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Guest
Speaker 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.
2026 Guest
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List of
Guest Speakers and Presentation Titles
- David
L. Jaffe, MS - Course Overview & Introduction to Assistive
Technology
- Team
Project Pitch Day - Assistive Technology Project
Suggestors
- Gayle
Curtis, MS - Creating Assistive Technologies - Understanding the
Problem
- 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
- Sean J.
Keegan - The Billion-User Blind Spot: Who, What, and How of Digital
Accessibility
- Sha
Yao, MFA - From Idea to Market: Eatwell, Assistive Tableware for
Persons with Cognitive Impairments
- Frank
R. Willett, PhD - Recent Advances in Intracortical Brain-Computer
Interfaces
- Steve
B. Cousins, PhD & Michelle Q. Wang Baldonado, PhD- Robots for
Humanity
- Monroe
Kennedy III, PhD - Assistive Robotics
- Olenka
Villarreal - Field Trip to Magical Bridge Playground
- Gary M.
Berke, MS CP FAAOP - Issues of Human Interface
Design
- Various Exhibitors - Assistive Technology
Faire
- Peter
W. Axelson, MSME ATP RET - Designing Beyond the Norm to Meet the
Needs of All People
- Katherine Strausser, PhD - The Design and
Control of Exoskeletons for Rehabilitation
- Film
Screening - Various Trailers
- 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.
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Guest Speaker
Schedule
Click on the date to view more information about a particular
lecture,
including presenter's photograph & biosketch and lecture
abstract. |
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Tue -
Jan 6th |
Course
Overview & Introduction to Assistive Technology
David L.
Jaffe, MS |
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Thu -
Jan 8th |
Team Project
Pitch Day
Project Suggestors |
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Tue -
Jan 13th |
Creating
Assistive Technologies - Understanding the Problem
Gayle Curtis,
MS |
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Thu -
Jan 15th |
Bridging the
Gap between Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation
Medicine
Deborah E. Kenney, MS, OTR/L |
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Tue -
Jan 20th |
Perspectives
of Stanford Students with a Disability
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Jan 22nd |
The
Billion-User Blind Spot: Who, What, and How of Digital
Accessibility
Sean J. Keegan |
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Tue -
Jan 27th |
From Idea to
Market: Eatwell, Assistive Tableware for Persons with Cognitive
Impairments
Sha Yao, MFA |
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Jan 29th |
Recent
Advances in Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces
Frank R.
Willett, PhD |
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Feb 3rd |
Thoughts on
Assistive Robotics
Steve B Cousins, PhD & Michelle Q. Wang
Baldonado, PhD |
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Feb 5th |
Assistive
Robotics
Monroe Kennedy III, PhD |
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Tue -
Feb 10th |
Mid-Term Team
Project Presentations
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Feb 12th |
Field Trip to
the Magical Bridge Playground
Olenka Villarreal |
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Tue -
Feb 17th |
Issues of
Human Interface Design
Gary M. Berke, MS, CP, FAAOP
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Thu -
Feb 19th |
Assistive
Technology Faire
Various Exhibitors of Products and
Services |
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Tue -
Feb 24th |
Designing
Beyond the Norm to Meet the Needs of All People
Peter W. Axelson,
MSME, ATP, RET |
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Tue -
Feb 26th |
The Design and
Control of Exoskeletons for Rehabilitation
Katherine Strausser,
PhD |
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Tue -
Mar 3rd |
Film
Screening
Various Trailers |
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Mar 5th |
Wheelchair
Fabrication in Developing Countries
Ralf Hotchkiss
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Mar 10th |
End-of-Term Student
Team Project Presentations |
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Thu -
Mar 12th |
Student Project
Demonstrations, Course Evaluation, and Celebration
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