[NABS-L] NFB Science and Engineering Division Annual Meeting Agenda and Registration

[Louis Maher]

Good afternoon;

I am pleased to share the below agneda for the 2020 Science and Engineering Division of the National Federation of the Blind to be held July 16, 2020 from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. EST.

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2020 NFB Science and Engineering Meeting Agenda

3:00 P.M. EST Call to order – John Miller, President
- Working in science and engineering efficiently – John Miller
3:15 P.M. - Chemistry On The Web Project – Cary Supalo, Educational Testing Service
3:30 P.M. - College and Graduate School Blindness Accessibility Review Project – Don Winiecki
3:45 P.M. - Exploring and understanding the changes affecting our oceans – Maureen Hayden
4:00 P.M. - the Peridot, a new multi-line Braille and tactile graphics tablet – Dave Schleppenbach, Tactile Solutions
4:30 P.M. - Business Meeting:
- Treasurer's Report
- Secretary's Report
- Elections
5:00 P.M. - Adjournment

For any questions, please contact John Miller at johnmillerphd at hotmail.com.

Talk abstracts:

Don Winiecki

College and Graduate School Blindness Accessibility Review Project

Report on SEDNFB progress toward producing and issuing a survey to post secondary students and professionals in STEM fields that allows us to:

1. identify overall trends in students' and professionals' experiences with respect to accessible content.
2. identify and rate the impact of different barriers (negative) and drivers (positive) influencing student and professional success.
3. identify and rate the importance of different kinds of accessible media for students and professionals in STEM disciplines.
4. identify and rate the impact of different kinds of support systems on the success of students and professionals in STEM disciplines.
5. provide prescriptive advice to institutions on how to improve accessibility for STEM students and professionals and in turn improve organizational performance.
6. provide students and significant stakeholders with information that can help them make decisions about what to study, and where to study.

NOTE: The survey will not be a "one off" effort. It will be an ongoing project that provides continuous information to stakeholders in accessibility of STEM to students and professionals.

Maureen Hayden

Exploring and understanding the changes affecting our oceans – Maureen Hayden.

Science Without Sight: Research from a Different Perspective.

The sea, the final frontier, these are the voyages of my career, to explore and understand the changes affecting our oceans, and to boldly go where few blind women have gone before. In this talk I will discuss my research, barriers and challenges I have faced in the STEM field, and the elation that comes with making a new discovery. 

Dave Schleppenbach

the Peridot, a new multi-line Braille and tactile graphics tablet

Tactile Solutions is the creator and IP holder of Peridot, a revolutionary new multi-line Braille and tactile graphic tablet. 
Peridot is a tactile display that allows readers to access Braille more naturally and experience revolutionary graphical capabilities. Sixteen 24-cell-lines of electronic Braille cells enable students, professionals, and leisure readers alike to easily navigate long equations and access technical diagrams. Peridot’s powerful software offers advanced, easy-to-use tools that improve STEM education, reduce workloads, and enable adaptive standardized testing. 

Key Attributes: 
* Full-page refreshable Braille display that replaces paper Braille with precision electronic cells that use standard Braille size, spacing, and height.
* Dynamic graphical capabilities enable interactive, animated tactile features that have never before been successfully brought to market.
* Modular, replaceable cells reduce repair time and costs, and web-based support tools enable remote calibration to fix minor hardware issues.

Applications for Learning and Productivity

E-Reader
Download and display books and documents in a full range of formats (including BRF, PDF, and EPUB).

Graphing Calculator
Duplicates the functions of a traditional scientific calculator, but with a tactile output that can be panned, zoomed, and highlighted.

Image Viewer
Provides new ways to learn using animated, highlighted, and interactive images that can demonstrate chemical reactions, electrical current flow, geographical events, and other complex subjects.

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Harry Staley
President

National Federation of the Blind
San Antonio

330-718-1876
Hstaley at nfbtx.org

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