Fabrication of Assistive Technologies: Software and Electronics

Catalog description

This course is intended to be co-taught: one instructor from OT and one from BME. Students will be exposed to assistive technology concepts in cognitive aids, augmentative communication, and electronic aids to daily living. Students will learn to fabricate assistive technologies using computers, mobile computing devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets), microprocessors, sensors and actuators. Grading will be based on a series of individual projects and a final group project.