Sasha Portnova will be presenting her work, Open-Source 3D-Printed Hand Orthoses for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury, at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP) 42nd Academy Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, March 9-12th in Orlando, FL. Congratulations, Sasha!
Projects
Sasha Portnova to present in The International Conference of Undergraduate Research
Sasha Portnova is presenting her research on 3D-printed wrist-driven hand orthoses today in The International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR). The conference is an annual multidisciplinary forum that connects students from universities in seven countries across the world. Sasha was the sole person selected from the ME department at UW to present. Great work, Sasha!
Lab featured in ME Video
The Ability & Innovation Lab was featured in the College of Engineering’s Video on mechanical engineering. Hopefully we can help to get more future engineers interested in working with the ultimate machine! Sylvie and Gaurav did a fantastic job sharing their experiences and future ambitions working as mechanical engineers.
You can watch the full video here: You Tube
Capacity Building Institute
The proceedings from AccessEngineering’s first Capacity Building Institute have been published on-line.
This institute focused on bringing together faculty, staff, and students from engineering departments around the country to discuss how to support individuals with disabilities in pursuing careers in engineering.
There were many wonderful presentations and discussions. In particular check out:
- Panel of engineers and students
- Recommendations for making engineering more accessible
- Universal design in the engineering curriculum
These discussions helped to inform several new resources from AccessEngineering including:
- Making a Makerspace? Guidelines for Accessibility and Universal Design
- Equal Access: Universal Design of Engineering Departments
- Equal Access: Universal Design of Engineering Labs
- Checklist for Making Engineering Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities
The Capacity Building Institute was hosted at the University of Washington-Seattle April 7-9, 2015. Please let us know if you are interested in participating next year!
KUOW Feature: Accessible Makerspaces
We were privileged to have Jamala Henderson from KUOW Public Radio join in during our brainstorms and activities for creating accessible makerspaces.
She has put together a wonderful news story about our project and included some great quotes from the students about why we should create accessible makerspaces:
“The cool thing about engineering spaces is a lot of people use engineering spaces to help solve other problems for people with disabilities, and I think it would be cool if people with disabilities were more involved with solving their own problems.” – Kayla Wheeler
Listen to the full story here: KUOW 94.9 FM