Journal Publications

The Assistive Technology Resource Center has had many articles published concerning assistive technology, rehabilitation engineering, and technology dissemination. If you would like a copy of any of the following articles, please e-mail atrc@wpi.edu.

Papers

A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault, H. Toriumi, S.A. Smith, C. Felice, "The Design and Kinematic Evaluation of a Passive Wearable Upper Extremity Orthosis", Proceedings of the 2002 Annual RESNA Conference, in press, 2002.
A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault, R. Catricala, "The Development of a Regional Assistive Technology Resource Center", Proceedings of the 2001 Annual RESNA Conference, pp.172-174.
R. Catricala, "Development of a Simplified Gait analysis System to Determine the Effect of Restricted Ankle Motion During Stair Ambulation", M.S. Thesis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 2001.
K.D. Belliveau, M. Carreau, "Development of a Prototype Retractable Wheelchair Foot Tray", Proceedings of 2001 Annual RESNA Conference, pp.388-390, 2001.
A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault, R. Catricala, G.M. Rabideau, S. Kohn and J. Ripley, "Development of a Prototype Bumper System for Powered Wheelchairs", Proceedings of the RESNA 2000 Conference, pp.468-470, 2000.
A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault, C. Demetry, and D.W. Nicoletti, "Teaching Disability Awareness and Universal Design to Middle School Students", Proceedings, Designing for the 21^st Century II: An International Conference on Universal Design, Vol. 5, pp. 10-12, 2000.
A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault, M.H. Becker, A.E. Hoover, M.E. Johnson, M.C. Malchiodi, "Impact Forces Associated with Powered Wheelchairs", Proceedings of the RESNA’99 Conference, pp. 239-241, 1999.
C. Bruno and A.H. Hoffman, "Modeling the Dynamic Stability of an Occupied Wheelchair", Proceedings of the RESNA’98 Conference, pp. 164-166, 1998.
A.H. Hoffman and H.K. Ault, "Powered Arm Orthosis" , Rehabilitation R&D Progress Reports, Vol. 35, pp. 225, 1998. (abstract).
D.A. Rice, R.J. Hirko, A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault and R.C. Anderson, "Assistive Technology Transfer and the NSF Bioengineering Research to Aid the Disabled (BRAD) Program", Technology and Disability, Vol. 7, pp. 47-54, 1997.
C. Bruno, "Development of a Mathematical Model to Investigate the Static and Dynamic Stability of a Wheelchair System", M.S. Thesis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 1997.
A.H. Hoffman and H.K. Ault, "A Retrospective Study of the Use and Abandonment of Assistive Devices Developed by Student Design Projects", Proceedings of the RESNA’96 Conference, pp. 131-133, 1996.
A.H. Hoffman and H.K. Ault, "Student to Student Technology Transfer", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 22 Supplement 1, pp. 68, 1994. (abstract)
A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault, D.E. Brewster, C.R. Merkle and J.A. Conkey, "The Effects of Ankle-Foot Orthoses on the Kinematics and Energy Content of Gait", Proceedings of the 12th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Vol. 3, pp. 182-184, 1994.
A.H. Hoffman and H.K. Ault, "Rehabilitation Engineering at WPI", abstract and video presentation, 1993 RESNA Conference, Las Vegas, June 1993.
A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault, D.R. Flinton and W.B. Sullivan, "The Design and Development of a Reacher/Gripper Device for a Child with Arthrogryposis", Proceedings of the RESNA’93 Conference, Vol. 13, pp. 507-509, 1993.
H.K. Ault and A.H. Hoffman, "Teaching Design Through the Development of Devices to Assist the Disabled", in Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME, pp. 241-243, 1993.
A.H. Hoffman and H.K. Ault, "Technology Transfer Through Student Design Projects", Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual RESNA Conference, RESNA, Vol. 11, pp. 33-35, 1991.

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