ATLAS

Assistive
Technology 
Laboratory
at
Stanford

Steven H. Collins, PhD

Exoskeleton Research - Steve Collins is a newly-arrived Associate Professor in Stanford's Mechanical Engineering Department from Carnegie Mellon University, where he directed the Experimental Biomechatronics Laboratory and taught courses on Robotics and Design. He received his BS from Cornell University in 2002 and his PhD from the University of Michigan in 2008, and performed postdoctoral research at T.U. Delft. He will discuss his ongoing research to develop wearable robotic devices that improve mobility and quality of life, especially for people with disabilities

Lindsey Dolich Felt, PhD

Bionic Ears: Cochlear Implants and the Future of Assistive Technology - Lindsey Dolich Felt is a postdoctoral teaching fellow in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University. She received her PhD in English from Stanford University in 2016, and holds a BA from Haverford College. Before coming to Stanford, she worked as a journalist for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. She will share her personal experience as a user of cochlear implants and discuss the history and future of this device's development.

Sha Yao

From Idea to Market: Eatwell, Assistive Tableware for Persons with Cognitive Impairments - Sha Yao is a passionate Industrial Designer who likes to challenge herself. She has a diverse background and speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese. She created a product design studio to help startup companies develop their product ideas, and especially loves to work on projects that help people in need. Inspired by her late grandmother, she developed a 9-piece tableware set for people with cognitive impairments. She will relate the challenges she faced in bringing her award-winning tableware set to market.

Presentation at the Cubberley Community Center

Please plan to attend my upcoming presentation at the Cubberley Community Center where I will be speaking about the critical role that older adults and people with disabilities play as they work with teams of Stanford students to design and fabricate prototype devices that address real problems and challenges, as well as soliciting project suggestions for teams to pursue in the course. This will be a repeat of my August 4th presentation at Avenidas in Palo Alto.

When: Friday, September 15th from 11:00am to 12:30pm

Where: Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, Building "I", 2nd floor
            Park in the back near the tennis courts

How: No RSVP is required to attend this free presentation.

Celebrating a Decade of Redesigning Long Life

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Stanford Center on Longevity will host a one day symposium that features preeminent individuals representing a range of disciplines, industry leaders poised to distribute innovative products and services to the public, and thought leaders who help to shape ideas that influence cultural change. It will be a landmark gathering that shifts attention away from a path laden with myths and stereotypes about aging to one that that offers an agentic and achievable vision of long life. In addition to the esteemed speakers, the symposium will feature activities related to the Center’s longevity research.

When: Thursday, September 21st from 8:00am to 6:30pm

Where: Stanford University, Arrillaga Alumni Center

How: Register for tickets here. $125