Winter Quarter 2008 Course Announcement:

ENGR110/210: Perspectives in Assistive Technology

with Professor Drew Nelson
and David L. Jaffe, MS
Winter Quarter, Tuesdays 4:15pm - 5:05pm
Location: Meyer Forum (Meyer Library, Room 124)

Information and Instructions for Speakers


Speakers,

Thank you once again for your willingness to participate in the Stanford Course: Perspectives in Assistive Technology.

Information needed: If you haven't done so already, please provide me with the following information for the class website and announcements:

  • Title of your talk
  • One paragraph description of your talk
  • One paragraph biosketch
  • Contact information that you would like to give out
  • A digital photograph (head shot)

Class location: The class will be held in the Forum Room (Room 124) on the ground level of Meyer Library. It is in one corner of the building, facing the clock tower on one side and Hoover Tower on the other.

Parking information:

  • Parking in Stanford lots does not require a permit after 4pm.
  • Your best chance of finding a parking space is in the lot behind Tressider Union.
  • Refer to the online campus map for the location of other parking lots.
  • Please refer to a map to find you way from your car to the classroom.

Class time:

  • Please plan to arrive at the classroom by 4pm for setup.
  • Please consider the time needed to navigate around campus and to find a parking space.
  • Class begins promptly at 4:15pm.
  • The lecture ends at approximately 5:05pm.
  • Please leave some time at the end of your presentation for questions and discussion.

Powerpoint presentation options: An LCD projector is available.

  • Bring your computer (and the VGA adapter if you have a Mac laptop) with your presentation, or
  • Email me your Powerpoint presentation so I can put it on my computer

Audience:

  • The audience will be made up of engineering students (mostly mechanical engineering) and individuals from the greater Stanford community (120 maximum).
  • There may be several students who arrive late or have to leave early due to other class committments.

Student interest:

  • Learning about rehabilitation and assistive technology,
  • Obtaining information that can help them pursue a successful assistive technology student project for this class (and continuing into next quarter), and
  • Understanding how their Stanford education in engineering can be used to benefit people with disabilities.

  • Please do not overwhelm the students with technical details. One message to communicate is they can successfully pursue an assistive technology project.

Handout material: Please provide me with a soft copy of any handout material before your presentation if you would like me to make copies of them. Send me your Powerpoint slides after your talk for posting on the class website.

Presentation content suggestions: Please consider including the following items (if appropriate) in your presentation:

  • Introduce yourself, briefly provide some career-oriented context: - your educational and employment backgrounds
  • Who do you work for presently?
  • What are you doing now?
  • What kinds of projects are you working on?
  • Who do you work with - professionals in what fields?
  • What tools and design processes do you use to succeed in your job?
  • How are you funded?
  • What are some unmet challenges in your specific field of work?
  • What is your perspective on your work and your professional field as it relates to assistive technology and rehabilitation?
  • How does your work impact people with disabilities or the fields of assistive technology and rehabilitation?
  • Provide at least one good example of your work (hopefully it will include some mechanical engineering components).
  • Include comments on how you address ethical issues such as safety and privacy and how you interact with people with disabilities.
  • Please keep your presentation short to allow for questions and discussion.

Class website:

Thank you again

Dave Jaffe
650/892-4464 cell


Updated 04/16/2008

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