Winter Quarter 2022

          
Perspectives in Assistive Technology
ENGR110/210

          

David L. Jaffe, MS
Lathrop Library Classroom 282
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:30pm PST

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Tuesday, March 8th

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End-of-term Student Team Project Presentations

This quarter ten student teams have been addressing problems experienced by individuals with disabilities or older adults and have been working to research, brainstorm, design, fabricate, and test a prototype device or software to meet the identified problem. Each team will give a formal presentation detailing their project activities. Please note that this was a seven-week team project effort and the students' prototypes are not intended to represent commercial offerings.

Presentation order:

Order Team Name Project Name
1 Flip No Flop Flip-Flops for Mary
2 Capsol Designing Your Afterlife
3 Cantor Crew A Day at the Cantor Arts Center
4 ArtTech Exhibition Engagement Tool
5 Magic Doodlers Accessible and Inclusive Playground Attractions (2)
6 Magic^3 Accessible and Inclusive Playground Attractions (1)
7 Crafty Mechanical Juniors (CMJ) Wearable Storage Pack for Danny
8 Ski Guarantee Ski Pole Project for Jorge
9 Hungry Dawgs Dog Feeding Aid for Danny & Korey
10 CLICK Belt Buckle Project for Danny

Each student project team will give an end-of-term project presentation which will include the following points:

  • Introduction of team members
  • Brief abstract
  • Statement of problem
  • Magnitude of problem addressed by this project
  • Discussion of interviews with those who suggested the project and potential users
  • Summary of design criteria
  • Identification of existing solutions and discussion of their limitations
  • Description of brainstormed design concepts
  • Analysis of considered design alternatives
  • Description of top selected design concepts, including their technical feasibility, engineering difficulty, estimated cost, user acceptance, safety considerations, etc
  • Design visualizations: photographs, videos, sketches, drawings, models, and prototypes
  • Future work and challenges for continuing the project toward fabrication and testing with users

Other presentation considerations and suggestions: (Due to the limited class time for presentations, there will be no opportunity for teams to field questions.)

  • Project status - what has been done, what remains
  • Problems encountered, resolved, and pending
  • Expenses expected if the project is to be continued into the Spring Quarter

The overall quality of the presentation and the design concept will be judged by the teaching team, community members, and other students on the overall quality of their presentation, the effectiveness of their design process, and the progress made toward a design solution using the following metrics:

  • Presentation & Delivery: Presentation: (What the team presented) - clarity, organization, and completeness of the information presented. Delivery: (How the team presented) - professionalism, enthusiasm, conviction, confidence, energy, volume.
  • Process: (How the team addressed the problem) - problem information, background research, design concepts brainstormed, prototyped, tested, and evaluated
  • Design: (What the team produced) - creativity, originality, functionality of the design concept & prototypes and the likelihood it will meet the user's challenges
  • Overall: (Overall score) - combined impression of presentation and project effort

Individuals evaluating the team project presentations will have the opportunity to provide their comments:

  • What did the team learn, what are your LIKES and WISHES about what they did, and what are your recommendations, suggestions, and advice for the team?
  • Comments and suggestions about the course, projects, and presentation process.
Presentation Material:
Pre-lecture slides - 1.00 Mb pdf file

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Updated 03/17/2022

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