Dalton Nechanicky, Research Assistant at CACP, presented his senior project on redesigning a commercial products warehouse for UPS Supply Chain Solutions at the Senior Design Expo on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Georgia Tech's McCamish.  There was also other Senior Design projects from the Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace and Biomedical engineering schools where cool robots and new airplane designs were displayed.

CACP researchers, Salimah LaForce and Christina Touzet, presented a poster on Emergency Alert System (EAS) vs.

Nathan Moon presented his presentation titled "Improving STEM Education in Georgia's Colleges and Universities: Findings and Insights from Five Years of Evaluation" at the 2016 SST STEM Symposium, hosted by Georgia Gwinnett College, May 3, 2016.  This presentation discussed some of the current challenges and opportunities for STEM education in the State of Georgia, including efforts to broaden participation and increase postsecondary attainment in STEM.  It also presented some of the major accomplishments of the USG STEM Initiative and its participating institutions, as well

TDI is seeking a talented and versatile professional for the position of Product Manager, for its soon-to-be developed Speech-to-Text Captioning/Caption Correction, a two-year long grant project. The ideal candidate will have a strong, clear commitment to meeting the purpose, goals, and timelines. The project seeks to create scalable access to low-cost, accurate captions for live events by combining speech-to-text technology with real-time caption corrections made by designated peers.

Nathan Moon attended the SMTI NSEC 2016 National Conference in San Antonio, Texas, hosted by the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities’ (APLU) Science and Mathematics Teaching Imperative (SMTI) and Network of STEM Education Centers (NSEC).

Christina Touzet attended and presented at the NENA conference on Monday, June 13th for the Accessibility Education and Training session. Christina presented a presentation titled, “Accessible Emergency Alerts for People with Disabilities,” on how alerting and warning systems can provide the public with life-saving information quickly. Research has shown that Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) are not always effective for people with disabilities.

Salimah LaForce and Maureen Linden conducted a Wireless RERC Usability Study at Deaf Link, Inc. in San Antonio, Texas on June 2, 2016. Study participants evaluated a prototype Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) Video and Symbology platform designed to increase the accessibility of the message content for people whose primary language is American Sign Language (ASL).

http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2016/05/25/connecting-people-with-disabilities-to-their-world-through-technology/

June 1, 2016 - The Wireless RERC, in collaboration with the Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT), filed comments to support The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) inquiry: “Notice, Request for Public Comment, The Benefits, Challenges, and Potential Roles for the Government in Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of Things [Docket No. 160331306–6306–01]

Helena Mitchell attended an invitation-only workshop, "Broadband 2021" held June 16th and 17th at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, VA. The workshop, organized by Penn State's Institute of Information Policy, was intended to help shape the future research agenda for broadband and help ensure all members of the U.S. society benefit from new developments in broadband. Dr. Mitchell briefly addressed current applications-related challenges in the opening session.