{"id":46754,"date":"2018-05-28T13:22:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T17:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=46754"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:44","slug":"experts-available-national-accessability-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/experts-available-national-accessability-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Available: National AccessAbility Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As National AccessAbility week takes place from May 27 to June 2, Carleton experts are available to discuss related topics.
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\nAdrian Chan<\/strong>
\nAssistant Vice-President (Academic) and Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone<\/strong>: 613-520-2600, ext. 8016
\nEmail<\/strong>: Adrian.Chan@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chan is the director of the Research and Education in Accessibility, Design and Innovation (READi) training program – an integrated, solutions-oriented program that facilitates applied experiential learning. Funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada through its Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program (CREATE), READi is the first interdisciplinary post-secondary accessibility-training program offered in Canada. His research interests include biological signal processing, biomedical signal quality assessment, biomedical image processing, pattern recognition, assistive devices and non-invasive sensor systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is available to speak about research activities and education in accessibility, as well as Carleton\u2019s involvement in accessibility projects.
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\nDean Mellway<\/strong>
\nActing Director, Research Education Accessibility Design Initiative<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone<\/strong>: 613-520-2600, ext. 1144
\nEmail<\/strong>: Dean.Mellway@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mellway is the acting director of the Research Education Accessibility Design Initiative (READ). READ is involved with all aspects of accessibility, from employment to innovation, built environment to accessibility legislation.
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\n<\/strong>Mojtaba Ahmadi<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone<\/strong>:  613-520-2600, ext. 4057
\nEmail<\/strong>:    Mojtaba.Ahmadi@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmadi\u2019s research interests include robotic analysis, design and control; machine and biological locomotion; mechatronics, linear and nonlinear control; simulation, virtual reality, distributed and real-time control. Applications of this research include robotic rehabilitation and assistive devices for human locomotion; robotic systems for aerospace, aeronautics, flight simulators and wind tunnel testing; as well as robotic and mechatronic systems analysis and design for special applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmadi is available to discuss the topic of technology for rehabilitation and accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As National AccessAbility week takes place from May 27 to June 2, Carleton experts are available to discuss related topics. Adrian Chan Assistant Vice-President (Academic) and Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering Phone: 613-520-2600, ext. 8016 Email: Adrian.Chan@carleton.ca Chan is the director of the Research and Education in Accessibility, Design and Innovation (READi) training […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[103,142,182,143,112],"class_list":["post-46754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-experts-available","tag-faculty-of-engineering-and-design","tag-mechanical-and-aerospace-engineering","tag-paul-menton-centre","tag-read-initiative","tag-systems-and-computer-engineering"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47230,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46754\/revisions\/47230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}