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He said in an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gcdd.org\/blogs\/making-a-difference-blog\/3051-straight-talk-my-life-my-advocacy.html\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026ldquo;I shared my belief that people with disabilities want the same opportunities to have as people who do not.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHe wrote about his experiences at the capitol in an article featured in the Georgia Council on Development Disabilities\u0026rsquo; spring edition of the digital magazine \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gcdd.org\/news-a-media\/making-a-difference-magazine\/3033-making-a-difference-spring-2017.html\u0022\u003EMaking a Difference\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVogel is a student in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/excel\/index.html\u0022\u003E Expanding Career, Education and Leadership Opportunities (EXCEL) Program\u003C\/a\u003E and will be returning to CATEA, a research center within the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E, in the summer and into the fall. He starts his third year in the Excel Program in August.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECATEA research assistant Kurt Vogel advocates for those with intellectual disabilities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CATEA research assistant Kurt Vogel advocates for those with intellectual disabilities."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-06-01 19:36:44","changed_gmt":"2017-06-19 15:35:38","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592369":{"id":"592369","type":"image","title":"Kurt Vogel","body":null,"created":"1496345925","gmt_created":"2017-06-01 19:38:45","changed":"1496345925","gmt_changed":"2017-06-01 19:38:45","alt":"Kurt Vogel","file":{"fid":"225755","name":"Kurt.Vogel_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kurt.Vogel_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kurt.Vogel_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":148494,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Kurt.Vogel_.jpg?itok=DkdFErAL"}}},"media_ids":["592369"],"groups":[{"id":"582211","name":"AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center"},{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"590446":{"#nid":"590446","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nancey Green Leigh: We Are \u0027Shaping a Robotic Future at Georgia Tech\u0027 ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalroboticsweek.org\/\u0022\u003ENational Robotics Week\u003C\/a\u003E, we asked Nancey Green Leigh to talk about robotics and what\u0026#39;s happening here at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELeigh is the associate dean for research in the College and last fall\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/news\/nancey-green-leigh-receives-grant-study-us-robotics-industry-and-economic-impacts-0\u0022\u003E secured a grant from the National Science Foundation National Robotics Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E to study the U.S. robotics industry and its economic impacts. She also is a professor in the School of City and Regional Planning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe gave us her thoughts on robotics research and the industry.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E1. Why should anyone research the robotics industry?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERobots are being developed and \u0026ldquo;employed\u0026rdquo; across the economy, on farms, in factories, warehouses, hotels and hospitals, to name just a few types of businesses using them. They will fundamentally transform daily life and work. Researchers are essential to making that transformation happen from a creative and technical perspective. They also have a key role to play in ensuring that robotics diffusion is not simply imposed upon society in a way the causes winners and losers, but, rather, leads to robotics\u0026rsquo; full potential for enhancing all human experience and safeguarding the physical world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E2. How will robots affect city and regional planning?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECity and regional planning includes a number of specializations that focus on the world in which we live, such as economic development, environment,\u0026nbsp;housing, land use, and transportation.\u0026nbsp;Robotics diffusion will affect all of these areas, but, currently, the most attention is being given to how \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/id.gatech.edu\/representing-industrial-design-fall-16-capstone\u0022\u003Eautonomous vehicles (a kind of robot)\u003C\/a\u003E will alter our transportation infrastructure, as well as greatly reduce the number of driver jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E3. Your peers are inventing and improving robots: What does Georgia Tech need to do to shape a future with robots?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe are already \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/creating-next-robotics\u0022\u003Eshaping a robotic future at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, but there is much to be done.\u0026nbsp;Within the College of Design, in a great example of how robots can contribute to the arts and empowering those with disabilities, music Professor Gil Weinberg has developed a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\/robotic-musicianship-projects#shimon\u0022\u003Emarimba-playing robotic musician\u003C\/a\u003E that uses machine learning for jazz improvisation, as well as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\/robotic-musicianship-projects#prosthesis\u0022\u003Ea prosthetic robotic arm for amputees\u003C\/a\u003E that restores and enhances human drumming abilities. Associate Professor Russell Gentry offers a great example for architecture; he is using \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/meet-kuka-robot\u0022\u003Ea Kuka robot\u003C\/a\u003E for teaching robotic fabrication and for researching humans \u0026ndash; robot collaboration in a fabrication setting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E4. What else should the Design academic community research about robots?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe have a major research focus on assistive technologies involving several schools and research centers of the College of Design and robots will be an increasing part of such technologies. How robots navigate existing street, sidewalk and building infrastructure, and how their presence might influence future design of such infrastructure is another rich research area. And how the deployment of robots in multiple economic sectors affects current and future jobs will be a critical economic development question tying in with many aspects of the Design academic community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Dean for Research Nancey Green Leigh answered a few questions about the future of robotics at the College of Design and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Associate Dean for Research Nancey Green Leigh answered a few questions about the future of robotics at the College of Design and Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-04-14 17:46:03","changed_gmt":"2017-04-19 13:11:54","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590453":{"id":"590453","type":"image","title":"Nancey Green Leigh","body":null,"created":"1492192677","gmt_created":"2017-04-14 17:57:57","changed":"1492192677","gmt_changed":"2017-04-14 17:57:57","alt":"Nancey Green Leigh","file":{"fid":"224948","name":"pofile.ngleigh.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pofile.ngleigh.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pofile.ngleigh.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":69857,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pofile.ngleigh.jpg?itok=vkOkL6D_"}}},"media_ids":["590453"],"groups":[{"id":"582211","name":"AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center"},{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"},{"id":"60380","name":"CSPAV - Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization"},{"id":"60381","name":"CMT - Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"},{"id":"60379","name":"DBL - Digital Building Lab"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"1223","name":"School of Building Construction"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"},{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"},{"id":"468131","name":"SimTigrate"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"588476":{"#nid":"588476","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AMAC Helping Georgia Make State\u0027s Websites Accessible","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center is working with the state of Georgia to make the state\u0026rsquo;s websites accessible. John Rempel, a quality control and training specialist at AMAC, audited the websites for the state.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHe was recently \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.wabe.org\/post\/georgia-aims-make-its-websites-accessible-all\u0022\u003Efeatured in an article\u003C\/a\u003E on Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wabe.org\/\u0022\u003Ewabe.org\u003C\/a\u003E talking about what it means to make a website accessible to those with disabilities. One way is through the use of alternative tags on photos. For those persons with visual impairment using screen readers, the device reads the alternative tag, or description of photos, to the user.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAMAC is the perfect research center to assist the state. The research and service center at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E, provides practical solutions for challenges faced by individuals with disabilities. The center offers services to help organizations bring their websites into compliance with accessibility laws.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center also provides accessibility services to individuals, educational organizations, nonprofits as well as government and corporate entities. Learn more about the AMAC research center at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/amacresearch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eamacresearch.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. Many of AMAC\u0026rsquo;s research-driven services are provided through \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amacusg.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eamacusg.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.wabe.org\/post\/georgia-aims-make-its-websites-accessible-all\u0022\u003ERead the WABE article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAMAC Accessibility is working with the state of Georgia to make the state\u0026rsquo;s websites accessible.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AMAC Accessibility is working with the state of Georgia to make the state\u2019s websites accessible."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-03-08 20:56:57","changed_gmt":"2017-03-23 18:56:00","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"588475":{"id":"588475","type":"image","title":"John Rempel","body":null,"created":"1489006343","gmt_created":"2017-03-08 20:52:23","changed":"1489006343","gmt_changed":"2017-03-08 20:52:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224245","name":"John.Rempel.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/John.Rempel.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/John.Rempel.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":26467,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/John.Rempel.jpg?itok=8lTChQsJ"}}},"media_ids":["588475"],"groups":[{"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"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"588197":{"#nid":"588197","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Design Faculty Score High With Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students really like our professors!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFive College of Design instructors have won the 2016 Class of 1940 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award. This award is given to a maximum of 40 Georgia Tech teachers who received\u0026nbsp;the best scores on the Course-Instructor Opinion Survey for the question, \u0026quot;Overall, this instructor is an effective teacher\u0026quot;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prize includes a one-time pre-tax award of $1000 and having their name printed in the Celebrating Teaching Day (March 14, 2017) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ESchool of Architecture: Michael Gamble\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael Gamble, an associate professor in the School of Architecture, won the award for instructing ARCH 6069: Advanced Architecture Design I. Gamble also won the award in 2015, 2013, and 2012. He is the director of graduate studies for the School of Architecture, creative director for Gamble + Gamble Architects in Atlanta, and known for examining the environmental impact of design decisions, notably through his work with housing, energy, and building technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGamble\u0026rsquo;s research has received grants from: The Alcoa Foundation, The Kendeda Foundation, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, and the National Endowments of the Arts. He also received First Prize for Research in an international competition sponsored by the Environmental Design and Research Association.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ESchool of City \u0026amp; Regional Planning: Dan Immergluck\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDan Immergluck won the 2016 award for instructing CP 6630: Government and Housing Markets. He\u0026#39;s won the award twice before, both for CP 6611 | Real Estate Finance and Development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a professor in the School of City \u0026amp; Regional Planning, Immergluck teaches courses in statistics, real estate finance, housing policy, and social justice and equity planning. Professor Immergluck\u0026rsquo;s research concerns affordable housing, neighborhood change, community development finance, economic development, and other topics. His applied research focuses on housing and development issues in Atlanta as well as cities around the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDan is the author of four books, more than four dozen scholarly articles, numerous book chapters and encyclopedia entries, and scores of applied research reports. His scholarship is widely cited, and he has been quoted extensively in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and other media. He has testified several times before Congress and the Federal Reserve Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ESchool of Industrial Design: Young-Mi Choi\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYoung-Mi Choi, an associate professor in the School of Industrial Design, won the award for instructing ID 2022: ID Studio II. The class is set up to give students the chance to interact with a variety of users, such as users with spinal cord injuries confined to a wheelchair or users with visual impairments. This allows them to practice engagement techniques with real users, obtain feedback and test their designs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChoi teaches product development, human factors, and ergonomics. Her research activities focus on applying evidence-based design in innovation and human-centered design. Her research focuses on topics related to the roles played by users, industrial designers, engineers, and marketers during the process of creating new products and assistive technologies. She is also the director of the I3 Lab and a project director with the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wireless Inclusive Technologies (WIT RERC). She has received the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program Women of Excellence Award, Outstanding Faculty Award and multiple course teaching effectiveness awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ESchool of Industrial Design: Stephen Sprigle\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStephen Sprigle, a professor with appointments in Bioengineering, Industrial Design and the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, won the award for instructing ID 6100 -- a required class for students in the Industrial Design and Human-Computer Interaction graduate programs.The class targets the science of design, professional ethics and responsible conduct of research. Students are challenged to think through the trade-offs between various design research methods, and discuss the history and profession of industrial design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA biomedical engineer with a license in physical therapy, Sprigle directs the Rehabilitation Engineering and Applied Research Lab (REARLab), which focuses on applied disability research and development. The REARLab\u0026rsquo;s research interests include the biomechanics of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/id.gatech.edu\/students-view-inclusion\u0022 target=\u0022new\u0022\u003Ewheelchair seating and posture\u003C\/a\u003E, pressure ulcer prevention, and manual wheelchair propulsion. 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With over a decade of providing digital textbooks in accessible formats, AMAC\u0026rsquo;s trusted brand has been recognized internationally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPresenting the award was longtime collaborator and AMAC partner, G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;To receive the award, especially in the United Nations headquarters in New York, was an honor,\u0026rdquo; said AMAC Executive Director Christopher Lee.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProviding over 6,000 digital textbook orders in 2016, AMAC\u0026rsquo;s relationship with publishers and the internal efforts of their e-text team have made the textbook process easy and painless for students around the country. AMAC has worked hard to build relationships with publishers through the AccessText Network in order to provide accessible textbooks to students directly from the source. If the book isn\u0026rsquo;t available, the in-house e-text team is there to provide the book in a timely manner.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAMAC, a research center at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, is poised to lead the digital accessibility frontier by helping students gain access to the tools they need to succeed in higher education in alternative formats. By taking textbooks and ensuring that they are easily navigable digitally, students that couldn\u0026rsquo;t access the information before are able to receive the same opportunity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFor more information on AMAC, visit amacusg.org. 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That includes the posters submitted to the TechSAge Design Competition for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\/news\/id-students-winning-design-supports-aging-travelers\u0022\u003EGatePal app featured on the College of Design\u003C\/a\u003E, and the TechSAge ALIGN app, which was mentioned in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/groundbreakers-2016\/techsage\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Magazine and nominated for a Groundbreaker Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETransforming Accessibility in the College of Design\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the approaches of the two Centers are different, they both use technology to assist people with disabilities and those aging with limitations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFocused on helping students with disabilities, AMAC first offered services in 2006 at the University of Georgia. 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The two centers are focused on creating accessible environments so a collaboration between the two was always inevitable.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center is the largest research center in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Design. AMAC focuses on studying and providing accessible solutions around the world through service and research. These research-driven services take a universal design approach to creating accessible environments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) is the College of Design\u0026rsquo;s oldest and second largest research center. 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Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) director Jon Sanford will serve as the lead principal investigator (PI), along with Wendy Rogers and Tracy Mitzner from Human Factors and Aging Lab as co-PIs.\u0026nbsp; The Center will also include project investigators from Georgia Tech\u0027s Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), School of Industrial Design, Center for Geographic Information Systems (GIS Center), Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC), Interactive Media Technology Center (IMTC), Human-Centered Computing (HCC), Biomedical Engineering (BME), and Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) as well as Emory Center for Health in Aging, and Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Carolina.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis RERC will serve as a catalyst for a major shift in the understanding and development of home and community technologies. The mission of RERC TechSAge is to conduct programs of advanced rehabilitation engineering and technical R\u0026amp;D to increase knowledge about, availability of, and access to effective, universally-designed technologies that enable people to sustain independence, maintain health, safely engage in basic activities of daily living at home and the community, and participate in society as they age with disability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpecific projects will include:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1. Research Projects:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ER1. User Needs. This project will use a multi-faceted approach to provide converging evidence to development of integrated technology supports that meet the needs of older adults with disabilities. 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This project will identify the requirements of robotics interventions to compensate for activity limitations and participation restrictions among older adults with disabilities through an understanding of telerobot acceptance by the target population; determining the effectiveness of telerobot exercise interventions for enhancing self-efficacy and social connectedness; and assessing the usefulness and ease of use of a telerobot.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2. Development Projects:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ED1. App Development. The purpose of this project is to develop mobile applications to support successful aging by older adults with a disability.\u0026nbsp; Three apps will be developed: cognitive training to prevent functional decline; route planning to promote community mobility; and gait analysis to predict activity limitations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ED2. 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Nagmesh and Amy presented a poster about the REARLab.\u0026nbsp; Students from North Springs learned about various REARLab areas of interest including: wheeled mobility and seating, pressure ulcer prevention and treatment, design of diagnostic tissue interrogation devices, and design of assistive technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goals of the STEM event were to inspire and educate high school and middle school Sandy Springs students to learn new ideas and concepts in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), to encourage students to see the connection between what they learn in school and their futures, and to enlighten and engage students regarding their short and long term educational and career opportunities in STEM, specifically Health Sciences and Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"This event was focused on Health Sciences \u0026 Technology"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"REARLab staff presents at the 3rd Annual Sandy Springs Education Force STEM Event"}],"uid":"27384","created_gmt":"2013-03-06 12:41:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:48","author":"Summer Ienuso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rearlab.gatech.edu\/","title":"REAR Lab Website"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sandyspringseducationforce.org\/","title":"Sandy Springs Education Force Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:summer.ienuso@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESummer Ienuso\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["summer.ienuso@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"197451":{"#nid":"197451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CATEA Director Jon Sanford presents at the College of Architecture\u0027s Research Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Thursday February 8th, Jon Sanford presented at the College of Architecture\u0027s Research Forum.\u0026nbsp; He discussed \u0022Usable Space or Inclusive Places: Why the ADA Didn\u2019t Live Up to Its Promise and What is the Alternative\u0022. 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Forums are free and open to the public and participants are invited to explore ideas and identify opportunities for collaboration.\u0026nbsp; All talks are held in the Architecture Library from\u0026nbsp;11 a.m. to noon on the last Thursday of August through April. 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Consider volunteering for one of our research projects. 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For compensation, they are providing each participant with $50 if he\/she completes the 2-hour study activities.\u0026nbsp; Also, each pair will get $25 to share for travel.\u0026nbsp; The 2 people in each pair have to be there at the same time and the study is at the Georgia Tech campus. Participants will be audio and video recorded during the study. If you or someone you know is interested in participating in this research project, please contact Carrie Bruce at 404-385-1718 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:carrie.bruce@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecarrie.bruce@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Accessible Aquarium Project at Georgia Tech is studying how to improve exhibit experiences at zoos and aquariums through the use of spoken information and music. 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The staff and students at the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) at Georgia Tech will show off their latest research and design projects on accessible education, enabling environments, accessible workplaces and rehabilitation engineering. The Open House will feature cutting-edge research on design and technology to promote the health, active lifestyles, and societal\u0026nbsp;participation of people of all ages and abilities. Find out about our 3-D virtual learning environments utilizing creative avatars, the accessible aquarium project, social networking to help students with disabilities succeed in STEM programs, universal design projects at Atlanta airport, accessible voting systems, innovations in wheeled mobility, and new products to enhance the independence of individuals at home and work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat same night, our neighbors across 10th St., the Aware Home and Ellen Do\u2019s Happy Home class and those across Hemphill, the Wireless RERC, will also be having open houses, so please visit us on the NW corner of Tech\u2019s campus across from Rocky Mt. for this multi-location, inter-laboratory \u00dcber Event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParking is available off 10th Street in the \u003Cstrong\u003EW32\u003C\/strong\u003E lots adjacent to CATEA off Hemphill and behind CATEA off 10th. \u003Cstrong\u003ERefreshments will be served.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlease RSVP using \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.healatgt.org\/rsvp\u0022\u003Ethis link\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EExplore research and design projects that promote the health, active living, and societal participation of people of all ages and abilities.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Multi-center open house to showcase new disability related technology"}],"uid":"27202","created_gmt":"2012-04-13 11:34:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:00","author":"David Morton","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"117011":{"id":"117011","type":"image","title":"Location and Parking Map for CATEA","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894736","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:36","alt":"Location and Parking Map for CATEA","file":{"fid":"194249","name":"map.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/map_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/map_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":184618,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/map_1.jpg?itok=7KHEUZmV"}}},"media_ids":["117011"],"groups":[{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"358","name":"CATEA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["susan.perlman@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70901":{"#nid":"70901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Claire Yang Crosses Another Threshold","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECATEA Research Scientist Claire Yang passed an important professional milestone this month -\u0026nbsp; first time, a journal article with her name as \u0022first author\u0022 will be published in an academic journal. 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