ENGR 0715 - Engineering Applications for Society

Spring 2007 Projects

Online Interactive Accessibility Map

Community Partner: Disability Resources & Services

Team:

Tim Parenti, Ryan Nath, and Mageena O'Loughlin

Problem Statement:

This team worked with the University’s Disability Resources and Services department (DRS), with feedback from other campus community members, to determine how to make their then current online accessibility map for the University more comprehensive and user-friendly. In the process, the team augmented the online accessibility map to include all University-owned campus buildings, including residence halls and athletic facilities, while revamping the "feel" of the site to make it more consistent with the rest of the DRS website. This facilitates access to information on the locations of accessible entrances, and ways of getting to them for University faculty, staff, students, prospective students, and visitors.

The team also worked to review, update, and add to a database containing numerous measurements of the handicap-accessible entrances of each building, ensuring that each is in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG).

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