Winter Quarter 2016

          
Perspectives in Assistive Technology
ENGR110/210

          

David L. Jaffe, MS
Tuesdays & Thursdays at 4:30pm - 5:50pm
Classroom 110 in Thornton Center

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Thursday, February 11th

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Mid-term Student Team Project Presentations

Student teams have chosen a problem experienced by individuals with disabilities and have been working to research, brainstorm, design, fabricate, and test a prototype device or software to meet an identified need.

Presentation order:

  1. One More Mile - Jogging and Running Aid for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  2. Sachi-on-the-Ko - iPhone and Me Project
  3. Engineering Empathy - Support System to Destigmatize Mental Health in the Black Community
  4. Brace for Impact - Knee Brace Project
  5. Game Plan - Improved Walker Project
  6. Team Supreme - Power for Veterans Project
  7. Walkabout - Improved Walker Project
  8. Team Memori - Designing Your Afterlife
  9. Swift Engineering - Aesthetic Brace Fairing Project
  10. Magic Makers - Magical Bridge Playground Project
  11. Fairing Well - Aesthetic Brace Fairing Project
  12. Team Magicians - Magical Bridge Playground Project

Each student project team will give an informal presentation on the progress of their project which will include the following points:

  1. Introduction to project and team members
  2. Background, problem statement, and magnitude of problem
  3. Interviews with project suggestors and users who would benefit from a solution
  4. Identification and determination of need
  5. Research on existing solutions and discussion of their limitations
  6. Brainstorm activities: description and visualization of design concepts considered and prototypes built
  7. Description of top designs: technical feasibility, engineering difficulty, estimated cost, user acceptance, functionality, performance, safety considerations, tradeoffs, etc
  8. Current project activities and status, prototypes built, and challenges encountered
  9. Plans for the remainder of the quarter

The overall quality of the presentation and the design concept will be judged by the teaching team, community members, and other students using the following metrics:

  • 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, testing & evaluation
  • Presentation: (What the team presented) - clarity, organization, and completeness of the information presented
  • Design: (What the team produced) - creativity, originality, functionality of the design concept(s) and the likelihood it will meet the user's needs
  • Overall: (Overall score) - combined impression of presentation and project

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?
  • Please provide comments and suggestions about the course, projects, and presentation process.
Presentation Material:
Pre-lecture slides - 670 Kb pdf file
Video - 1:33:38
Photos - 1.02 Mb pdf file

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Updated 02/16/2016

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