Winter Quarter 2015

          
Perspectives in Assistive Technology
ENGR110/210

          

David L. Jaffe, MS
Tuesdays & Thursdays at 4:15pm - 5:30pm
Classroom 110 in Thornton Center

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2015 Lecture Schedule

Community members are welcome to attend classroom lectures. You need not be a Stanford student to attend, no signup is required, and there is no charge. Lectures are held on Tuesdays and Thursday from 4:15 to 5:30pm in Classroom 110 in the Thornton Center.

Lecture Calendar

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List of Speakers and Topics

  • David L. Jaffe, MS - Course Overview & Introduction to Assistive Technology
  • Project Pitches & Team Formation - Assistive Technology Project Suggestors
  • Gayle Curtis - Needfinding and Context Discovery for Assistive Technologies
  • Deborah E. Kenney, MS OTR/L - Bridging the Gap between Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Stanford Students with a Disability - Perspectives of Stanford Students with a Disability
  • Katherine Strausser, PhD - The Design and Control of Exoskeletons for Rehabilitation
  • Olenka Villarreal - Tour of Magical Bridge Playground
  • Peter W. Axelson, MSME ATP RET - Designing Beyond the Norm to Meet the Needs of All People
  • Allison M. Okamura, PhD & David L. Jaffe, MS - Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
  • Gary M. Berke, MS CP FAAOP - Issues of Human Interface Design
  • Graham H. Creasey, MD, FRCSEd - Tour of VA Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury Services
  • Jonathan R. Sills, PhD - Assistive Technologies: The Benefits for Returnees
  • Teri A. Adams, JD - Universal Design and the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley
  • Various Vendors - Assistive Technology Faire
  • Jessica Rose, PhD & Katelyn Cahill-Rowley - Tour of Motion & Gait Analysis Lab (Menlo Park)
  • Jules Sherman - Role of Aesthetics in the Design of Assistive Technology Devices
  • Sha Yao - Eatwell Tableware Set
  • Movie Screening - Fixed: The Science / Fiction of Human Enhancement
  • Ralf Hotchkiss - Wheelchair Fabrication in Developing Countries

If you require a disability-related accommodation to participate in the course,
please contact the course instructor. Requests should be made at least two weeks in advance.


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 6th

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

 

Thu - Jan 8th

Project Pitches & Team Formation
Project Suggestors

2

Tue - Jan 13th

Needfinding and Context Discovery for Assistive Technologies
Gayle Curtis

 

Thu - Jan 15th

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

3

Tue - Jan 20th

Perspectives of Stanford Students with a Disability
Kartik Sawhney, Aubrie Lee, Zina Jawadi, Dillon Leet, Dan Berschinski, and Alexander Barbe

 

Thu - Jan 22nd

The Design and Control of Exoskeletons for Rehabilitation
Katherine Strausser, PhD

4

Tue - Jan 27th

Field Trip to Magical Bridge Playground
Olenka Villarreal

 

Thu - Jan 29th

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

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Tue - Feb 3rd

Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
Allison M. Okamura, PhD & David L. Jaffe, MS

 

Thu - Feb 5th

Issues of Human Interface Design
Gary M. Berke, MS, CP, FAAOP

6

Tue - Feb 10th

Tour of VA Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury Services
Graham H. Creasey, MD, FRCSEd

Assistive Technologies: The Benefits for Returnees
Jonathan R. Sills, PhD; Karen Parecki, OTR/L, ATP; Evi Klein, MA, CCC-SLP, ATP; and Debbie J. Pitsch, MPT, GCS, ATP

 

Thu - Feb 12th

Student Team Project Mid-term Presentations

7

Tue - Feb 17th

Universal Design and the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley
Teri A. Adams, JD

 

Thu - Feb 19th

Assistive Technology Faire
Various Vendors

8

Tue - Feb 24th

Tour of Motion & Gait Analysis Lab (Menlo Park)
Jessica Rose, PhD & Katelyn Cahill-Rowley

 

Thu - Feb 26th

Aesthetics Matter in Assistive Technologies
Jules Sherman

From Idea to Market: Eatwell, Assistive Tableware for Persons with Cognitive Impairments
Sha Yao

9

Tue - Mar 3rd

Movie Screening - Fixed: The Science / Fiction of Human Enhancement

 

Thu - Mar 5th

Wheelchair Fabrication in Developing Countries
Ralf Hotchkiss

10

Tue - Mar 10th

Student Team Project Final Presentations

 

Thu - Mar 12th

Project Demonstrations, Course Evaluation, and Celebration

Updated 01/10/2015

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