Student Researchers
Jane Bingel, Management Engineering
Abigail Cornwell, Biochemistry
Michael DiMilia, Aerospace Engineering
Nathan Meersman, Environmental Engineering
Nam Tran Ngoc, Robotics Engineering
Project Sponsor: The Seven Hills Foundation
Our sponsor for this project was the Seven Hills Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps individuals with developmental disabilities. Their programs emphasize the importance of career development skills in order to promote a higher degree of independence among disabled individuals. Seven Hills Foundation is one of the many organizations in Massachusetts working to decrease the dependency of individuals within their programs. Assistive technology is essential to the services and programs offered at the Seven Hills in Worcester, MA.
Project Goals & Objectives
Our project was intended to increase the accessibility of assistive technology at Seven Hills Foundation, through the development of a database, which will act as an information resource, allowing the staff to identify different assistive technology solutions.
In order to accomplish this goal, we completed the following objectives:
(1) Assessed stakeholder needs
(2) Evaluated the status of the existing low-tech kit
(3) Researched AT solutions to include in the database
(4) Developed a database
(5) Built a web-based data interface
(6) Educated and trained staff to use the web application
Project Video
Final Report
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