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\"From\r\n
Top left: Dr. Joanne Joseph, Interim Dean of the College of Health Science; Top right: Dr. Kristina Boylan, Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences; Bottom left: Dr. Jiayue (Joyce) Shen, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering; Bottom Left: Dr. Katie Matt, Assistant Professor of Accounting, College of Business<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The culture at SUNY Poly is marked by interdisciplinary innovation toward practical solutions to real-world problems. A shining example is the work being done by those involved in humanitarian engineering initiatives across campus. As part of these efforts, faculty members from\u00a0all four SUNY Poly colleges are collaborating to develop solutions that will change lives. <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The SUNY Poly Stories team spoke with four of these faculty members \u2013\u00a0one from each college \u2013 to discuss these exciting initiatives and how this interdisciplinary work happens. <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
What exactly is humanitarian engineering and how did it get its start at SUNY Poly?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Dr. Joanne Joseph<\/strong> \u00a0
Humanitarian engineering is exactly what it sounds like \u2013 engineering solutions driven by humanitarian issues. These efforts began at SUNY Poly about twelve years ago when I was working with military veterans. One of the other consultants was a veteran who was badly injured in an IED blast. He spent three years in a burn unit at Fort Hood recovering and ended up with several permanent injuries. Yet, he went on to help so many other veterans. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"Mechanical\r\n
Engineering students develop an adaptive golf club. <\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

One day I asked him if there was one activity he particularly wished he could return to and he told me how much he missed golfing. A few of us looked for a product that could help him but couldn\u2019t find any options.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It occurred to me to go to the engineering department at SUNY Poly and, sure enough, two students took on designing an adaptive golf club<\/a>. They were able to develop a solution for him using 3D printing that cost less than $300 to produce \u2013 and it got this wonderful man back to golfing. It all developed into such a special relationship and had such an important impact. It really showed us all the life-changing potential of programs like these.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
Can you tell us more about how humanitarian engineering\u00a0has grown?\u00a0
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Dr. Joanne Joseph<\/strong>\u00a0
Since that first project, the humanitarian engineering efforts at SUNY Poly have proliferated. We now have Humanitarian Engineering and Humanitarian Studies minors<\/a> and research and development are happening constantly. We\u2019ve been involved in a number of projects with community partners like the Sitrin Health Care Center, the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, United Cerebral Palsy, and the Central New York Home Health Network. Our faculty and students have developed blocks to help teach braille<\/a>, enhancements to wheelchairs, prosthetics to enable computer access, and various adaptive sports equipment. The more we accomplish, the more we realize the potential of how much more there is we could achieve together.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"Students\r\n

Mechanical Engineering Technology<\/em> students created Braille titles as part of a project-based learning assignment for <\/em>Community and Behavioral Health (CBH)<\/em>.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
Dr. Boylan, you have been involved in several of these projects. How did you become involved?\u00a0
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Dr. Kristina Boylan<\/strong>\u00a0
Dr. Joanne Joseph has been a mentor and friend to me since I came to SUNY Poly in 2002. Her passion for\u00a0integrating academic work with community engagement\u00a0has always been inspiring. It didn’t take long for me to start asking how I could connect my work to that goal. Dr. Joseph invited me into several collaborations in the mid-2010s. And, as she and a group of us worked to establish the Humanitarian Engineering and Humanitarian Studies minors, that group slowly evolved into a larger collaboration that now exists among many members of campus.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
Can you talk a little more about how that interdisciplinary evolution has impacted your work?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Dr. Kristina Boylan<\/strong>\u00a0
My academic work in social history and interest in the visual arts led me to think critically about shortfalls in visually-oriented presentations of scholarly work and in creative assignments that could have the potential to exclude students with disabilities from full participation and collaboration with their peers. However, as a historian and avocational visual artist, I knew I did not have the knowledge or training to work with assistive technologies, and so I knew I would need to find ways to collaborate with others to find or develop solutions to these problems.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As support for research initiatives across the campus emerged in recent years, I had conversations with colleagues like Dr. Jiayue Shen and Dr. Ana Jofre<\/a> about developing some solutions for improving learning experiences and technologies that explicitly or implicitly exclude blind or visually impaired\u00a0users. Working with these colleagues has truly energized my work and inspired so many collaborative projects.\u00a0
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SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
Can you talk more specifically about a recent project?\u00a0
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Dr. Kristina Boylan<\/strong>\u00a0
Sure! In 2023, I coordinated a funding proposal and received an Innovative Instructional Technology Grant<\/a>, along with Dr. Ana Jofre<\/a>, Dr. Jiayue Shen, and Dr. Dan Jones. Our project seeks to make affordable solutions available \u2013 using existing technology \u2013 to ensure that people who are blind or visually impaired are able to fully participate during activities that are visually oriented, like poster sessions, art exhibits, and digital media. \u00a0
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There are two major parts of our work this academic year. The first is collaborating with the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired to create an accessible website with information for assistive technology users and the people who support them, helping them to understand devices that are available, how and when to use them, and how to improve the user experience. \u00a0
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The second part involves using the SUNY Poly Gannett Gallery<\/a> as an educational space to find technologically accessible and affordable ways to enhance visual displays. A range of technologies already exist, such as refreshable Braille readers, tactile maps of exhibition spaces, devices for listening and screen-reading, etc. However, as our research project is revealing, many do not work well together without quite a bit\u00a0of planning and coordination! The CCAVA team wants to simplify this process\u00a0by publishing guides on our website with\u00a0“do-it-yourself” methods for creating more accessible exhibits, for use by educators, students, artists, gallerists, and others.\u00a0 \u00a0
\u00a0
SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
What a fantastic project! Dr. Shen, in addition to this CCAVA project, you have been principal investigator on several projects for which you\u2019ve won grants, including some focused on humanitarian engineering. Can you talk a bit about those projects? \u00a0
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Dr. Jiayue (Joyce) Shen<\/strong>\u00a0
My work primarily focuses on flexible electronics, and I\u2019m involved in a number of interdisciplinary projects related to this right now. The first is developing a 3D-printed wearable sensor that measures arterial pulse waveforms. The goal is to make a more accurate and cost-effective health monitoring system which can hopefully play a role in detecting issues in those with various cardiovascular diseases.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

My colleagues and I also recently submitted a proposal to add on to this project. We are hoping to measure more signals, particularly electrodermal activity (EDA), or skin surface signals, which are considered in applications related to a variety of physiological phenomena, from stress to epilepsy to neuropathy. I\u2019m collaborating with an electrical engineer who has a sensor that can measure the EDA signals and I\u2019m going to fabricate the conductive electronics for him. The challenge is that it\u00a0needs to cover a large enough part of the skin\u2019s surface to get an accurate reading \u2013 we’ve proposed a wristband but may decide to expand it to a glove.\u00a0
\u00a0
SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
It sounds like these projects have major potential to improve people\u2019s health and lives. Is all of your work biomedically focused?\u00a0
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Dr. Jiayue (Joyce) Shen<\/strong>\u00a0
No. Another project I\u2019m currently working on is an IoT-based pavement monitoring system<\/a>. This project is to help people who work in the Department of Transportation collect road condition-related data without traveling from their office. This will save costs and, more importantly, reduce the accidents happening among the DOT staff, while allowing them to continually monitor the health of the roads\u00a0and improve traffic safety. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I\u2019m also collaborating with colleagues from civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and our interactive media program to develop a virtual reality module to help engineering students<\/a> learn mechanics within the classroom. This method will help to get a more visualized sense of how forces are distributed within civil structures. Once complete, this will be distributed to the whole SUNY campus.\u00a0
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SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
It sounds like you and your colleagues have no shortage of ideas to work on!\u00a0
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Dr. Jiayue (Joyce) Shen<\/strong>\u00a0
We are lucky to have such an interdisciplinary culture at SUNY Poly. The campus is small, so I can potentially end up talking to anyone from any area and I always feel like I can just knock on a door or approach someone at an event. Ideas spread easily. \u00a0
\u00a0
SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
Would you say that this interdisciplinary approach happens naturally or do academic leaders orchestrate opportunities where they are more likely to occur?\u00a0

Dr. Jiayue (Joyce) Shen<\/strong>\u00a0
For the most part naturally. Dr. Joseph established an interdisciplinary humanitarian engineering group to meet up and share ideas; eventually it became much more open as we sought out more areas of expertise and brought more people into the fold. This has been a great thing. With so many disciplines coming together, it creates more possibilities and solutions for existing problems in the world. It also makes for more competitive funding applications.\u00a0

SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
It sounds like this culture is producing incredible projects that will improve the daily lives of many people. Dr. Joseph: once SUNY Poly researchers discover a new method, device, or knowledge that can help people struggling with a specific issue, what\u2019s next?\u00a0

Dr. Joanne Joseph<\/strong>\u00a0
Once these solutions are developed, implementing them by connecting them with people is the next step! We are working with our talented partners in the business school to plan for this, particularly Dr. Katie Matt<\/a>. \u00a0
\u00a0
SUNY Poly Stories<\/strong>\u00a0
Dr. Matt, can you tell us about the role you will be playing in these efforts?\u00a0
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Dr. Katie Matt<\/strong>\u00a0
Yes! I am looking forward to being a part of these initiatives by helping with business planning and marketing. It will be important to have a marketing strategy in place to share the great work the team is doing, connecting these projects with the larger community and beyond, and bringing their solutions to the people who need them most. I am excited to be able to contribute to making people aware of the great humanitarian work being done here across disciplines at SUNY Poly.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n


About Humanitarian Studies and Humanitarian Engineering at SUNY Poly<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Humanitarian Studies (HS)<\/a> and Humanitarian Engineering (HE)<\/a> minors are unique curricula that combine multidisciplinary approaches to solve real-world problems for people right in our local community. Students can come into the minors from a variety of backgrounds and will work with local community agencies to develop assistive technologies that help individuals in their daily lives.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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