Winter Quarter 2013

David L. Jaffe, MS and Professor Drew Nelson Tuesdays & Thursdays   4:15pm - 5:30pm Thornton Center - Classroom 110

Tuesday, March 12th

This quarter eight student teams have been working to identify a particular need for users of assistive technology and to design, fabricate, and test a prototype device to address that need.

Each student team will give their final project presentation.

The student teams' presentations should include the following points:

0. Introduction of team and its members
1. Background, statement & magnitude of problem
2. Interactions with project suggestors and potential users who would benefit from a solution
3. Identification / determination of need
4. Research of existing products and discussion of limitations
5. Description and visualization of design concepts considered and prototypes built
6. Discussion of selected design: technical and engineering elements, estimated cost, user acceptance, functionality, performance, safety considerations, tradeoffs, etc
7. Visualization and demonstration of final prototype: photographs and/or video of operation with user
8. Future work: improvements and challenges for continuing the project

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:

• Process: problem identification, research, brainstorming, design selection, fabrication, testing, and evaluation
• Presentation: clarity, organization, and completeness of the information presented
• Design: creativity, originality, functionality of the design as well as the extent to which it meets the user's needs

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.

Team ProApps Social Development Program for Students with Autism Beth Shields Kevin McCabe Project: Explore the development of educational gaming applications that will help to create an engaging method for students to build appropriate social emotional recognition through repetitive behavioral modeling.

Team Sane Fix Monkey Bar Prosthetic Project Sane Cassidy Tal Fix Project: Explore designs for a device for a child with a missing hand or arm that would allow him/her to play on the monkey bars.

Touch of a Button! Dressing Aids Kelly Nguyen Raymond Liou Nathaniel Wynn Project: Explore designs for anyone with an upper extremity impairment to help them button their pants and shirt (including sleeves).

Team Flatland Flat House Project Will Tucker Matt Rios Tommy Fraychineaud Project: Explore and design a solution that can be retrofitted to current housing for the outdoor step problem (entering and leaving a house), the indoor one step up or down on a single floor, and the multi-step problem of stairs.

Team Xavier Neurosky Project Andrew Logan Project: Explore an application for a person with a disability using the NeuroSky brain-computer interface product.

Team Oh Inhalers / MyInhaler Inhaler Appearance Project Kezia Alfred Project: Explore designs for inhalers that would improve their appearance, including making them more discreet.

Team Too Clean Wheelchair Wheel Washer Sean Pacheco Project: Explore designs to remove dirt from the wheels of a powered or manual wheelchair or walker.

The Pedphiles Sock Donning Aid Anna Evans Richard Lui Wade Hatton Project: Explore a new design for a sock donning aid that can be used with one hand.

Lecture Material:

Pre-presentation slides - 301 Kb pdf file

Audio - 1:43:12 - 11.8 Mb mp3

Photos - 701 Kb pdf file