technology Manufacturer
  • Graham H. Creasey, MD - VA Palo Alto Health Care System - What Kind of Assistive Technology Do You Need if You Break your Neck?
  • Ralf Hotchkiss - San Francisco State University - Wheelchair Fabrication in Developing Countries

Lecture Schedule

Click on the date to get more information about a particular lecture, including presenter's photograph & biosketch and lecture description.

Week Date Topic

1

Tue - Jan 4th

Course Overview & Introduction to Assistive Technology
David L. Jaffe, MS

  Thu - Jan 6th

Project Pitches & Team Formation
David L. Jaffe, MS

2

Tue - Jan 11th

Design Thinking and Applied Ideation for Assistive Technologies
Gayle Curtis

  Thu - Jan 13th

Bridging the Gap between Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation Medicine
Deborah E. Kenney, MS, OTR/L

3

Tue - Jan 18th

Design Challenges in Assistive Technology
Douglas F. Schwandt, MS

The LN-4 Prosthetic Hand
Maurice LeBlanc, MSME, CP

  Thu - Jan 20th

Perspectives of Stanford Students with a Disability
Angelo Szychowski, Matt Cooper, Fiona Hinze, and Nicole B. Torcolini

4

Tue - Jan 25th

Why Assistive Technology is Important to Seniors
Elna R. Tymes

  Thu - Jan 27th

Tools and Techniques for Individuals with Visual Impairments
William A. Gerrey, BSEE

5

Tue - Feb 1st

Tour of Willow Garage
Steve Cousins

  Thu - Feb 3rd

The Lingraphica: An Assistive Technology for Persons with Aphasia
Richard D. Steele, PhD

6

Tue - Feb 8th

Designing Beyond the Norm to Meet the Needs of All People
Peter W. Axelson, MSME, ATP, RET

  Thu - Feb 10th

Mid-term Student Proposal Presentations

7

Tue - Feb 15th

Teri Adams’s Extremely Subjective View: Quality of Life for People with Disabilities in 2011
Teri A. Adams, JD

  Thu - Feb 17th

Gait, CP, and FES
Jessica Rose, PhD and Adam Sheppard, BS, MM, MA

8

Tue - Feb 22nd

Practical and Appropriate Technology Solutions
Ray Grott, MA, ATP, RET

  Thu - Feb 24th

ROTA Mobility Inc.: From Development to Commercialization
Chris Bayne and Michael Bayne

9

Tue - Mar 1st

What Kind of Assistive Technology Do You Need if You Break your Neck?
Graham H. Creasey, MD

  Thu - Mar 3rd

Wheelchair Fabrication in Developing Countries
Ralf Hotchkiss

10

Tue - Mar 8th

Student Team Project Final Presentations

  Thu - Mar 10th

Course Evaluation & Celebration


Updated 01/25/2011

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