Join us for a discussion with Claire Davies, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering at Queens University, to learn about her career journey, research, and hear her advice for current mechanical engineering students and postdocs.

Since 1992, Claire Davies has been collaborating with persons with disabilities; as a therapeutic recreationist, a Special Olympics coach, a rehabilitation engineer, and a researcher. All her projects are interdisciplinary, participatory, and include clinician input resulting in the development of therapies and devices that are usable and effective, ensuring equity and inclusion in design.

Her BDAT (Building and Designing Assistive Technologies) Lab conducts research into assistive technologies to increase independence of persons with disabilities and seeks to ensure that community members who need devices can obtain them. Dr. Davies’s academic outputs demonstrate significant interdisciplinary research. While her home department is Mechanical and Materials Engineering, she holds cross-appointments in Cultural Studies, Rehabilitation Sciences, and the Centre for Neuroscience at Queen’s University. She is the Queen’s University representative on the Canadian Accessibility Network.

Refreshments will be provided to registered attendees and is capped due to room capacity limits, but last-minute drop-ins are welcome as space allows.