Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Innovations for Persons with Disabilities (TIPeD) Department of Veterans Affairs Mary Goldberg, MEd Jon Pearlman, PhD Education & Outreach Coordinator Assistant Professor, RST, SHRS Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Human Engineering Research Laboratories

Department of Veterans Affairs Talk Outline Introductions TIPeD overview 2011/12 program highlights 2013 projects

Department of Veterans Affairs Introductions Name Where you are from School Year Major Study and Mentors

Department of Veterans Affairs TIPeD Program Supplement ASPIRE & QoLT REU programs -Support Product Development Projects

Department of Veterans Affairs Motivation Assistive Technology (can) help people live independently & participate in society  But poor designs undermine the benefit

Department of Veterans Affairs Why Poor Designs? Weak Regulations Untrained Clinicians Reduced Funding User is not purchaser

Department of Veterans Affairs How Universities Help Leverage Interdisciplinary Programs Work on grant-funded product development Develop & transfer technologies

Department of Veterans Affairs HERL Technology Development Commercialized products 3 patents awarded; 9 pending Established business partners Multidisciplinary faculty, students, & staff driving innovations

Department of Veterans Affairs HERL Technology Development Design & fabrication facilities Funding streams SBIR/STTR involvement

Department of Veterans Affairs RST Design Training Activities

Department of Veterans Affairs TIPeD Program Structure Interdisciplinary team Solicited ideas from faculty Develop Project Mission Determine Commercial Potential Feasible 10-week objectives

Department of Veterans Affairs Highlights From Previous Years 12 primary students 6 projects –Wheelchair Restraint System inside a bus –Low-cost diabetic footwear for developing countries –Smart controller for Power Wheelchairs –Smart Anti-Tip System for Wheelchairs –Kitchen Cueing Handle –Intelligent Drivers’ assessment system

Department of Veterans Affairs Example Project: Bus Buddy Novel self-administered containment system

Department of Veterans Affairs Bus Buddy Reduced: –System Weight by ~30% –Upright Weight by ~60% –Upright Width by ~40% –Lateral Arm Weight by ~10% –Cost ~70% Increased: –Upright Strength –Efficiency of the Lifting Mechanism

Department of Veterans Affairs FINANCES Price: $1,000/unit Sales in Units: Year 1: 30 units Year 2: 150 units Year 3: 1,000 units Year 4: 2,000 units Year 5: 3,000 units Cost: $750 Years 1 and 2; $650 each year after Financing: $500k Break Even: Year 3 STRATEGY #1 Contract with Manufacturers for Device Components In-House Marketing Forecasted Revenue, Gross Margin, and Operating Income Production Strategy

Department of Veterans Affairs Navisection (Driver Evaluation) Objective measurement of drivers’ performance during training/evaluation

Department of Veterans Affairs Navisection Performance

Department of Veterans Affairs Program Highlights Bus Buddy –Company: LINC Design –Big Idea Design Competition (runner up) –Funded SBIR Navisection –Company: Navity, LLC –NSF-ICORPS Team Grant –Space/Support from Hustle Den in E. Liberty

Department of Veterans Affairs 2013 Projects Embedded scale (Bedscale) –bodyweight measurement device Virtual Seating Coach (VC) –Smart reminder system for power w.c. users Pathway Measurement Tool (PathMET) –sidewalk roughness measurement tool Kitchen Barcode Scanner –Inventory management for smart kitchen

Department of Veterans Affairs Objectives & Deliverables Objectives –Technical: benchmarking & design revisions –Business: market estimation & commercialization plan. Deliverables –Weekly updates (pechakucha style) –Business Plan (Coulter or E-teams template) –Slideshow (template) –Elevator Pitch (REU req) –Poster (REU req) –MG Wells Design Competition (June 28th)

Department of Veterans Affairs 2013 TIPeD Program WeekActivitySpecial ActivityCoulter (VC & Bedscale)E-teams (PathMET) 5/29 Updates from all teams In session exercise: template walkthrough, unpack vocab, and initial brainstorm for outline and Gantt chart 6/5Peter Borghetti: IP Outline for significance and potential market draft and Gantt chart draft Outline for technology & value proposition draft and Gantt chart draft 6/12Linda VanRoosmalen: Design Significance and potential market draft Technology & value proposition draft 6/19Pratap & Alan (Coulter, CMI) IP considerations draft and sustainability and next steps draft Business model & market draft 6/26No SpeakerTeam members identified & half page bio section draft, MG Wells 7/3No MeetingWork plan and outcomes draft 7/10Introduction and conclusion draft 7/17Sue Cohen: entrepreneurshipFull paper draft 7/24Mock PresentationFinal paper draft and draft presentation 7/31 Final Presentation

Department of Veterans Affairs Weekly Meetings (wed 12-3) 1.Invited Speakers 2.Project Updates (6min) –Gantt Update –Tasks completed last week –Tasks planned following week –Issues encountered

Department of Veterans Affairs Logistics Doc sharing on Google Drive -Presentation template -Coulter & e-teams docs included

Department of Veterans Affairs Resources Calendar: Coulter Program: ult.aspx ult.aspx NCIIA E-Teams: dlines dlines Bio-E Center for Medical Innovation:

Department of Veterans Affairs Acknowledgements Funding: National Collegiate Innovators & Inventors Alliance Grant # , National Science Foundation Grants EEC & EEC , Berg Center for Ethics & Leadership 2011 & 2012 students & mentors

Department of Veterans Affairs References* Ansi/Resna. “American National Standard for Wheechairs-- Volume 1-19 Wheelchairs used as seats in motor vehicles.” Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America: Virginia (2000). Auerswald, P.E. and L.M. Branscomb. “Valleys of Death and Darwinian Seas: Financing the Invention to Innovation Transition in the United States.” The Journal of Technology Transfer, 28 (2003): Hawtrey, K. "Using Experiential Learning Techniques." Journal of Economic Education, 38 (2007): Kirby, R.L. and D.A. MacLeod. "Wheelchair-related injuries reported to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System: an update." RESNA 2001 Annual Conference: Reno, NV (2001). Knotts, T.L. "The SBDC in the Classroom: Providing Experiential Learning Opportunities at Different Entrepreneurial Stages." Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 14 (2011): Kolb, D. “Experiential Learning Theory: Previous Research and New Directions” In R. J. Sternberg and L. F. Zhang (Eds.), Perspectives on cognitive, learning, and thinking styles. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, (2000). Kolb, D. Experiential learning. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall (1984). Legs to Stand On. (2011) McCarthy, P.R. & H.M. McCarthy. "Why Case Studies are not Enough: Integrating Experiential Learning into Business Curricula." Journal of Education for Business 81 (2009): Phillips, B. and H. Zhao. "Predictors of Assistive Technology Abandonment." Assistive Technology, 5 (1993): *Additional project references (i.e. from Bus Buddy, Low-Cost Footwear, Smart Controller projects) available upon request.