Expertise: Objective Laboratory Assessment

SAM3 Expertise Areas: Objective Laboratory Assessment

The objective assessment of products or technology is important to ensure that they perform as expected. This work is typically completed in collaboration with companies creating the products. In many cases, the work results in reports provided to the company directly and is some cases results in peer reviewed papers.

Assessments

Does the product/technology function as expected across typical use cases?
Assessment of the product/technology for use by older adults (with older adults)
Assessment of the product/technology interaction with the user

See the new SAM3 SME Support for Aging in Place Technology CTO program

Ashleigh Beltempo, Tessa Murchison, Jannah Mustafa, Charles Prévost, Ayman Yaaqoubi, Hajer Chalghoumi, Emily Jones Joanisse, Rachel Sturm, Sara Aghvami, Laura Laird, Bruce Wallace, Heidi Sveistrup, “Evaluation and Comparison of an Online and an In-Person Digital Literacy Program”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

Frank Knoefel, Heidi Sveistrup, Emma Daoust, Cassandra Druken, Noel de Sasio, Marla Calder, Krista Whitney, “Usability of a New Supportive Smart Home Technology Readiness Assessment Tool: Perspectives of Occupational Therapists”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

Sina Shafiyan, Neil Thomas, Manuela Kunz, Kathleen Fraser, Bruce Wallace, Rafik Goubran, Amir Laghai, Frank Knoefel, “Saccadic Markers of Cognitive Decline: Preliminary Findings from a Multimodal Eye Movement and Speech Assessment”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

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Hajer Chalghoumi, Emily Jones Joanisse, Rachel Sturm, Sara Aghvami, Laura Laird, Bruce Wallace, Heidi Sveistrup, “Emotional Barriers to Digital Technology Avoidance Among Older Adults”, AGEWELL AGM, 2025

B. Wallace, B. Chimehi, A. Laghai, P. Forster, J. Larivière-Chartier, P. Masson, L. Ault, “Able Innovations ALTA Research on New Features”, AGE-WELL AGM, 2023.

L. Ault, B. Wallace, S. Makhail, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, N. Thomas, J. Yang, “Observations and testing of the Tochtech Sleepsense bed sensor in a retirement community and lab setting”, AGE-WELL AGM, 2023.

J. Larivière-Chartier, P. Masson, P. Forster, B. Wallace, H. Sveistrup, L. Ault, R. Goubran, N. Thomas, F. Knoefel, “Evaluating Swidget Technology Across Six Aging Personas”, AGE-WELL AGM, 2023.

SAM3 Book “Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place” now available

Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place By: Frank Knoefel, Bruce Wallace, Neil Thomas, Heidi Sveistrup, Rafik Goubran, Christine L. Laurin Our book …

B. Wallace, L. Ault, K. Whitney, J. Larivière-Chartier, R. Goubran, Neil Thomas, F. Knoefel, ” Assessing the Best Buy Assured Living Sensor Security System to Promote Aging in Place for Older Adults”, Canadian Association on Gerontology 2022.

B. Wallace, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, J. Kaye, N. Thomas, “Comparison of Bed-Sensors for Nocturnal Behaviour Assessment”, The Twelfth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine (eTELEMED 2020), 2020.

Link to conference Paper PDF

Green, G. C., Chan, A. D., & Goubran, R. A. (2009, April). Monitoring of food spoilage with electronic nose: potential applications for smart homes. In 2009 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (pp. 1-7). IEEE.

Green, G. C., Chan, A. D., & Goubran, R. A. (2006, August). An investigation into the suitability of using three electronic nose instruments for the detection and discrimination of bacteria types. In 2006 International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (pp. 1850-1853). IEEE.