Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Zaino on earning her Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering! Dr. Zaino’s PhD thesis dissertation was titled Walking and Rolling: Evaluation Technology to Support Multimodal Mobility for Individuals with Disabilities. Congratulations and best of luck as you move forward training on the Elite Team at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in para nordic sit skiing and assistive technology field.
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Introducing Dr Megan Ebers
Congratulations to Dr. Megan Ebers on earning her Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering! Dr. Eber’s PhD thesis dissertation was titled Machine Learning for Dynamical Models of Human Movement. Congratulations and best of luck as you move forward as a Postdoc in the AMATH department at UW!
Congratulations to Nicole Zaino on being named a Gatzert Child Welfare Fellow
Nicole was selected from a extremely competitive application pool to become a 2022 Gatzert Child Welfare Fellow. This fellowship will support Nicole in her research and as she writes her dissertation contributing to the lives of children with disabilities. Way to go Nicole! ConGATZERTulation!
NSF Convergence Accelerator | Living Better through Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology
A second NSF Convergence Accelerator focused on increasing access and inclusion. The LIBERATE workshop is focused on Living Better through Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology.
As an NSF Convergence Accelerator, participants will seek to identify pathways that could be pursued by multidisciplinary teams to get solutions at least to a prototype stage in 3-5 years. The long-term goal from this workshop is to kickstart the next wave of technologies that will empower people with disabilities.
Dr. Steele will be participating and presenting some kernels of ideas for inclusion, especially highlighting recent work from CREATE.
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Email Dr. Steele (kmsteele – at – uw – dot – edu) with questions, comments, or suggestions.
NSF Convergence Accelerator | Inclusion in the Workplace
The NSF Convergence Accelerator on Accelerating Disability Inclusion in Workplaces through Technology starts on May 20th.
The goals for this workshop are to identify pathways for technology to solve or mitigate accessibility and inclusion challenges in current and emerging workplaces. As an NSF Convergence Accelerator, participants will seek to identify pathways that could be pursued by multidisciplinary teams to get solutions at least to a prototype stage in 3-5 years. The long-term goals from this workshop are to set in motion paradigm shifts that brings the percentage of individuals with disabilities participating in the workforce closer to the general population.
Dr. Steele will be presenting some ideas on inclusion in the workplace – from work environments to transportation to workforce development.
Slides
Email Dr. Steele (kmsteele – at – uw – dot – edu) with questions, comments, or suggestions.