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an International Workshop

October 9  - 11, 2003
Buffalo, NY

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Participant Names

Updated: 8 October 2003

 

Space Requirements for Wheeled Mobility

An International Workshop

 

October 9-11, 2003

University Inn, Amherst New York

 

Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access

University at Buffalo, SUNY

 

List of Participants

 

 

 


 

Mr. Anthony Alarid     

Access Specialist (In-training)

ANSI A117.1 Committee Member alternate and ICC Accessibility Inspector and Plan Reviewer

Governor's Committee on Concerns of the Handicapped                      

491 Old Santa Fe Suite 117 Santa Fe

NM 87501 USA         

Phone: 505-827-6465,

Fax: 505-827-6328     

Anthony.alarid@state.nm.us

 

Ms. Gail A. Austin

Austin Accessibility Consultants, LLC

2842 Belleza Lane

Henderson 89074 USA           

Phone: 702-731-5595

Fax: 702-731-5322     

AustinAccessibility@cox.net

 

Mr. David Balmer        

Consultant, CEO Design engineering code & safety consultants to the elevator & accessibility lift industry                      

DC Balmer & Associates Ltd  

10 Poinsettia Place                  

Brampton ON  L6S 3S1 Canada         

Phone: 905-791-8031

Cell: 905-460-7424

Fax: 905-791-9163     

DBalmer942@aol.com

 

 

 

Mr. David Barker        

Principal Strategist                   

Strategic Design and Brand Integrity Diebold, Incorporated      

5995 Mayfair Road, 9-B-16

North Canton OH 44720-8077 USA  

Phone: 330.490.4779

Fax 330.490.3794

barkerd@diebold.com

 

Prof. Jerome E. Bickenbach     

Professor of Philosophy                       

Department of Philosophy        

Queen's University                               

Kingston ON    K7L 3N6 Canada       

Phone: 613-533-2182 

Fax: 613-533-6545     

Bickenba@post.queensu.ca

 

Mr. Brian D. Black      

Director, Building Codes and Standards Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association

111 West Huron Street            

Buffalo NY 14202                   

Phone: 716-856-6582

Fax: 716-855-3395     

bblack@unitedspinal.org

 

Dr. Bruce Bradtmiller   

President                     

Anthrotech      

503 Xenia Ave.                       

Yellow Springs OH 45387 USA          

Phone: 937-767-7226

Fax: 937-767-9350     

bruce@anthrotech.net

 

Mr. Dennis Cannon                             

US Access Board

1331 F St NW            

Washington DC 20004 USA   

Phone: 202-272-0015

Fax: 202-272-0081     

cannon@ACCESS-BOARD.GOV

 

Dr. Gunilla Carlsson

Post-Doc, Department of Clinical Neuroscience 

Division of Occupational Therapy         

Lund University

PO Box 157    

Lund 22100 Sweden   

Phone: +46+46 222 1972

Fax: +46+46 222 1959           

gunilla.carlsson@arb.lu.se

 

Dr. Rory Cooper

Professor and Chair                 

Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology  

Pittsburgh University    

Human Engineering Research Laboratories (151-R1)   

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System,

7180 Highland Drive    

Pittsburgh PA 15206 USA      

Phone: (412) 365-4850

Fax: (412) 365-4858   

rcooper@pitt.edu

 

Ms. Kaylan Dunlap      

Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, ADA Specialist                         

Evan Terry Associates 

One Perimeter Park South Suite 200S

Birmingham AL 35243 USA    

Phone: (205) 972-9100

Fax: (205) 972-9110   

kdunlap@evanterry.com

 

Mr. David Feathers     

Research Assistant                   

Dept. of Industrial Engineering

State University of New York

37 Louvaine Drive

Buffalo NY 14223 USA          

Phone: 716-812-4696 

feathers@eng.buffalo.edu

 

Mr. Robert Feeney      

Managing Director and Chief Executive

Robert Feeney Associates                   

Linden House, The Old School Playground      

1 Butthole Lane Shepshed       

Leicestershire   LE12 9BN U.K.         

Phone: +44 1509 502 876

Fax: +44 01509 504 445        

rfafeeney@onetel.net.uk

 

Dr. Shirley Fitzgerald   

Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Research           

VAMC Human Engineering Research Laboratories      

University of Pittsburgh

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System        

7180 Highland Drive 151R-1   

Pittsburgh PA 15206 USA      

Phone: 412-365-4840

Fax: 412-365-4858     

sgf9@pitt.edu

 

Mr. John Fusco           

Marketing

LIFT U, Division of Hogan Mfg., Inc.

P.O. Box 398              

Escalon 95320 Canada

Phone: 209-838-2400

Fax: 209-838-8648     

johnfusco@charter.net

patriciagreen@charter.net

 

Ms. Marilyn Golden

Policy Analyst              

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)                       

455 61st St Oakland CA 94609 USA 

Phone: 510-654-5580

Fax: 510-655-7839     

mgolden@dredf.org

 

Dr. Michael Grant

ABACUS, Dept. of Architecture and Building Science

University of Strathclyde

131 Rottenrow

Glasgow G4 0NG UK

Phone: 041-548-3996

Fax: 041-552-3996     

p.m.grant@strath.ac.uk

 

Mr. Chuck Han

Consulting Assistant Professor 

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Stanford University                  

M42 Terman Engineering Center          

Standford CA 94305-4020 USA        

Phone: 415-507-8742 

chuck.han@stanford.edu

 

Mr. Donald G. Helt

Biomedical Engineer                            

NexGen Ergonomics Inc.         

517 Stafford Ave         

Stalen Island NY 10312 Canada         

Phone: 718-227-8377 

donhelt@yahoo.com

Ms. Jean Holden         

Consultant                                           

906-10 Yonge Street               

Toronto ON M5E 1R4 Canada           

Phone: 416-363-9164 

holdenjeanm@aol.com

 

Ms. Shane Holten        

Access Consultant, President               

SPH Planning and Consulting Ltd         

166 Wilson Ave Suite 403       

Toronto ON M5M 3A6 Canada         

Phone: 416-488-5700

Fax: 416-488-7206

TTY (V) 416-488-5700          

sholten@sph-planning-consulting.ca

 

Ms. Barbara Hunkin    

Interior Designer          

ARIDO: Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario                      

Universal by Design     

16117 Mississauga Road         

Terra Cotta ON L0P 1N0 Canada

Phone: 905-838-1844

Fax: 905-838-4012

universalbydesign@sympatico.ca

 

Mr. Rodney A  Hunter             

Association of Consultants in Access, Australia

(Trading name of Rod A Hunter & Associates Pty Ltd DUNS 752147819 CAGE/NCAGE Cod ZAS 91)      

Hunarch Consulting      

41 Burroughs Road     

Balwyn Victoria 3103   Australia          

Phone: +613 9816 3599

Fax: +613 9857 9317

Mobile 0411 982 189 

info@hunarch.com.au

rah@hunarch.com.au

 

Mr. Patrick J. F. Hurley

IBOT Qualification Test Lead

Deka Research and Development Corporation

340 Commercial Street

Manchester NH 03101-1108 USA     

Phone: 603-669-5139 x 474

Fax: 603-624-0573     

phurley@dekaresearch.com

 

Dr. Susanne Iwarsson  

Associate Professor                 

Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Occupational Therapy           

Lund University           

PO Box 157    

Lund 22100 Sweden   

Phone: +46+46 222 1940

Fax: +46+46 222 1959           

Susanne.Iwarsson@arb.lu.se

 

Mr. Forrest Jesse

Director, Jesse Corporation     

Advisor Laplateau Com Corporation

Interim Director, Xinmedia Corporation,

Lecturer Media Study,

University at Buffalo     

231 Center for the Arts

Buffalo NY 14260 USA          

Phone: (716) 645-6901 x1497

Fax: 1-716-645-6979

telnet://jesse.org:4445  

jfabian@buffalo.edu

 

Dr. Michael Jorgensen 

Assistant Professor                  

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Wichita State University           

120 Engineering Building          

Wichita KS 67260-0035 USA

Phone: (316) 978-5904

Fax (316) 978-3742   

michael.jorgensen@wichita.edu

 

Ms. Ellen Keable

BOSTI Associates       

651 Crescent Ave,

Buffalo, NY 14216, USA        

Phone: 716-835-0353,

Fax: 716-472-2564     

Keable@aol.com

 

Mr. David Kessler       

Principal

Kessler McGuinness & Associates       

110 Madison Ave.                   

Newtonville MA 02460 USA  

Phone: 617-641-2802 V/TTY

Fax: 617-641-2812     

Dkessler@kmaccess.com

 

Mr. Omar Khan          

Assistant Professor      

Center for Virtual Architecture (CVA)

School of Architecture and Planning     

University at Buffalo

3435 Main Street, Hayes 302  

Buffalo NY 14214 USA          

Phone: (716) 829-3485 x302

Fax: 716-829-3256     

omarkhan@ap.buffalo.edu

 

Dr. John Kozey           

Assistant Professor

School of Health & Human Performance

Dalhousie University    

6230 South St.            

Halifax  NS B3L 3J5 Canada  

Phone: 902-494-1148

Fax: 902-494-5120     

John.Kozey@dal.ca

 

Dr. Venkat N. Krovi  

Assistant Professor                  

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 

University at Buffalo     

318 Jarvis Hall 

Buffalo NY 14260-4200 USA

Phone: 716-645-2593 x 2264

Fax: 716-645-3668     

vkrovi@eng.buffalo.edu

Mr. Vinai Kumar         

Ph.D. Student              

Dept of Industrial Engineering   

University at Buffalo     

26 Callodine Ave         

Amherst NY 14226 USA        

Phone: 716-400-1880 

vkumar4@buffalo.edu

 

Mr. Mitchell Laplante  

Associate Adjunct Professor    

Dept of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Disability Statistics Center        

University of California 

3333 California St.      

Rm340 UCSF

San Francisco   CA 94118 USA          

Phone: (415) 502-5214

Fax: 415-502-5208

TTY: 415-502-5216   

laplant@itsa.ucsf.edu

 

Dr. Kincho H. Law      

Professor                     

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Stanford University      

Terman Engineering Center       242     

Stanford CA 94305-4020 USA          

Phone: 650-725-3154

Fax: 650-723-7514     

law@stanford.edu

 

Mr. James A. Leahy    

Project Administrative Officer

Co-PI,             RERC on Technology Transfer

University at Buffalo     

615 Kimball Tower, 3435 Main Street

Buffalo NY 14214-3079 USA

Phone: 716-829-3141 x 135

Fax: 716-829-2420

TTY 1-800-628-2281

jimleahy@acsu.buffalo.edu

 

Ms. Danise Levine       

Assistant Director/Project Director RERC on UD at Buffalo     

School of Architecture and Planning     

University at Buffalo                 

Buffalo NY 14214-3087 USA

Phone: (716) 829-3485 x329

Fax: 716-829-3861     

drlevine@ap.buffalo.edu

 

Mr. Donald Macdonald                       

Mobility and Inclusion Unit, Engineering and Research Branch  

Department for Transport        

Zone 1/18 Great Minster House           

76 Marsham Street      

London SW1P 4DR UK         

Phone: +44 20 7944 4923

Fax: +44 20 7944 6102          

Donald.Macdonald@dft.gsi.gov.uk

 

Ms. Marsha Mazz

Senior Accessibility Specialist / Technical Assistance Coordinator                                 

US Access Board                    

111 18th Street N.W. Suite 501          

Washington DC 20036 USA   

Phone: (202) 272-0020

Fax: (202) 272-0081

 TTY: (202) 272-0082

mazz@access-board.gov

 

Dr. Birgitta Rydberg Mitchell   

Senior Lecturer,

Building Function Analysis        

Department of Architecture

Lund Institute of Technology (LTH)     

Lund University           

Box 118 SE-221 00    

Lund SE  221 00 Sweden        

Phone: +46 (0) 46 2227328

Fax: +46 (0) 46 2220120        

birgitta.mitchell@byggfunk.lth.se

 

Dr. Johan Molenbroek

Associate Professor

Physical Ergonomics Section

Applied Ergonomics and Design

Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering

Delft University of Technology 

Landbergstraat 15

Delft ZH 2628CE The Netherlands      

Phone: +31 15 278 3086

Fax: +31 15 278 7179

j.f.m.molenbroek@io.tudelft.nl

 

Mr. Murray  Mountain 

Chair - Australia Standards Committee ME/64 - Access for People with Disabilities, Australian Representative on ISO committees for Access

103 New St                

Brighton Victoria 3186 Australia          

Phone: +61 3 9593 3750

Fax: +61 3 9592 9071

murraylm@bigpond.net.au

 

Mr. Abir Mullick         

Associate Professor                 

School of Architecture and Planning     

University at Buffalo     

377 Hayes Hall

Buffalo NY 14214 USA          

Phone: (716) 829-3485/ext322

Fax: (716)-829-3861  

amullick@ap.buffalo.edu

 

Ms. Mieko Naito

M.S. Student               

Industrial Engineering

University at Buffalo     

106 EA Hadley Village

Buffalo NY 14261 USA          

Phone: 716-645-9252 

mnaito@eng.buffalo.edu

 

Mr.  James P. O'Donnell          

Vice President - Regulatory Affairs      

Independence Technology       

45 Technology Drive               

Warren NJ 07059-4917 USA

Phone: 908-412-2266

Fax: 908-412-2205     

jodonnel@indus.jnj.com

 

Dr. Arvid E. Osterberg

Consulting Architect,  Associate Professor       

Dept of Architecture    

Iowa State University   

Ames Iowa 50011                   

Phone: 515-294-8221 (work), 515-292-9129 (home)

Fax: 515-292-0818     

arvido@iastate.edu

 

Mr. J. Daniel Ozuna     

Senior Building Inspector                     

City of Miami Beach Building Dept.     

1700 Convention Center Drive

2n Fl Miami Beach      

Florida FL 33139 USA          

Phone: 786-586-5012, 305-673-7000 x 6801

Fax: 305-535-7513     

danielozuna@hotmail.com

 

Dr. Victor Paquet

Dept. of Industrial Engineering  

SUNY

342 Bell Hall North Campus    

Amherst NY 14260 USA        

Phone: 716-645-2357 

vpaquet@eng.buffalo.edu

 

Mr.  Jake  Pauls          

Consultant                   

Jake Pauls Consulting Services in Building Use and Safety                    

12507 Winexburg Manor Drive

Suite 201 Silver Spring

Maryland MD  20906-3442 USA       

Phone: 301-933-5275

Fax: 301-933-5541     

bldguse@aol.com

 

Mr. David Petherick    

Principal Architect       

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)

Buildings  Division        

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister     

18/A Portland House   

Stag Place       

London SW1E 5LP UK

Phone: +44 20 7944 5744

Fax: +44 20 7944 5739          

David.Petherick@odpm.gsi.gov.uk

 

Dr. Mark Porter          

Professor of Design Ergonomics and Head of Department        

Fellow of the Ergonomics Society, Registered European Ergonomist     

Dept. of Design and Technology          

Loughborough University         

Leicestershire   LE11 3TU UK

Phone: +44 (0)1509 22 3026

Fax: +44 (0)1509 3999           

j.m.porter@lboro.ac.uk

 

Mr. Denis Pratt

Architect / Accessibility Specialist Public Member

US Access Board, Washington DC                 

34 High St

Kennebunk ME 04043 USA   

Phone: 207-985-2546

Fax: 207-985-2546     

dpratt@alphaonenow.com

 

Ms. Kathy L. Pringle   

Occupational Therapist, Accessibility Consultant

Lecturer, Queen's University

Kingston RR#7            

Nepanee ON K7R 3L2 Canada          

Phone: 613-378-0930

Fax: 613-378-1495

pringlek@kos.net

 

Dr. David Rapson        

Community Planner and Universal Design Consultant

PARA - Progressive Accessibility Re-Form Associates

Faculty of Architecture,

University of Manitoba 

325 Kingsway Avenue 

Winnipeg Manitoba R3M 0G6 Canada

Phone: 204-475-1568

Fax: 204-453-1267     

dlrapson@wpcusrgrp.org

 

Ms. Hope Reed

Access Specialist         

ANSI A117.1 Committee Member and ICC Accessibility Inspector and Plan ReviewerGovernor's Committee on Concerns of the Handicapped     

491 Old Santa Fe        

Suite 117         

Santa NM 87501 USA           

Phone: (505) 827-6465

Fax: (505) 827-6328

TTY: (505) 827-6329 

hope.reed@state.nm.us

 

Dr. Barry Seeger         

Formerly Director, Regency Park Rehabilitation Engineering     

Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia,

Board Member, Coalition for Adaptable Housing, South Australia, and

South Australian Delegate, Australian Network for Universal Housing Design

Unit 2, 99 MacKinnon Parade 

North Adelaide SA 5006 Australia      

Phone: +618 8239 1415

Mobile 0427 733 437 

barry.seeger@bigpond.com

 

Mr. Don Smith

VP Marketing              

LIFT U, Division of Hogan Mfg., Inc.

P O Box 398               

Escalon CA 95320 Canada     

Phone: 209-838-2400

Fax:209-838-8648      

patriciagreen@charter.net

 

Ms. Elizabeth Steggles 

Occupational Therapist

Manager, Independence Technologies

McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences     

Suite 111/114, Osler Building,

Chedoke Site, Hamilton Health Sciences,         

Box 2000 Hamilton ON L8N 3Z5 Canada      

Phone: (905) 521 2353

Fax: (905) 521 4964   

STEGGLES@HHSC.CA

 

Dr. Edward Steinfeld   

Professor

Director , IDEA Center and RERC on UD       

Dept. of Architecture    SUNY

3485 Main St.  378 Hayes Hall

Buffalo NY 14214 USA

Phone: 716-829-3485 ext 327

Fax: 716-829-3861     

arced@ap.buffalo.edu

 

Mr. Gary Talbot          

Manager Mobility Engineering  

SAE Adaptive Devices Standards Committee Chair                 

General Motors Corporation     5220 Sutton Road (home)                   

Ann Arbor MI  48105  USA   

Phone: 734-761-8474

Fax: 586-986-0412 (work)     

gary.talbot@gm.com

 

Ms. Lois Thibault

Coordinator of Research                      

US Access Board        

1331 F St  NW #1000

Washington DC 20009 USA   

Phone: (202) 272-0023 (V)

Fax: 202-272-0081

TTY: 202-272-0082   

thibault@ACCESS-BOARD.gov

 

Mr. Bob Topping        

Architect and Professor                       

Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning          

7899 McLaughlin Road           

Brampton ON  L6V 1G6 Canada        

Phone: (905) 459-7533 x 5051 

FAX (905) 874 4367  

bob.topping@sheridanc.on.ca

 

Ms. Linda van Roosmalen        

Research Faculty , Designer                 

University of Pittsburgh

5044 Forbes Tower                

Pittsburgh PA 15232 USA      

Phone: 412-383-6794

Fax: 412 383-6597     

lvanroos@pitt.edu

 

Dr. James R.Watzke    

Associate Director, Human Factors      

Health Technology Research Group,

Technology Centre      

British Columbia Institute of Technology           

BCIT Downtown Campus       

7th Floor, 555 Seymour Street 

Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 Canada       

Phone: 604-730-5090

Fax: 604-633-4874     

james_watzke@bcit.ca

 

Mr. Gerald Weisman   

Rehabilitation Engineer             

Rehabilitation Technology Services       

35 Western Ave          

Burlington VT   05401 USA    

Phone: 802-863-3222

Fax: 802-863-5855     

jweisman@vtc.edu

 

Ms. Leslie Young        

Director of Design

Center for Universal Design     

College of Design        

NC State University     

Box 8613, 50 Pullen Rd, Room No. 104

Raleigh NC 27695 USA          

Phone: 919-515-8558

Fax: 919-515-7330

TTY: 800-647-6777   

leslie_young@ncsu.edu

 

Mr. Johann Ziegler       

Research Engineer                               

FIOT Wien     

Geigergrasse 5  A-1050           

Wien  Austria  

Phone: 43 1 5444 169 15

Fax  43 1 5444 169 17           

ziegler@fiot.at

 

Mr. Dominic Marinelli  

Director, Advocacy                             

Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association

111 West Huron Street            

Buffalo NY 14202                   

Phone: 716-856-6582

Fax: 716-855-4495     

dmarinelli@unitedspinal.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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