Examples of undergraduate students projects in the area of assistive technologies

Author

Grindei, Laura ; Mandru, Dan ; Munteanu, Mihai ; Topa, Vasile ; Ward, Tony

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Within the SALEIE project LLP Programme 527877-LLP-1-2012-“Strategic Alignment of Electrical and Information Engineering in European Higher Education Institutions”, work package 4 is concerned with Widening Participation & Student Support. As an integral part of this work package, consideration is to be given to how students with disabilities can be supported throughout their studies within the electrical and information engineering (EIE) disciplines. An important result of this project will be the on-line Student Support Centre, which is planned to include a technical resource area on undergraduate student projects in the field of designing and using assistive technologies. The purpose of this paper is to present several examples of projects at undergraduate level, undertaken in the area of assistive technologies by students from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational institutions; electrical engineering computing; electrical engineering education; further education; handicapped aids; EIE disciplines; European higher education institutions; LLP Programme 527877-LLP-1-2012; Romania; SALEIE project; Technical University of Cluj-Napoca; assistive technologies; disabilities; disabled students; electrical and information engineering; online Student Support Centre; strategic alignment; student support; undergraduate level; undergraduate students projects; work package; Entertainment industry; adaptive devices; assistive; assistive technologies; control systems; human-computer interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), 2014

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITHET.2014.7155716

Filename

7155716