{"584814":{"#nid":"584814","#data":{"type":"event","title":"College of Design Research Forum: Maureen Linden","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us as Maureen Linden speaks on the \u0026quot;Use of Adjustable Office Furnishings:\u0026nbsp; Toward a Smart Office.\u0026quot; Linden, a Research Engineer II at CATEA, will speak in the\u0026nbsp; Architecture Library as part of the 2016-2017 College of Design Research Forum.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn her talk she will discuss how technology can optimize the use of adjustable ergonomic office furnishings to reduce pain, fatigue, and productivity. The results of a pilot study will be presented. These include 1) the development of instrumentation to measure how people use their equipment and 2) trends in the relationship between equipment use and pain or fatigue experienced by the user. Implications for future research in this area will also be discussed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research forums are a place for the College of Design community and our friends across the campus to experience the design- and technology-focused research at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom music technology to product design; from assistive technology to healthcare; from architecture to city planning, we explore the many ways technology can solve critical problems for the way we live.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou\u0026rsquo;re invited to attend each of these free sessions in the Architecture Library, on the first floor of the Architecture West building. Cookies and coffee will be served.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe series will take place\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThursdays from 11 a.m. to Noon.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMaureen Linden, a Research Engineer II at CATEA, will speak on the \u0026quot;Use of Adjustable Office Furnishings: Toward a Smart Office.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Maureen Linden, a Research Engineer II at CATEA, will speak on the \u0022Use of Adjustable Office Furnishings: Toward a Smart Office.\u0022"}],"uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2016-12-08 13:41:04","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:13:41","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-02-23T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-02-23T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-02-23T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-02-23 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-02-23 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-02-23 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"111971":{"id":"111971","type":"image","title":"West Architecture Building","body":null,"created":"1449178213","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:13","changed":"1475894731","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:31","alt":"West Architecture Building","file":{"fid":"194138","name":"westarchbldg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/westarchbldg_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/westarchbldg_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":394800,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/westarchbldg_0.jpg?itok=uYNvIrFt"}}},"media_ids":["111971"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"582211","name":"AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center"},{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"},{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"},{"id":"468131","name":"SimTigrate"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}