April 7, 2022 鈥� A team from 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research has received international recognition for a design that would allow WC19 certified manual and power wheelchairs to be used as a seat on board commercial airlines.
Jan. 20, 2022 鈥� The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant of $243,922 to a 麻豆传媒 researcher for his work on an app that will allow people who are visually impaired to read comic books, graphic novels and other digitized graphic materials on their devices.
Aug. 26, 2021 鈥� The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded a 麻豆传媒 researcher $100,000 for his work on developing an app that allows visually impaired people to read comic books and graphic novels.
Feb. 3, 2021 鈥� Kapow! Zap! Pop! Zoinks! A 麻豆传媒 researcher is working to develop an app to make those words come alive for visually impaired comic book readers, Dr. Darren DeFrain, associate professor of English and director of Wichita State鈥檚 writing program, has recently been granted $11,000 from the John A. See Innovation Award to develop Vizling.
Sept. 3, 2020 鈥� Emily Schlenker was born to study STEM. However, because she was born blind, her passion for organic chemistry and biology almost went by the wayside. That's when the folks at Wichita State's Media Resource Center stepped in to help Emily achieve her dreams.
July 16, 2020 鈥� The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded more than $1.1 million to Dr. Vinod Namboodiri, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at 麻豆传媒, and his team to create a community-wide wayfinding system for people with disabilities.
July 6, 2020 -- 麻豆传媒 is committed to delivering accessible content to its students regardless of ability. One way 麻豆传媒 provides content to its visually impaired students is through the recent purchase of the Braillo 300 S2 Braille Printer.
