STAR :: Social and Technological Action Research Group

Current Researchers: Michael Yeganyan, David Schramm, Meg Cramer, Monica Tentori and Gillian Hayes
Past Collaborators: Sen Hirano, Gabriela Marcu, Mohamad Monibi, David Nguyen
Project: Visual schedules and choice boards are tools used in current best practices for helping children with autism and other special needs. These non-verbal kids need help communicating their choices, understanding time and activities, [...]

STAR group did really well on the NSF front this year. First year PhD students Meg Cramer and Jed Brubaker won a fellowship and an honorable mention, respectively. STAR alumna, currently a PhD student at CMU, Gabi Marcu was also a winner.

More on the fellowship program can be found at: http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
The National [...]

Informatics assistant professor designs computer devices to aid instruction, record-keeping