Disability, Assistive Technology, and Computer-Human Interaction with David L. Jaffe; BayCHI Program
Channel: BayCHI, San Francisco Bay Area ACM SIGCHI
Date: 24/04/2024

April 9, 2024
https://baychi.org/calendar/20240409/

Dave will discuss topics at the intersection of disability, assistive technology, education, design process, and computer-human interaction, including:

    Expanded definitions of disability and assistive technology.
    Elements of an engineering design project course.
    Many student project examples.

David L. Jaffe, MS is an adjunct lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University, where he has taught Perspectives in Assistive Technology for the past eighteen years. The course explores the broad spectrum of issues surrounding the design, development, and use of technology that benefits people with disabilities and older adults. Students pursue projects that address a challenge experienced by these individuals who live in the local community by designing and fabricating a functional assistive technology device. The class sessions include:

    Guest lecturers.
    A field trip.
    An Assistive Technology Faire.
    A film screening.
    Student project presentations.
    An end-of-term project demonstration.

In addition to organizing this course, Dave contributes to the definition of quarterly course projects in ME218 Smart Product Design course, coaches teams in the ME capstone course, and mentors students working on assistive technology projects.

Dave earned a BSE from University of Michigan and an MSE from Northwestern University.