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
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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 |
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Tue -
Jan 5th |
Course
Overview & Introduction to Assistive Technology David L.
Jaffe, MS |
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Thu -
Jan 7th |
Project
Pitches & Team Formation Project Suggestors |
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Tue -
Jan 12th |
Needfinding
and Context Discovery for Assistive Technologies Gayle
Curtis |
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Thu -
Jan 14th |
Bridging the
Gap between Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation
Medicine Deborah E. Kenney, MS, OTR/L |
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Tue -
Jan 19th |
Perspectives
of Stanford Students with a Disability Edan Alexander Armas,
Kartik Sawhney, Dan Berschinski, Jacob Gowan, and Zina Jawadi |
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Jan 21st |
Issues of
Human Interface Design Gary M. Berke, MS, CP, FAAOP
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Jan 26th |
A Personal and
Historical Perspective on Creative Thinking and Design with a Focus on
Seniors Barbara Knickerbocker Beskind |
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Jan 28th |
Designing
Beyond the Norm to Meet the Needs of All People Peter W. Axelson,
MSME, ATP, RET |
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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 |
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Feb 4th |
Assistive
Technology Faire Various Vendors |
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Tue -
Feb 9th |
Tour of Motion
& Gait Analysis Lab (Menlo Park) Jessica Rose, PhD &
Katelyn Cahill-Rowley |
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Thu -
Feb 11th |
Student Team
Project Mid-term Presentations |
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Tue -
Feb 16th |
The Design and
Control of Exoskeletons for Rehabilitation Katherine Strausser,
PhD |
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Feb 18th |
Field Trip to
Magical Bridge Playground Olenka Villarreal |
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Tue -
Feb 23rd |
Perspectives
on Bringing New Assistive Technology Products to Market Rob
Karlovich & Ahmad Al-Ghazi |
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Thu -
Feb 25th |
Aesthetics
Matter in Assistive Technologies Jules Sherman
From Idea to
Market: Eatwell, Assistive Tableware for Persons with Cognitive
Impairments Sha Yao |
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Mar 1st |
Film
Screenings - I Am Able & Fixed: The Science / Fiction of Human
Enhancement
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Mar 3rd |
Wheelchair
Fabrication in Developing Countries Ralf Hotchkiss
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Tue -
Mar 8th |
Student Team Project
Final Presentations |
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Mar 10th |
Project
Demonstrations, Course Evaluation, and Celebration
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