{"130601":{"#nid":"130601","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Students Explore Universal Design with the Wireless RERC and Virginia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe GT Junior\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E Industrial Design \u003C\/a\u003Eclass (Spring Semester ID 3201) participated in a project with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.workrerc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWireless RERC\u003C\/a\u003E (Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center) in the design of a universally designed (UD) wireless device.\u0026nbsp; The GT junior class has participated in this project for the last three years and this year was joined by sophomore ID students from Virginia Tech.\u0026nbsp; The instructors from GT were\u0026nbsp; Dr. Young Mi Choi and Wendell Wilson and the instructors from VT were Akshay Sharma and Mitzi Vernon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudent teams were tasked with re-designing a mobile handset to meet 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permit user evaluation and ergonomic assessment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EModels and posters of each team\u0027s final design were presented at the open house for AWARE home and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.catea.gatech.edu\/index.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECATEA \u003C\/a\u003Eon April 17 coordinated by Brian Jones who is Director of the Aware Home Research Initiative.\u0026nbsp; The designs were also presented at the Southeast District IDSA conference on April 20.\u0026nbsp; All of the students who participated in the project voted to select the designs that appeared to best meet the user\u0027s needs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe winners were:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETeam Quad from Georgia Tech: Kevin Shin, Nahla Osman and Aimee Smith\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETeam Omni-Connect from Virginia Tech: Steven Gethard, Jason McIlhany, Emma Weaver, Ivana Zelov\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe main project sponsor from the 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