Winter Quarter 2024

          
Perspectives in Assistive Technology
ENGR110/210

          

David L. Jaffe, MS
Lathrop Library Classroom 282
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:50pm PST

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Lecture Schedule

Community members are welcome to attend the in-person 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 Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:50pm PT in Lathrop Library Classroom 282. Lecture information is published in Perspectives, the course newsletter. Email the instructor to request a subscription.

2024 Lecture Calendar

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List of Speakers and Lecture Titles

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 view more information about a particular lecture,
including presenter's photograph & biosketch and lecture abstract.

Week Date Topic

1

Tue - Jan 9th

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

 

Thu - Jan 11th

Project Pitch Day
Project Suggestors

2

Tue - Jan 16th

Creating Assistive Technologies - Understanding the Problem
Gayle Curtis, MS

 

Thu - Jan 18th

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

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Tue - Jan 23rd

Perspectives of Stanford Students and Faculty with a Disability
Patty White, Sydney Barta, Sheri D. Sheppard, and Bhavya Shah

 

Thu - Jan 25th

Exoskeletons in Rehabilitation and Industry
Joanna Weakley, MS, PT

4

Tue - Jan 30th

Brain-Computer Interfaces for Communication
Erin Michelle Kunz

 

Thu- Feb 1st

The Third Arm Project
J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr., PhD

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Tue - Feb 6th

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

 

Thu - Feb 8th

Assistive Robotics
Monroe Kennedy III, PhD

6

Tue - Feb 13th

Mid-Term Team Project Presentations

 

Thu - Feb 15th

Field Trip to the Magical Bridge Playground
Olenka Villarreal

7

Tue - Feb 20th

Assistive Technology for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
B. Jenny Kiratli, PhD & Jeffrey P. Jaramillo, MSPT

 

Thu - Feb 22nd

Assistive Technology Faire
Various Vendors of Products and Services

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Tue - Feb 27th

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

 

Tue - Feb 29th

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

9

Tue - Mar 5th

Film Screening
Film to be determined

 

Thu - Mar 7th

Wheelchair Fabrication in Developing Countries
Ralf Hotchkiss

10

Tue - Mar 12th

End-of-Term Student Team Project Presentations

 

Thu - Mar 14th

Student Project Demonstrations, Course Evaluation, and Celebration

Updated 04/01/2024

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