RESNA BOARD of DIRECTORS
- Executive Committee
- Conference Organizing Committee
- Salt Lake City Local Arrangements Committee
- RESNA Gratefully...
- 1996 RESNA/Whitaker Student Scientific Paper Competition
Executive Committee
President
Clifford E Brubaker, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Health/Rehab Sciences
President Elect
Albert M Cook, PhD PE
University of Alberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
Secretary
Elaine Trefler, OTR Med
University of Pittsburgh School of Health/Rehab Sciences
Treasurer
Michael Silverman
Pin Dot Products by Invacare
At Large Members
Rachel Wobschall, Minnesota Star Program
Donald R McNeal PhD, Rancho REC
Immediate Past President
Gregg C Vanderheiden, PhD
University of Wisconsin Trace R&D Center
Board of Directors
Leonard Anderson, Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas
Kathleen Barnes BSPT, Endicott College
Mary Binion MA, Ohio Resource Center for Low Incidence & Severely Handicapped
Simon Levine PhD, University of Michigan Hospital
Morris Milner PHD PE CCE, Hugh MacMillan Rehabilitation Center
Phil Mundy, BCIT Technology
Kathleen R Riley BSPT, Durham, North Carolina
Carol Sargent BSEE OTR/L, Lake Forest, Illinois
Susan Johnson Taylor, Shepherd Spinal Center
Michael Rosen PhD, University of Tennessee-Memphis
Gerald Weisman, MS, Vermont REC
Jody J Whitmyer, Whitmyer Biomechanix Inc
Therese Willkomm MS, University of Pittsburgh School of Health/Rehab Sciences
Past Presidents
Douglas A Hobson PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Health/Rehab Sciences
Richard A Foulds PhD, AI duPont Institute ASEL
C Gerald Warren MPA, C Gerald Warren & Associates
Sheldon R Simon MD, Ohio State University
Dudley S Childress PhD, Northwestern University
Morris Milner PhD PEng CCE, Hugh MacMillan Rehabilitation Centre
Donald R McNeal PhD, Rancho Los Amigos REC
Colin A McLaurin ScD, University of Virginia REC
James B Reswick ScD, National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research
Conference Organizing Committee
Conference Chairs
Elbert Brown, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Marvin Fifield, Utah Assistive Technology Program
Meetings Committee Chair
Mary Binion, Ohio Resource Center for Low Incidence & Severely Handicapped
Accessibility
Aimee Luebben, University of Southern Indiana
Computer Tech Lab
Denis Anson OTR, University of Washington
Exhibits
Kevin Caves, Rancho REC/CART
Instructional Program
Carol A Sargent BSEE OTR/L, Flower Hospital
Publicity & Exhibits
Corrine Carriere, Invacare Canada
Research Symposium
Donald R McNeal PhD, Rancho REC
Richard Norman, University of Utah
Scientific Program
Anthony J Langton MS, South Carolina Voc Rehab
Student Design Competition
David F Law Jr, Woodrow Wilson Rehab Center
Whitaker Student Scientific Paper Competition
Simon P Levine PhD, University of Michigan
Conference Management
James R Geletka, Executive Director
Susan P Leone, Meetings Director
Terry Reamer, Conference Coordinator
Nashiydah Anderson, Registrar
Salt Lake City Local Arrangements Committee
Norm Alverson, Utah State Division of Risk Management
Jerry Asay, Utah State Office of Rehabilitation
Dick Baer, Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities
Laura Barnett, University of Utah Health Science Center
Duane Betoumay, Utah State Office of Rehabilitation Independent Living Program
Craig Boogaard, Utah Center for Assistive Technology
Judy Buffmire, State Representative, Utah State Legislature
Bryan Carroll, Utah Center for Assistive Technology
Linda Chisholm, Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities
Val Christianson, Interwest Medical
Beth Foley, Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities
Ron Gardner, Utah Legal Center for Persons with Disabilities
Marilyn Hammond, Utah State University, Utah Assistive Technology Program
Amy Henningsen, Utah State University, Center for Persons with Disabilities
Doug Hind, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Terry Holden, Utah State Division of Community and Family Health
Tom Jackson, Utah Center for Assistive Technology
Johannah Jensen, Aspen Home Health Agency
Barbara Johnson, Utah State Division of Community and Family Health
Ken Kozole, Interwest Medical
Jim Lynds, WesTest Engineering
Mary Lynds, WesTest Engineering
Daryl McCarty, Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities
Bill Mecham, Utah Center for Assistive Technology
Sanford Meek, University of Utah College of Engineering
Martell Menlove, Utah State University, Utah Assistive Technology Program
Sherry Repscher, Utah Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
Andy Schoenberg, University of Utah Health Science Center
Dale Sheld, Student at Risk, Utah State Office of Education
Barnard Silver, Silver Energy Systems
J.T. Simkins, I&R, Access Utah Network
Mark Stevens, National Ability Center
Steve Townsend, Utah State Office of Rehabilitation Services
Sharon Weston, Utah State University, Utah Assistive Technology Program
Bill Young, Utah State Office Rehabilitation Services
RESNA Gratefully
...acknowledges conference support from the following PATRONS
Apple Computers Office of Special Education
Everest & Jennings, Inc
Microsoft
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Whitaker Foundation
...AND recognizes the assistance of the following organizations
Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Flower Hospital
Innovative Research & Development
Interwest Medical
National Ability Center
Ohio Resource Center for Low Incidence & Severely Handicapped
Rancho REC/CART
Silver Energy Systems Corporation
South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department
University of Southern Indiana
University of Utah Health Science Center
University of Washington
Utah Assistive Technology Program
Utah Center for Assistive Technology
Utah Legal Center for Persons with DIsabilities
Utah State Division of Community and Family Health
Utah State Office of Education, Students at Risk
Utah State Office of Rehabilitation Services
WesTest Engineering
1996 RESNA/Whitaker Student Scientific Paper Competition
On the following pages you will find the five award winning papers for the third annual RESNA/Whitaker Student Scientific Paper Competition. These awards are supported through the generosity of the Whitaker Foundation. The purpose of the Student Scientific Paper Competition and Awards is to encourage and promote student participation in high quality research related to the fields of rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology. The competition is intended to encourage students from a variety of disciplines to address issues in the field of assistive technology and submit papers for presentation at the annual RESNA conference. This competition is based on scientific merit of the reported research and is structured to be distinct from and complimentary to the student design competition.
The winning papers in the Whitaker Competition were all presented in a special session at the RESNA '96 Conference. This session is unique in that it provided a forum which, in addition to highlighting student research activity, brings together papers on diverse topics for presentation. There were a total of 22 papers submitted for the competition this year. Members of the Student Scientific Paper Competition Committee scored each paper after careful review based on the following criteria.
- General quality of the writing and presentation.
- Clear statement of hypothesis or research issues to be addressed.
- Choice and description of appropriate methodology.
- Presentation of the results.
- Discussion of the results and their significance.
I would like to sincerely thank the review committee for this year's competition: Donald McNeal, Ph.D., Hunter Peckham, Ph.D., Michael Rosen Ph.D., and Machiel Van der Loos, Ph.D. They faced very difficult decisions in choosing the five winners as most of the papers were deemed meritorious. Very careful consideration was given to avoid any potential conflicts of interest by 1) blinding the reviewers to the authors and their institutional affiliations (to the best of our abilities), and 2) choosing reviewers who had no association with any of the authors or papers.
On behalf of RESNA I wish to thank the Whitaker Foundation for its support, the judging committee for a difficult job well done, and all the students who submitted papers. I invite students to start planning their research for submission to the 1997 RESNA/Whitaker Student Scientific Paper Competition.
Simon P. Levine Chair, RESNA/Whitaker Student Scientific Paper Competition