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KIMBERLEY D. ADAMS

CONTACT INFORMATION AND AFFILIATIONS

Assistive Technology Joint Position:

Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta

Research Appointment, I Can Centre for Assistive Technology, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

Contact Information:

kdadams@ualberta.ca

780-492-0309

CAREER HISTORY

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science, University of Alberta, 04/11

Thesis Title: "Access to Math Activities for Children with Disabilities by Controlling Lego Robots

via Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices"

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Specialization, University of Alberta, 04/93

Thesis Title: "Limitations of CCD Video Cameras in the Measurement of Scoliotic Deformities"

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computing Specialization, University of Alberta, 04/87

CERTIFICATION

P.Eng.: Licensed Professional Engineer, Alberta, 04/89 - Present

ATP: Certified RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioner, 04/99 - Present

Test of Playfulness Training from Dr. Patty Rigby, Department of Occupational Therapy, University

of Toronto 2012-01

EMPLOYMENT

Joint Appointment: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, University of Alberta,

and Research Appointment, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

04/11- Present

Joint Appointment: Assistant Professor, Clinical Track, University of Alberta,

and Research Appointment, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

* while working towards obtaining a PhD

01/05- 04/11

Senior Research Support Specialist

Communication Disorders and Sciences, State University of New

York at Buffalo, New York, USA

07/03- 10/04

Electrical Engineer

Enkidu Research, Inc., New York, USA 07/03- 11/04

Rehabilitation Engineer - Volunteer

EquipKIDS International, Cusco, Peru 09/02 - 01/03

Electrical Engineer

Neural Signals Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA 07/99 – 08/02

Rehabilitation Engineer, Center for Rehabilitation Technology

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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA,

USA

10/95 - 06/99

Rehabilitation Engineer, Madenta

Communications Inc., Edmonton, AB

05/94 - 06/95

& 01/91 - 06/91

Augmentative Communication Specialist, Regency Park Centre

Rehabilitation Engineering Dept., Adelaide, South Australia 02/94 - 05/94

08/92 - 05/93

Rehabilitation Engineer, Assistive Device Service

Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB

& 10/89 – 05/90

& 01/87 - 12/87

Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

09/91 - 12/91

& 09/90 - 12/90

EMG Technician and Research Assistant

Department of Rehabilitation, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB 04/88 - 08/89

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Research Assistantship for MSc Degree, Department of Electrical Engineering (Durdle)

Top teaching assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta,

Edmonton, Alberta (1990)

LANGUAGES English – Native speaker Spanish – Conversational Level

RESEARCH

BOOK CHAPTERS

Cook, A.M. & Adams, K. (2010). The Importance of Play: AT for Children with Disabilities, in Oishi,

M, M. K., Mitchell, I.M., & Van der Loos, H.F. M. (Eds.) Design and Use of Assistive

Technology: Social, Technical, Ethical, and Economic Challenges, Springer Science+Business

Media. p. 33-39.

Cook, A. M., Adams, K., Calixto, R., Gan, L. S., Ganton, A., Rees, A., Simpson, T., & Watchorn, R.

(2008). Assistive Technologies for Cognitive Augmentation. In Cook, AM and Polgar, JM

(Eds.); Cook and Hussey's Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice (3rd ed.). St Louis:

Elsevier.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Alvarez, L., Adams, K., & Cook, A. (In Preparation). Robotic Tools: Quantifying the complexity of

using robots as augmentative manipulation tools.

Adams K, and Cook A. (Accepted). Use of robots in ‘hands-on’ academic activities: A case study

examining the skills required to use a speech generating device to control a robot. Disability and

Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology.

Barlott T, Adams K, Cook A. (Accepted). The use of mainstream information and communication

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technology as assistive technology in lower-income countries. Universal Access in the

Information Society.

Barlott T, Adams K, Rodriguez F, Mendoza M. (In press). Using SMS as a tool to reduce exclusions

experienced by caregivers of people with disabilities in a resource-limited Colombian

community. Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology – Special Issue on Assistive

Technology in Resource Limited Environments.

Adams, K., & Cook, A. (In press). Programming and controlling robots using scanning on a speech

generating communication device: A case study. Technology and Disability

Alvarez L, Wiebe SA, Adams K, Hope A, Cook A. (In press.) The neurophysiology of augmentative

manipulation: A method for technical implementation. Technology & Disability

Adams, K., & Cook, A. (2014, Early On-line 2013). Access to hands-on mathematics measurement

activities using robots controlled via speech generating devices: Three case studies. Disability

and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 9(4), 286-298. doi: 10.3109/17483107.2013.825928.

Encarnação, P., Alvarez, L., Rios, A., Maya, C., Adams, K., & Cook, A. M. (2014). Using virtual robot

mediated play activities to assess cognitive skills. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive

Technology, 9(3), 231–241. doi: 10.3109/17483107.2013.782577

Cook, A., Adams, K., Encarnação, P., & Alvarez, L. (2012). The role of assisted manipulation in

cognitive development. Developmental Neurorehabilitation Early Online, 1–13.

Poletz, L., Encarnação, P., Adams, K., & Cook, A. (2010). Robot Skills and Cognitive Performance of

Preschool Children. Technology and Disability, 22(3), 117-126.

Cook, A., Encarnação, P., & Adams, K. (2010). Robots: assistive technologies for play, learning and

cognitive development. Technology and Disability, 22(3), 127-145.

Cook, A., Adams, K., Volden, J., Harbottle, N., & Harbottle, C. (2011). Using Lego robots to estimate

cognitive ability in children who have severe physical disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation:

Assistive Technology, 6(4), 338-346.

Higginbotham, D. J., Bisantz, A. M., Sunm, M., Adams, K., & Yik, F. (2009). The effect of context

priming and task type on augmentative communication performance. AAC: Augmentative and

Alternative Communication, 25(1), 19-31.

Kennedy, PR, Bakay, RAE, Moore MM, Adams, K, Goldthwaite, J, (2000). "Direct control of a

computer from the human central nervous system." IEEE Transaction on Rehab. Eng. 8: pp 198-

202.

Feldman, R, and Adams, K (1990). "Diaphragmatic Electromyography as a Method of Identifying

Diaphragmatic Fatigue in Respiratory Post-Polio Syndrome - Its Use in Formulating

Treatment", American Review of Respiratory Disease.

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PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

All presented at conferences. Presenter is indicated with * if not Adams individually.

Encarnação*, P., Adams, K., Cook, A., Nunes da Ponte, M., Caiado, A., Leite, T., . . . Londral, A.

(Submitted for November 24, 2014). Training on the use of an integrated augmentative

manipulation and communication assistive technology for academic activities. RAatE 2014 -

Recent Advances in Assistive Technology & Engineering, Birmingham.

Adams K, and Cook A. Interface design with integrated communication and robotic manipulation to

encourage play. International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

(ISAAC) Lisbon, Portugal 2014. (Podium presentation)

Encarnação*, P., Adams*, K., Cook, A., Nunes da Ponte, M., Caiado, A., Leite, T., . . . Londral, A.

(2014). Cultural issues in implementing an integrated augmentative communication and

manipulation assistive technology for academic activities. Paper presented at the International

Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) Lisbon, Portugal. (Podium

presentation)

Alvarez, L., Rios, A. M., Adams, K., Encarnação*, P., & Cook, A. M. (2013). From Infancy to Early

Childhood: The Role of Augmentative Manipulation Robotic Tools in Cognitive and Social

Development for Children with Motor Disabilities. Paper presented at the 2012 International

Conference on Neurorehabilitation, Toledo, Spain. (Podium presentation)

Adams, K., Rios Rincon, A.M, Encarnacao, P., Piedade, G., Helmbold, B., Tuck, C. Learning Switch

Scanning Skills by Playing with Robots, 12th

European Association for the Advancement of

Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE) Conference, 2013. 6 pages (Podium presentation)

Alvarez*, L., Wiebe, S., Adams, K., & Cook, A. (2013, September 19-22). The Neurophysiology of

augmentative manipulation: A method for technical implementation. Paper presented at the

Assistive Technology: From Research to Practice, Proceedings of the 12th European conference

of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE 2013),

Villamaura, Portugal. 6 pages (Podium presentation)

* Student tied with first place for the young investigator's award, and was invited to submit a full

paper in the Technology and Disability journal (see peer reviewed publications).

Rios Rincon, A., Adams, K., Magill-Evans, J., & Cook*, A. M. (2013). Changes in playfulness with a

robotic intervention in a child with cerebral palsy. Paper presented at the 12th European

Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology (AAATE), Vilamoura, Algarve,

Portugal. 6 pages (Podium presentation)

Rios*, A., Sirard, K., Wainer, A., Adams, K. (2013, June 20-24). Lego Robots Promoting Mother-

Child Communication During Free Play: A Pilot Study with a Child with Sever Motor

Impairment. Paper presented at the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society

of North America (RESNA) Conference. Bellevue, WA. (Poster presentation)

Adams, K., David, B-L. (2013, June 20-24). Methods of Manipulation for Children with Severe

Disabilities to Do Hands-On Math Activities: Robot, Directing, Guiding. Paper presented at the

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)

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Conference Bellevue, WA. (Podium presentation)

P. Encarnação*, C. Maya, I. Gil, K. Adams, and A.M. Cook (2012) Virtual robot for cognitive

assessment of preschool children, Proceeding of the 1st International Early Childhood

Intervention Conference, Braga, Portugal, September 2012. (Podium presentation)

Adams, K., & Cook, A. (2012). Demonstrating and explaining math concepts using integrated

communication and robot control Paper presented at the International Society for Augmentative

and Alternative Communication (ISAAC), Pittsburgh, PA. (Poster presentation)

Encarnacao*, P., Cook, A., M, Adams, K., D, Azevedo, L., Gil, I., C, Londral, A., R, et al. (2012).

Comparison of Physical and Simulated Assistive Robots for Cognitive Skills Assessment. Paper

presented at the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

(ISAAC) Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. (Poster presentation)

Adams, K., & Cook, A. (2012). Limits and User Satisfaction of Using Low-Cost Robots for Math

Measurement Activities. Paper presented at the RESNA, Baltimore, MD. (Poster presentation)

Cook*, A. M., Encarnação, P., Adams, K., Alvarez, L., & Rios, A. (2012). Cross-Cultural Use of

Physical and Virtual Robots to Reveal Cognitive Understanding in Young Children. Paper

presented at the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America

(RESNA) Conference, Baltimore, MD. (Podium presentation)

Encarnação*, P., Piedade, G., Adams, K., & Cook, A. M. (2012, February 15 - 17). Virtual Assistive

Robot For Play. Paper presented at the IASTED International Conference Assistive

Technologies (AT 2012), Innsbruck, Austria. (Podium presentation)

Adams, K. and Encarnacao, P. (2011), A Training Protocol for Controlling Lego Robots via Speech

Generating Devices. 11th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology

(AAATE). Maastricht, The Netherlands. (Podium presentation)

Encarnação*, P., Piedade, G., Cook, A., Adams, K., Gil, I., Maya, C., Azevedo, L., Londral, A.R.,

Rodrigues, S. (2011), Virtual robot and virtual environments for cognitive skills assessment,

11th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology. Maastricht, The

Netherlands. (Podium presentation)

Adams, K. (2011). Involving Users in the Design of a Speech Generating Device Interface for Lego

Robot Control. Annual RESNA Conference. Toronto, ON. (Podium presentation)

Wang, M., Adams, K., Encarnação, P., & Cook, A. (2011). Virtual Assistive Robots for Play, Learning,

and Cognitive Development. Paper presented at RESNA Conference, Toronto, ON. (Poster

presentation)

Adams, K., & Cook, A. (2010). Measuring user accuracy and speed with scanning access on dynamic

display speech generating devices in 14th ISAAC 2010 Conference, International Society of

Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Barcelona, Spain. (Poster presentation)

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Adams, K., Helmbold, B., & Lucky, K. (2010). “I Tell You a Story”: Using Narrative Re-Tell to Assess

AAC Competencies, in 14th ISAAC 2010 Conference, International Society of Augmentative and

Alternative Communication 2010: Barcelona, Spain. (Poster presentation)

Dreyden, T., Encarnação, P., Adams, K., Volden, J., & Cook*, A. (2010). The Effect of Robotic

Intervention on the Imitation Skills of a Child with Autism: a Case Study. Paper presented at the

14th ISAAC 2010 Conference, International Society of Augmentative and Alternative

Communication. (Poster presentation).

Adams, K., & Cook, A., (2009). Using an augmentative and alternative communication device to

program and control Lego robots. RESNA Conference. New Orleans, LA. (Podium

presentation)

Poletz, L., Encarnacao, P., Adams, K., & Cook*, A., (2009). "Robot Skills of Preschool Children".

RESNA Conference, New Orleans, LA. June 25, 2009 (Poster presentation)

Adams*, K.D., J. Yantha*, and A.M. Cook. (2008). Lego Robot Control via a Speech Generating

Communication Device for Operational and Communicative Goals. International Society for

Augmentative and Alternative Communication - 13th Biennial ISAAC Conference 2008.

Montreal, QC. (Poster presentation)

Adams, K., Yantha, J., & Cook, A. (2008). Lego robot control via a speech generating communication

device for play and educational activities. RESNA 2008, Washington, DC.

Cook*, A.M., Adams K.D., Harbottle, N. (2007). Lego Robot Use By Children With Severe Disabilities

CSUN Conference Proceedings, March, Los Angeles, California. (Podium presentation)

Corrigan, M. Adams, K., and Cook, A. (2007). Development of an Interface for Integration of

Communication and Robotic Play. RESNA Conference Proceedings, Pheonix, AZ. (Podium

presentation)

Higginbotham, D. J., Bisantz*, A.M., Sunm, M. & Adams, K. (2006). Augmentative

Communication Devices and Task Performance. HFES Conference, San Fransisco, CA.

Schulmeister*, J., Wiberg*, C., Adams*, K., Harbottle, N., Cook, A. (2006). Robot Assisted Play for

Children with Disabilities, RESNA Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, GA. (Poster presentation)

Beliveau, C., Adams, K., Cook*, A. (2006) Use of TeleHealth in the Delivery of Clinical Services in

Assistive Technology in Northern Alberta, Australian Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology

Association (ARATA) National Conference Proceedings, october 21 and 22, 2006, Australia.

(Podium presentation)

Adams, K, Portis, K, Bisantz, A, Buckley, M, Higginbotham, J, Schindler, K, & Sweeney, M, (2005).

“Experiences Using a Heuristic Evaluation Tool on AAC Software Interfaces”. RESNA

Proceedings, Atlanta, GA.

Adams*, KD and Corfield*, D., (2003). "Design Criteria for AAC Devices Used in a Developing

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Nation", RESNA Proceedings, Atlanta, GA. (Podium presentation)

Kennedy*, PR, Kirby, T, Adams, K, King, B, Mallory, A., (2001). "The role of tactile feedback in the

control of cortical neural signals two years after implantation in patient TT with mitocondrial

myopathy." Neuro-Prosthesis Workshop, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC.

Adams, KD, Goldthwaite, J, Plummer, T, Moore, MM and Kennedy, P, (2001). "Computer Control

Using Surface EMG Signals", RESNA Proceedings, Reno, NV, pp. 80-82. (Podium

presentation)

Adams, KD, Goldthwaite, J, Moore, MM and Kennedy, P, (2000). "A Surface EMG Connection for

Cursor Control and Morse Code", RESNA Proceedings, Orlando, FL, pp 101-103. (Podium

presentation)

Kennedy*, PR, Adams, K, Bakay, RAE, Goldthwaite, J, Montgomery, G, Moore, M, (1999). “Direct

Control of a Computer from the Human Central Nervous System”, Proceedings of Brain-

Computer Interface Project, NewYork, NY, pp 65-70.

Adams, KD, Goldthwaite, J, and Kennedy, P, (1999). "A Direct Brain Connection for Cursor Control",

RESNA Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, pp 186-188. (Podium presentation)

Harp* AJ, Corkran* JTD, Adams* KD, (1998). "Stove Modification for Client with Traumatic Brain

Injury", RESNA Proceedings, Minneapolis, MN, pp 352-354. (Podium presentation)

Adams* KD and Harp* AJ, (1997), “Customizing a Power Wheelchair with a Built-in Commode",

RESNA Proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA, pp 208-210. (Podium presentation)

Hensch* M and Adams* K, (1995). "Proposal for an ECU Standard Protocol". RESNA Proceedings,

Vancouver, B.C., pp 437-439. (Podium presentation)

Adams* KD and Bentz* BD, (1995). "Headpointing: The Latest and Greatest", RESNA Proceedings,

Vancouver, B.C., pp 446-448. (Podium presentation)

Adams KD, Pon C and Blois* TIH, (1993). "An Environment for Control Assessment", RESNA, Las

Vegas, NV, pp 68-70. (Podium presentation)

Adams* K and Abbott* S, (1991). "Designing an Authoring System for User Interfaces for Physically

Handicapped Persons", RESNA Proceedings, Kansas City, MO. (Podium presentation)

PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - SHORT ABSTRACT

All presented at conferences. Presenter is indicated with * if not Adams.

Barlott*, T., Mendoza, M., Rodriguez*, F., Puentes, P., Adams, K The use of mobile phones to improve

information access and social interaction for people with disabilities and their caregivers in an

under-resourced Colombian community, Symposium on Disability, Technology and Rehabilitation

in Low and Middle Income Countries, Seattle, WA, June 27-28, 2013 (Podium presentation)

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Rios*, A., Adams, K. & Cook, A. (2012, September 20-22). Changes in the playfulness of children with

cerebral palsy with the inclusion of a robot in a free-play situation. Alberta Early Years

Conference, Enoch, AB. (Poster presentation)

Alvarez*, L., Adams, K. & Cook, A. (2012, May 31 – June 2). The role of motor experience in

cognitive development: Challenges and insights from atypical development. Paper presented at

The Jean Piaget Society for the Study of Knowledge & Development 42nd Annual Meeting,

Toronto, Canada. (Poster presentation)

Cook, A., Adams, K., Encarnação, P., Alvarez*, L., & Rios, A. (2012, July 8-12). Big lessons from

small users: What Robots Reveal About Development in Children with Disabilities. Paper

presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development 2012 Biennial

Meeting, Edmonton, AB. (Poster presentation)

Adams, K. (2008). Robot manipulation and augmentative communication for play and learning for

children with disabilities. Women and Children’s Health Research Institute Research Day

November 26, 2008 (WCHRI). (Poster presentation)

Mindess*, K., Cook, A., Adams, K. (2009). Communicative Intent of Vocalizations Recorded During

Robot Use. Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

(CASLPA), April 29 – May 2, 2009, London, Ontario. (Student poster presentation)

Adams, K. (2006). Bolstering Power of Single-Participant Research Designs in the Area of

Assistive Technology. ASHA-AAC Division Meeting,, San Antonio, TX (Poster presentation)

Adams, K., & Cook, A. (2006). Integrated Communication and Play. BMES Conference, Banff, AB

(Poster presentation)

Adams K, Raso J, and Peterson A, (1992). "Considerations for Establishing the Accuracy of a CCD

Video Camera" Montreal, 364-369, International Symposium on 3D Scoliotic Deformities Ed.

Jean Dansereau Publisher Gustav Fischer Verlag

PRESENTATIONS

Alvarez*, L., Adams, K., Cook, A. Augmentative manipulation for children with disabilities: Cognitive,

perceptual and brain development. Computer Science - Reinforcement Learning and Artificial

Intelligence Summer Tea-Time Talks Seminar Series, July 31, 2013

Encarnacao*, P. Cook, A., Adams, K. Robots: assistive technologies for play, learning and cognitive

development, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia, April 2013.

Encarnacao*, P. Cook, A., Adams, K. Comparison of physical and simulated robot use by children

with disabilities and matched typically developing children, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota,

Colombia, April 2013.

Encarnacao*, P. Cook, A., Adams, K. Physical disabilities, child development and robots, Universidad

del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia, April 2013.

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Cook*, A., Adams, K. (2013). Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA): Robots as Tools to

Develop Language and Cognitive Skills, Conference 2013, Orlando, FL

Cook*, A., Adams*, K., Encarnacao, P., Alvarez*, L., (2012, December 15 and 16th). Robots: assessing

and promoting cognitive development, International Developmental Neurorehabilitation 2012

Conference, Jasper, Alberta

Maya*, C., Gil, I., Encarnação, P. (2012) (Based on extension of Cook and Adams robotics research

with project COMPSAR with Encarnação). "Assessment Strategies / Intervention on Cognitive

and Executive Function in Pre-School Children with Mild Disabilities: Analysis and Comparison

in a Structured Activity Play Physical and Virtual Environment" 12th International Conference

of Psychology and Education", June 21 to 23, 2012, Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal

Adams*, K., Cook*, A, Simpson, R., Chung*, Y. (2012). Workshop: Participation in Educational and

Therapeutic Activities Using Robots and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).

RESNA conference, Baltimore, MD.

Adams, K. (2012). Assistive Technology Research in Edmonton: Overview and Focus on Children’s

Use of Robots in Academics. Presentation to Prism Lab, Bloorview Research Institute, Toronto,

Ontario, March 9.

Adams, K. (2012). Assistive Technology Research in Edmonton: Lego and Mobile Phones? Research

Rounds, Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Ontario, January 12.

Encarnação*, P. Cook, A., Adams, K. Virtual robot and virtual environments for cognitive skills

assessment, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, April 2012.

Barlott*, T., Guevara*, J.D. Adams, K., & Luna, E. (2011). Using mobile phones to improve

information access and decrease social isolation for people with disabilities and their families in

Colombia. Pay It Forward: OT 24 Hour Virtual Exchange, October 26 – 27.

Adams, K. (2011). Access to Math Activities for Children with Disabilities by Controlling Lego Robots

via AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) Devices. Catholic University of

Portugal, Faculty of Engineering Seminar Series, Lisbon, Portugal, September 9.

Cook, A., Adams, K. & Encarnação*, P. (2011). Cognitive Development in Children with Disabilities:

the Role of Robots. 1st International Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lisbon,

Portugal, February 2-5.

Cook, A., Adams, K. & Encarnação*, P. (2010). Robots and Augmentative Communication.

COMUNICAR 2010 - Comunicação Aumentativa e Tecnologias de Apoio, Lisbon, Portugal,

November 4-5.

Cook* AM and Adams KA (2010), Playing with Language: AAC and robots. Ii Congreso Internacional

de Fonoaudiologia, Bogotá – Colombia, 2, 3 y 4 de Septiembre de 2010.

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Cook*, A., Adams*, K., P. Ormond*, (2009). “The Role of Robotics in Enhancing Communication for

Students with Severe Cognitive Delays” with A. Cook, and P. Ormond, RESNA Conference,

June 27, 2009, New Orleans, LA

Cook*, A., Adams, K Robots and Children with Disabilities: Facilitating play, learning and cognitive

development. Invited podium presentation at Congreso Iberoamericano Iberdiscap 2008-11,

Bogota, Columbia Noon*, J. Pearlman*, J., and Adams*, K.(2008). “Assistive Technology in Developing Nations: World

Health Organization Mandates”, RESNA Conference, Washington, DC (1.5 hours)

Adams, K. (2008). Access to play and education through robots for children with disabilities. Women

and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI). (Podium presentation)

Cook*, A.M., Adams K.D., Harbottle, N., Harbottle, C. (2007). Using Lego Robots to Estimate

Cognitive Ability in Children who have Severe Disabilities, RERC State of the Science

Conference & Coleman Institute Annual Conference Broomfield, CO. Adams, K. (2007) “Assistive Technologies for Cognitive Augmentation to Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Program (BIRP)”, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB (1 hour)

Adams*, K. Pearlman*, J., Noon*, J. (2007) “Assistive Technology in Developing Nations: Brain

Storming Session”, RESNA Conference, Phoenix, AZ (1.5 hours)

Marsden*, R. Adams*, K., Cook, A. (2007) Integrated Communication and Play Environment. ATIA,

Orlando, Florida.

Adams, K. (2006) “Research Rounds: Human Factors in Alternative and Augmentative

Communication”, Glenrose Rehabiliation Hospital, Edmonton, AB (1 hour) Adams*, K., Pearlman*, J., Noon*, J. (2006) “Design Brainstorming of Assistive Technology for use in

Developing Nations”, RESNA Conference, Atlanta, GA (1.5 hours)

Adams, K. (2005) “Research Rounds: Assistive Technology in Developing Nations”, Glenrose

Rehabilitation Hospital (1 hour)

Noon*, J, Lefkowitz*, T, Contreras*, A. and Adams*, K. (2004). "Seating and Mobility in Developing

Nations", with, RESNA Conference, Orlando, FL (1.25 hours).

Adams*, K., Corfield*, D. and Richard*, M. (2003). "Effectively Introducing Assistive Technology in

Developing Nations", RESNA Conference, Atlanta, GA (1.25 hours).

Adams, K. (2000) "Morse Code Training Program", Computer Show and Tell, RESNA, Orlando, FL.

Haynes*, S., Adams*, K., Williams*, B. (1997). "Getting a Grip on Learning Disabilities", Pre-

Conference Course, RESNA, Pittsburgh, PA.

Adams*, K., Corkran*, D. (1997), "Heat Shrink Machine", Job Accommodation Case Studies, Touch

the Future, Athens, GA.

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Adams, K. (1997) "Assistive Technology for Learning Disabilities", Job Accommodation Case Studies,

Touch the Future, Athens, GA.

Adams*, K., Corkran*, D., (1996) "Heat Shrink Machine", Job Accommodation Show and Tell,

RESNA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION REPORTS/PUBLICATIONS

Adams, K., & David, B.-L. (2013). Making Hands-on Activities for Everyone: Math and the Lego

Mindstorms Robot (pp. 300). Edmonton, Alberta: Alberta Teacher's Association Library

Cook, A and Adams, K. (2010), "Learning trough doing: Children with cerebral palsy in the

classroom"REHAB DIALOG, 2010, Issue 2 - Shared with school districts, Alberta Health

Services (featuring the work stemming from my PhD work)

http://www.rehabilitation.ualberta.ca/Communications%20and%20Media/Rehab%20Dialogue/R

ehab%20Dialogue%202010%20Issue%202.aspx

Hodge M and Adams K, (1993). "How to use the IBM Speech Viewer." Distributed by IBM with the

purchase of their SpeechViewer product.

MEDIA COVERAGE January 2011 - Lego Robots Make Math a Snap - featuring the work stemming from my PhD - Edmonton Journal (Front page of the Saturday edition, 01/29) - Edmonton Metro - "Futuristic learning tool yields results"

- Other canwest publications across the country, e.g., Vancouver sun, Ottawa - "U of A researchers let robots loose" Also carried by

- City TV - Global TV - CBC-TV - Edmonton Sun

November 2, 2011 Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine REHAB news Digest Komodo News - Year 1, Issue 6 - Tekla goes to Colombia - featuring the work stemming from the Rehab 510 course that Al Cook and I taught

June 23, 2007, Lego Robot control via communication device

*Front page of the Edmonton Journal June 23, 2007 - "Hi-tech help has Cassandra talking in class" *Edmonton Journal one-line June 23, 2007 - "Hi-tech help has Cassandra talking in class" http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=ff048a3e-a852-48d4-83fe-b44771fe7c3b *University of Alberta Express News, June 22, 2007 - Robotic toys enable disabled children http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=8548 Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine On-line, Robotic toys enable disabled children http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/rehabmed/news.cfm?story=62833

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Global Television News June 22, 2007

CTV News June 22, 2007

City TV June 22, 2007

CBC News June 22, 2007

Canada AM - unsure of date

Several stations re-broadcasted the story.

CBC radio - unsure of date

January 2008 - CTV - Courage/Encouraged Campaign to promote public awareness of Glenrose

Rehabilitation Hospital research activities

- one minute segment specifically on AAC and Lego robots research program, including two

participants from previous research projects

- ran in January-June, 2008

REHAB Impact, Issue 19, Volume 9, Fall/Winter 2007. News in Brief, Robots at Play, pp. 12-13.

GRANT FUNDING OBTAINED

Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) CIHR & NSERC Partnered

PI: Adams, K. Co-investigators: Tavakoli, Cook, Weibe, Pilarski, Sutton Collaborators: Quentin Ranson (GRH) and Veronique Maheu (Kinova Robotics)

Robotic interface with

Haptic Guidance and

Artificial Intelligence for

People with Disabilities

$333,000 04/2014-04/2017

Glenrose Research Foundation

PI: Adams, K. Co-investigators: Tavakoli, M., Pilarski, P.

Robotics for children with

disabilities to interact with

their world

$10,000 10/2013

Women & Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI)

PI: Adams, K. Co-investigators: Cook, A, Pon, C.

Using robots to assess skills

and access play and

problem solving for

children with severe

disabilities

$45,367 06/2013- 06/2015

Alberta Advisory Committee for Education (AACES)

PI: Adams, K. Co-investigators: Bonnie Lynn David, Lynn McGarvey

Access to Hands-on Math

Activities in the Classroom

for Children with

Disabilities

$6,000 05/2013- 05/2015

Fundação para a Ciência ea Tecnologia (FCT) (Portugal)

Principal investigator: Encarnacao, P. Collaborator: Adams, K.

Using Assistive Robots to

Promote Inclusive

Education

129,032

Euros

01/2013-12/2015

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Principal investigator: Michelle Keightley

'NeuroCare' as Innovation

in Intervention: A

$1,026,983 01/2013-12/2017

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(CIHR) Collaborator(s): Adams, Barlow, Chau, Davis, Fait, Gagnon, Hung, Mihailidis, Mrazik, Ptito, Rumney, Strother, Tator, Thomas, Reed, Wright, Zabjek

Neurophysiological

Approach to Determine

Readiness for Return to

Activity

Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA)

Principal investigator: Adams, K.

Making "Hands-On"

activities to Everyone

$3,000 06/2012-06/2013

Fondo de Investigacion Universidad del Rosario

Principal investigator: Mendoza, M. Collaborator: Adams, K.

Imaginarios y

representaciones sociales en

torno a la discapacidad en

comunidades vulnerables:

Estudio de caso Sector El

Codito

$20,000,00

0 (pesos

colombiano

s)

02/2012-03/2013

Glenrose Foundation

PI: Adams, K. Co-applicant: Helmbold, B.

Training in Assistive

Technology skills using

Lego Robots

$7,000 01/2012-12/2013

University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine

PI: Adams, K. Comparing effectiveness,

efficiency and satisfaction

using a Lego robot versus

other modes of

manipulation to perform

math activities

$ 5,425 06/2011-05/2012

University of Alberta International, International Project Fund

PI: Adams, K. Co-Applicants: Cook, Barlott, Choi, Caverhill, Alvarez, Rios, and University of Rosario collaborators

Accessible mobile social

media - cooperative

community networking for

people with disabilities in

Colombia

$3,000

(plus

matching

funds from

Faculty of

Rehabilitati

on

Medicine)

04/11

Canadian Centre on Disabilities Studies (CCDS)

PI: Adams, K. Robot control via

augmentative

communication devices by

children with disabilities

for performing math

curriculum activities

$5,000 02/10

Ministry of Science and Technology, Portugal

PI: Pedro Encarnacao Investigators: Kim Adams and Al Cook

Comparison of Physical and

Simulated Robot Use by

Children with Disabilities

and Matched Typically

Developing Children

72,538

Euros

01/2010-09/2012

Glenrose Research PI: Adams, K. Using Integrated Robot and $8,400 03/09-

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Foundation Clinical Reasearch Fund

Mentor: Cook, A. Communication

Technology to Enhance the

Educational Experience of

Children with Disabilities

2011

Medical Device Development Program

PI: Marsden R. Co-investigators: Adams, K., & Cook, A.

Integrated Communication

and Robotic Play

Environment

$40,000

total

$5,000

(UofA

portion)

05/06 – 09/07

Endownment Fund for the Future, University of Alberta

PI: Adams, K. Mentor: Cook, A.

Integrated Communication

and Robotic Play

Environment

$4,830 04/06 – 09/08

Glenrose Research Foundation Clinical Research Fund

PI: Adams, K. Mentor: Cook, A.

Integrated Communication

and Robotic Play

Environment

$5,000 2005

Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, University of Alberta Hospital

PI: Cook, A. Co-Applicants: Adams*, K., Darrah, J., & Volden, J. (*lead role in writing application)

Lego Robot Use by

Children with Severe

Disabilities

$30,000 07/05 – 06/07

Internal Funding, University of Buffalo, Innovative Research and Creative Activities Fund

Co-investigators: Higginbotham, Adams, Bisantz, Pacquet, Schindler, Buckley

Development of a Human

Factors model

Communication using AAC

devices

$42,000 10/03-10/04

National Institutes of Health, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), Phase I

PI: Adams, K, Neural Signals, Inc.

Small Studies of Muscle

Morse n’ Mouse Computer

Access Device

$100,000 09/00 – 02/01

Coordinated grant preparation for: OISHEI Foundation, Buffalo, NY

PI: Higginbotham, University at Buffalo

Creation of a Center of

Excellence in

Augmentative and

Alternative

Communication

$220,000 09/04 –

09/06

National Institutes of Health, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), Phase II

PI: Kennedy, Neural Signals, Inc.

Direct Interfacing with

the Human Central

Nervous System

$1,100,000 03/00 – 03/02

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TEACHING

Full 3 credit courses

2014 REHAB 512/600 - Issues in Rehabiliatation Medicine (16 students)

2013 REHAB 512 - Issues in Rehabiliatation Medicine (12 students)

2011 REHAB 510 Issues in Assistive Technology - Co-instructor

Full 1 credit course

2005-Present OCCTH 486 Student Selected Module (20 students)

Course coordination

2012-Present SPA 523 Augmentative and Alternative Communication (1 instructor, 5 guest speakers,

45-60 students)

Sections of courses - Assistive Technology content

2005-2008 PTHER 539 Movement Analysis II Lectures (3h) and Labs (3h) - Wheelchair Propulsion

(75 students)

2005-Present PTHER 537/561 Integrated Practice IV Lectures and Labs (75 TO 90 students)

2005-6 OCCTH 414 Advanced Application of AT Principles Across the Lifespan, Lectures

2011-Present OCCTH 565 Scholarly Practice, Lectures and Labs (90-100 students)

2005-Present SPA 523 Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Labs (45-60 students)

2009-2011 REHAB 512 - Issues in Rehabilitation Medicine - Guest Lecture on Issues in AT (12

students)

Directed Study

REHAB 599 Winter 2013 - Timothy Barlott, , "Issues in Assistive Technology"

REHAB 599 Winter 2014 - Nooshin Jafari and Katelyn Loshny, "Issues in Assistive Technology"

Guest Lectures

November 5, 2014: Guest lecture Kim Adams, Al Cook and Liliana Alvarez. Robots: assessing and

promoting cognitive development. Lecture to EDPY 563 Assistive Technology,

(Instructor: Kathy Howery)

December 2012: Guest lecture Kim Adams Exposure to Assistive Technology, and discussion of Issues

in Research, REHAB 603 Seminars in Rehabilitation Science (Instructor: Karim Fouad) August 2011: Guest Lectures taught at Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia

1. August 5, 2011 - AAC and Participation - Low Tech Solutions for Colombia - OT Practicum, class of 60 students (Instructor: Elvis Castro) 2. August 17, 2011 - AAC and Participation for AT Series (Instructors: Liliana Alvarez and Adriana Rios, PhD students, FRM), class of 30 students

3. with students Saul Caverhill, Michael Choi and Tim Barlott. August 18, 2011 -

Building Low Cost Assistive Technology for AT Series (Instructors: Liliana Alvarez and

Adriana Rios, PhD students, FRM)

November 8, 2011: Guest lecture Kim Adams. Robots: Access for every learner. Lecture to EDPY

497/597 Assistive Technology, (Instructor: Kathy Howery) October 2010: Guest lecture Cook and Adams, “Playing with Language: Robots and Children”,

REHAB 603 Seminars in Rehabilitation Science (Instructor: Karim Fouad)

March 2007 Lab tour to EDPY497 - Psychological theory and Technology in Education (Instructor:

Patricia Boechler)

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University lectures given prior to academic position 11/02/2004: "Single Switch Access Assessment", Graduate Level Speech Language Pathology Course

in AAC, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, NY. 09/22/2004: "AAC and Alternative Access", Graduate Level Speech Language Pathology Course in

AAC, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, NY. 09/10/2003: "Using AAC in Developing Nations and for Brain Computer Interfaces", Graduate Level

Speech Language Pathology Course in AAC, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, NY.

05/18/99: "What is Rehabilitation Engineering", with Karen Milchus and Scott Haynes, Biomedical

Engineering Lecture Series, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

04/14/99: "Augmentative Communication", Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Level, Fort Valley

State College, GA. 02/93: "Alternative Computer Access", part of SPA 523 offered by Dr. Al Cook, Faculty of

Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta 03/92: "Physical Measurements of the Heart", Physical Measurements in Medicine, Department of

Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

Lectures on AT given through prior employers 01/24/2003 "Seating and Positioning of Children in Hope Haven Wheelchairs". Given entirely in

Spanish, Clinica San Juan de Dios, Cusco, Peru. 06/10/99 "Hands on Technology", With Karen Milchus and John Goldthwaite, Division of

Rehabilitation Services Conference (DRS), Unicoi, GA

02/99 "Videoconferencing" Series to DRS Augusta and Athens, GA.

03/98 "New Rehabilitation Engineering Services" Series to DRS Augusta and Athens, GA.

06/97 "Rehabilitation Engineering Services" Series to DRS Augusta and Athens, GA.

04/09/97 "Getting a Grip on Learning Disabilities", with Scott Haynes and Brent Williams, Touch

the Future Conference, Athens, GA.

05/96 "What is Rehabilitation Engineering" Series to DRS Athens, GA. 05/30/96 "Assistive Technology for Persons with Learning Disabilities... Before You Buy a

Computer", with Scott Haynes and Brent Williams, Northeast DRS District Conference, Unicoi, GA.

02-05/94 Various tutorials on using AAC and computer access devices, at Regency Park Centre,

South Australia.

08/92

-05/93 Various workshops to community at Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Alberta.

Booth operation at AT tradeshows through prior employers

04/14-15/05 Pressure Sore Awareness - Poster and cushions made in developing nations. Alberta

Consortium for Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Conference , Edmonton, AB

1999 "Telerehabilitation: Rehabilitation Engineering Services via Videoconferencing", Division

of Rehabilitation Services Conference, Unicoi, GA.

1996 "Center for Rehabilitation Technology", Abilities EXPO, Atlanta, GA.

1994 Various trade shows for Regency Park Centre, South Australia.

1995 & Various trade shows for Madenta, Inc, Edmonton, AB.

1991

GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION PhD Thesis Students (total 4 updated 2014-08)

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Mohammed Motaharifar - Start January 2015, Co-supervisor (with Dr. Mahdi Tavakoli), Isao Sakamaki - Start September 2014, Supervisor Liliana Alvarez - Start 09/2010 - End Spring 2014, Co-supervisor (with Dr. Al Cook) "A robot journey into cognition: The role and implications of augmentative manipulation in child

development"

Adriana Rios - Start 09/2010 - End Spring 2014, Co-supervisor (with Dr. Al Cook)

"The effect of a robotic intervention on the free play experience of children with severe cerebral

palsy"

MSc Thesis Students – Supervisor (total 2 updated 2014-08) Nooshin Jafari – Start 01/2014 Degree Expected Spring 2016 Timothy Barlott - Start 09/2011 - End August 2013

"A text messaging system for reducing the exclusion of people with disabilities and their families in an under-resourced Colombian community"

Non-thesis Projects – Supervisor (total 7 projects, 13 students updated 2014-08) Danielle Commendeur and Kathryn Robertson M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 09/2013 Expected 08/2015

“Evaluation of the language used by augmentative communication users in mathematics activities" Brittany Evans and Alison Farnand M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 09/2012 End 08/2014 "Evaluation of materials for children with disabilities to develop language and cognitive skills" Adrielle Soriano and Amanda Yuen - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 09/2012 End 08/2014 "Assessment of child language during play with and without robots - Playfulness Pilot study" Amy Wainer; Kathryn Sirard - M.Sc. SPA Start 09/2011 End 08/2013 "Assessment of child language during play with and without robots - Bogota Pilot study" Libby Shaw - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 01/2010 - End 08/2012*Special program

“Literature review of Augmentative Communication device features which enhance Integrated Communication and Play”

Jamie Friesen, Kerstin Blazina, Kristen Slauenwhite - M.Sc (non-thesis) SPA Start 01/2009 End 08/2010 “Integrated Communication and Play” Julie Yantha - M.Sc. SPA Start 01/2008 End 08/2009

“Mean Length of Utterance when using an Augmentative Communication Device to control a Lego robot”

Non-thesis Projects - Co-Supervisor with Dr. Al Cook (total 9 projects, 19 students updated 2014-08) Jaclyn Zaba, Shauna Sam, Lindsay Schafer, & Angela Sawatzky - M.Sc. SPA Start 01/2011 End

08/2012 “Lego Robot Materials Development” Meaghan Bailey & Kayla Reibeling - M.Sc (non-thesis) SPA Start 01/2011 End 08/2012 “Case Study of AAC device recipient from AADL program”

Nicole Maschio, Crystal Arneson, & Carin Broome - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 01/2010 End

08/2011 “Case Study of AAC device recipient from AADL program” Shelia Charlton, Sarah Genius, Shaelene Yungwirth - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 01/2010 End

08/2011 “Lego robot skills of children with disabilities” Linda Poletz - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA 01/2009 End 08/2010 “Lego Robot use as a Proxy to Determine Cognitive Level” Katherine Mindess - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA 01/2009 End 08/2010 “Project Coding of Communication Events for a Single Participant in Lego Robot Play”

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Tracey Dryden - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 01/2009 End 08/2010 “Single Case Study of Lego Robot Play for a Child with Autism” Pascal Stokes and Allison Lockhart - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 01/2007 End 08/2008 “Lego Robot use for Phonemic Awareness” Cara Wiberg and Jen Schulmeister - M.Sc. (non-thesis) SPA Start 01/2006 End 08/2007 “Pilot study of Lego Robot use with children who have disabilities” International Student Research Project Supervision (total 4, updated 2014-08) Elizabeth Guevara, PhD in Computer Science, National Polytechnical Institute of Mexico, Research

placement, Summer 2014 "Adaptive level of robotic control - Phase 2" Isabela Sa, BSc in Occupational Therapy, Federal Institute of Science, Education and Technology of Rio

de Janeiro, Brazil. Science without Borders Program - Research Placement. "Using robots to assess skills and access play and problem solving for children with severe

disabilities" Carolina Elias, Master's Computer Science, National Polytechnical Institute of Mexico, Research

placement, Winter 2013 "Adaptive level of robotic control" Bethany Ranjit - 4

th year medicine, University of Cardiff, Wales, Research Elective for Medical degree,

Co-supervision, Summer 2009 “Constraint induced Movement Therapy and Robotics” Other non-thesis Projects - close involvement on projects (total 3 updated 2014-08) Katelyn Loshy, M.Sc. (non-thesis) in Education, Capstone Project, Co-supervise, 2014 "Assessment Tool for Elementary Student’s with Physical Disabilities in Mathematics" Mengliao Wang - M.Sc. Computer Science, COMPUT 607 Human Computer Interaction Course

Project, Expert advisor, guidance regarding specifications, 2009 “Virtual Assistive Robots” Mark Corrigan, M.Sc. Educational Psychology, EDPY Capstone Project, External expert/reader,

including project defense presentation, 2007 “Development of an Integrated Communication and Play Interface” Reader (total 5 projects, 19 students, updated 2014-08) Janelle Martin - M.Sc. OT, OT 900 Literature Review Project, 2010 “Critical literature review on AAC and participation”, External expert Paul Coutts, K Hwan, Jim Vian, Adam Hassan, B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Capstone Design Project

2009 "Infrared to Bluetooth adapter" Khushaal Kalra, Huan, Matthew Fotty, Debra Deauna - B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Capstone Design

Project 2009 "Infrared to Bluetooth adapter" Steven Smith, Brennin Evans, Allen Hwang, Abdul Doctor, & Meer Ali, B.Sc. Electrical Engineering

Capstone Design Project 2009 "Adapted controller for Play Station 2" Brianna Bruce, Anna Kaminski, Erika Szego, Farrah Hasham, Andrea Burr, M.Sc. Physical Therapy,

MPT Group Capstone Project, 2006

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SERVICE

GRANT REVIEWER 07/03 NIH, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Applications. 02/04 NIH, SBIR and R01 Applications.

PUBLICATIONS REVIEWER 11/2013 Peer review for journal article, 10 pages single spaced two columns , SIG CHI

(premier society for human-technology and human-computer interaction). 08/2013 Peer review for journal article, 24 pages double spaced, Disability and Rehabilitation:

Assistive Technology 2012-13 Peer review for five extended abstracts for the 12th European AAATE [Association for

the advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe] Conference, September 2013 01/2004 RESNA Conference Proceedings for SIG 17 International Appropriate Technology

PAID PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

05/05 Focus group member for NIH sponsored research by University at Buffalo, NY, on practitioner analysis tool for AAC devices.

09/02 Proctor for RESNA’s Assistive Technology Practitioner Credentialing Exam

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND INVOLVEMENT

ACRAT: Alberta Consortium for Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Founding Member 2010 Treasurer (2010-Present)

RESNA: Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Board of Directors (2000-3) Member (1990 - Present)

SIG-17: Special Interest Group International Appropriate Technology

Past Chair (2006-7)

Chair (2003 - 6)

Vice-Chair (2002-3)

Secretary/Treasurer (1996-1998)

Member (1990- Present) Bag of Tricks Organizing Committee, Edmonton, AB (May 1993) APEGGA: Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta Member (1987 - Present) ACES: Alberta Clinical Engineering Society (Founding Member) AWES: Association of Women in Engineering and Science (1993-4) CMBES: Canadian Medical and Biomedical Engineering Society Conference Organizing committee for Banff, AB (May 1991) IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1991)

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AS UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT Graduate Student Representative on Engineering Faculty Council (1991- 92) Student Panelist for University Management Workshop (1992) Women Engineering Students Club (Member 1982 - 87), President (1985) Electrical Engineering Club (Executive Member - 1983 - 87), Graduation Coordinator (1987)

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First Year Engineering Club (Vice President 1982 - 83)

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT

Annually Spotlight on Research Breakfast hosted by the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

Foundation - Poster presentations by my students and me

05/17/96 "What is Rehabilitation Engineering" to W.R. Coile Middle School Career Days, Athens,

GA.

Hosting of tours and hands-on engagement at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine Lab:

Discover E Biomedical Tour - group of 23 students boys and girls in grade 6, in 2014

Undergraduate Research Initiative (URI) Biomedical Research Crawl - 2013 and 2012

DiscoverE Team GEM Club, two groups of 20 girls in grades 3 to 5 in 2012

FRM's participation in the UofA Alumni Open House in 2005 and 2011

Tour for Japanese IT Students in English Language Program, arranged through David Janzen, U of A

Faculty of Extension’s English Language Program, 2010-08-30

Pfizer Canada Discovery Days in Health Sciences at the UofA - Workshop for highschool students-

2008/10/22

Hosting of tours and hands-on engagement at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Lab:

I Can Centre and Oiler's Interactive Learning (OIL) Centre Centre to 60 children from St. Kateri school in

2014

I Can Centre and Building Trades of Alberta Courage Centre to the Allendale Lego Kids in 2012

GRH Robotics lab and Building Trades of Alberta Courage Centre for FIRST Lego League participants from

Earl Buxton school in 2010

Open House Glenrose Research Centre 100th Anniversary in 2012.

Open House of A Kostov Labs in September 2010

GRH's Technology Boot Camp - 3-hour workshop in the A. Kostov Assistive Technology Research Lab in

2006.

Open House of I Can Centre in December 2005

VOLUNTEER SERVICE University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, FIRST Lego League teams, Community

Outreach Coordinator (2012-13, 2013-14) Volunteered bi-annually for a weekend at Camp Many Voices at Easter Seals Camp Bragg Creek,

involved Speech Pathology students, trained and supervised the students assisting at the camp (2005, 2007, and 2009)

Volunteered in the Activities Department at a care home for senior citizens. The Waters, Buffalo, NY (03/03 - 11/05).

Scheduled, organized, and supervised a group of adults with developmental disabilities go on community excursions. YMCA, Atlanta, GA (05/99 - 08/02, Treasurer 2001-2002).

Hogar Clinica, San Juan de Dios, Cusco, Peru. Introduced assistive communication devices for children with physical disabilities and communication disorders at a rehabilitation clinic (10/01).

Hogar Clinica, Santiago, Chile. Counselor at a weekend camp for young adults with disabilities (02/00).

Supervised a group of adults with developmental disabilities go on community excursions. St. Mary’s Church, Augusta, GA (09/97- 09/98).

Performed personal care attendant duties for a man with a C5 spinal cord injury while he took a vacation at a rustic cabin in Northern British Columbia (08/95).

MicroComputer Centre, University of Dundee, Scotland. Developed a software module for an augmentative communication program called Talk Assist (10/93 - 11/93)

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Set up all equipment and assisted during laboratory sessions for a course in Augmentative Communication at the University of Alberta (06/93).

Assisted several persons with physical disabilities who were patients of the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital set up and use their computers (1989-1990).