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

[David Andrews]

>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. ATTENTION: In order to guarntee that 
>you receive the link to the virtual meeting 
>please register by filling out the Google form 
>at the following address: 
>https://forms.gle/Ywq93j4GGNovpYSG7 -------- 
>2020 NFB Science and Engineering Meeting Agenda 
>3:00 P.M. EST Call to order ­ John Miller, 
>President - Workinng 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 ­ 
>Doon 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 Sigght: 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. ATTENTION: In order 
>to guarntee that you receive the link to the 
>virtual meeting please register by filling out 
>the Google form at the following address: 
>https://forms.gle/Ywq93j4GGNovpYSG7 Harry Staley 
>President National Federation of the Blind San 
>Antonio 330-718-1876 Hstaley at nfbtx.org NFB San 
>Antonio Facebook: 
>https://www.facebook.com/NatlFederationOfTheBlindSATX/ 
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