Integrative Graduate
Education and
Research Traineeship

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Hands Free Interfaces

Students Explore Hands-free Computer Interactions

Projects:

An Interdisciplinary Initiative on Technology Based...

Institution:

Wright State University

Primary Strategic Goal:

Learning: Build the Nation's research capability through critical investments in advanced instrumentation, facilities, cyber infrastructure, and experimental tools.

Secondary Strategic Goal:

Discovery: Foster research that will advance the frontiers of knowledge, emphasizing areas of greatest opportunity and potential benefit and establishing the Nation as a global leader in fundamental transformational science and engineering.

Achievement/Results

Students with disabilities participate in research on alternative interfaces that allow hands free interactions with computers. Students with disabilities participate as both domain experts who have intimate experience with the problems of accessibility and as research scientists seeking empirical evidence to guide design innovation. The students personal experiences allow them to approach the problems with a deep empathy for the problem and the critical, disciplined view of a scientist.

Address Goals

This research provides not only access to STEM fields for students with disabilities but provides a deep level of engagement, where their experiences and empathy become important motivations to guide disciplined scientific enquiry.