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Student's
Comments - Winter 2008
From student's course comments
and personal reflections:
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General comments:
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I enjoyed hearing from the many
different people who work in this field, especially
non-engineers.
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[I] loved the course - looked
forward to attending every week. [I took away] a lot of knowledge to apply to
my other classes, groupwork, and life in general.
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... the course was the most
beneficial course I took all quarter and one that has made a significant impact
in my career
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The lectures on universal design
and on creative needfinding were both very helpful and relevant to our process
for this project.
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I think Gary Karp's Life on Wheels
and Teri Adams' Creating Problem Solving: Balancing Planning and Improv
[lectures] did a great job on making us think about basic user mentality and
interaction respectively.
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I feel that this class is
especially beneficial to undergrads who are going to take ME 113 the next
quarter.
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The combination of motivating
lecturers and work on an individual project made this course extremely
valuable.
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Working with a team of engineers
to design for users with disabilities as part of ENGR110: Perspectives on
Assistive Technology was a unique, challenging, and fun experience for me this
quarter.
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[I] believe that a class on
designing assistive technology (like this one) should be required for all
mechanical engineering majors at Stanford.
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In response to the question: Why
did you decide to enroll in the course?
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[I] wanted to apply design to
projects that were not corporate based.
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[I wanted] to get a basic
understanding of what engineering is involved in assistive
technology.
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[I wanted] to get a feel for
applications of biotech in engineering.
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[I wanted] chance to work on an
assistive technology ME113 project.
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I am pursuing a career in medical
devices and thought this course would give me an insight from other points of
views.
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In response to the evaluation of the
lecture on Universal Design and Designing for Accessibility:
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The concept of Universal Design
was very useful and extends well beyond assistive technology.
From student's online course
evaluation:
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The instructor was very open to
feedback on how to improve the class.
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Really interesting class. I think more
people would like to know about it, so it should be more publicized in ME 80
and other ME classes.
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Great speaker line-up. Honestly, I was
surprised how much I learned and took from lectures week, after week. I looked
forward to attending every Tuesday. Thanks!
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It works well as a survey
seminar
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This is a great class for those
interested in medical devices and/or assistive technology. It's a great
prerequisite to those taking ME 113 in the spring.
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[I] really enjoyed the bbq at the end,
and overall, the opportunity to get to know the speakers and other members of
the class.
From student's
emails:
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Thanks for teaching the class this
quarter - I really enjoyed it!
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... the class was a great experience
overall. I was able to see many different people's perspectives on disability
and was happy to see that everyone who works in the field is very positive
about it. Thanks for organizing such a wonderful lecture series.
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I attended lecture today and it was
absolutely what I was hoping for if not better. Thanks for allowing me to
enroll.
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I'm interested in pursuing a masters
degree in Occupational Therapy after Stanford and I think this class is
pertinent to what I'll learn in the future.
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Thank you for a great quarter. I very
much enjoyed the course. It really opened my mind to a lot of
things.
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