Accessibility Lunch - Bryan F. Shaw April 21, 2025 12:00pm — 1:00pm Location: In Person and Virtual - ET - Group Viewing Newell-Simon Hall 4513 and Zoom Speaker: BRYAN F. SHAW , Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University https://chemistry.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/person/bryan-f-shaw-phd And Science For All: Making Science Accessible to People with Blindness and Low Vision This seminar will present a handful of interventions to make science accessible to children and adults with blindness and low vision. These technologic interventions utilize universal designs that might help all people learn and do science more easily. Key interventions that will be presented include: use of light-scattering tactile graphics (“lithophanes”) as universal 2D graphics; oral somatosensory perception of 3D models; and the use of 3D printed tools and machine vision to make benchtop techniques (e.g., SDS-PAGE, TLC) accessible to people with diverse physical and visual abilities. Funding for this research is provided by ongoing support from the National Institutes of Health (Institute of General Medical Sciences and National Eye Institute), the National Science Foundation, and the Robert A. Welch Foundation. — Bryan F. Shaw is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Baylor University. His research is at the interface of special education and molecular science. Half of the work in his research group aims to make science (chemistry and biochemistry in particular), accessible to people with blindness and low vision. The other half involves basic research in bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry and applied research in pediatric ophthalmology. In Person Group Viewing and Zoom. See announcement. Event Website: https://cmubiglab.github.io/lunch/ Add event to Google Add event to iCal
