QoLT creates a motivating and compelling opportunity to influence the future direction of engineering education, outreach and career preparation.
Our Vision and Goals
We are creating a growing community of engineers, scientists, practitioners and consumers who are intellectually prepared and motivated to create, assess, and apply technology to benefit people with disabilities and older adults.
Our vision is to transform all stakeholders from technology and technology artifact users to technology inventors and influencers. We recognize the unique characteristics of QoLT including real-life narratives, integration across multiple disciplines, and direct impact on diverse stakeholder groups.
Our education and outreach goals are to
develop, enhance and disseminate curricula that emphasize participatory design, teamwork and cross-training
inspire and motivate students of all ages to embrace QoLT
empower people, especially individuals with disabilities, to be able to improve their own lives and the lives of people they know, through the application of engineering and design principles in concert with lateral and multi-disciplinary problem-solving.
