Winter Quarter 2016

          
Perspectives in Assistive Technology
ENGR110/210

          

David L. Jaffe, MS
Tuesdays & Thursdays at 4:30pm - 5:50pm
Classroom 110 in Thornton Center

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2016 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 4:30 to 5:50pm 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
  • Gary M. Berke, MS CP FAAOP - Issues of Human Interface Design
  • Barbara Knickerbocker Beskind - A Personal and Historical Perspective on Creative Thinking and Design with a Focus on Seniors
  • 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
  • Graham H. Creasey, MD, FRCSEd - Tour of VA Palo Alto Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury Services
  • Jonathan R. Sills, PhD - Assistive Technologies: The Benefits for Returnees
  • Rob Karlovich & Ahmad Al-Ghazi - Perspectives on Bringing New Assistive Technology Products to Market
  • 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 5th

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

 

Thu - Jan 7th

Project Pitches & Team Formation
Project Suggestors

2

Tue - Jan 12th

Needfinding and Context Discovery for Assistive Technologies
Gayle Curtis

 

Thu - Jan 14th

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

3

Tue - Jan 19th

Perspectives of Stanford Students with a Disability
Edan Alexander Armas, Kartik Sawhney, Dan Berschinski, Jacob Gowan, and Zina Jawadi

 

Thu - Jan 21st

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

4

Tue - Jan 26th

A Personal and Historical Perspective on Creative Thinking and Design with a Focus on Seniors
Barbara Knickerbocker Beskind

 

Thu - Jan 28th

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

5

Tue - Feb 2nd

Tour of VA Palo Alto 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 4th

Assistive Technology Faire
Various Vendors

6

Tue - Feb 9th

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

 

Thu - Feb 11th

Student Team Project Mid-term Presentations

7

Tue - Feb 16th

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

 

Thu - Feb 18th

Field Trip to Magical Bridge Playground
Olenka Villarreal

8

Tue - Feb 23rd

Perspectives on Bringing New Assistive Technology Products to Market
Rob Karlovich & Ahmad Al-Ghazi

 

Thu - Feb 25th

Aesthetics Matter in Assistive Technologies
Jules Sherman

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

9

Tue - Mar 1st

Film Screenings - I Am Able & Fixed: The Science / Fiction of Human Enhancement

 

Thu - Mar 3rd

Wheelchair Fabrication in Developing Countries
Ralf Hotchkiss

10

Tue - Mar 8th

Student Team Project Final Presentations

 

Thu - Mar 10th

Project Demonstrations, Course Evaluation, and Celebration

Updated 02/16/2016

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