{"id":5202,"date":"2011-05-20T14:34:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T18:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=5202"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:13:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:13:10","slug":"engineering-students-create-safe-workspace-for-riley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/engineering-students-create-safe-workspace-for-riley\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering students create safe workspace for Riley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>Eleven-year-old Riley can now easily and comfortably play in her new desk, thanks to few enterprising UTC students.<!--more--><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"5210\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/engineering-students-create-safe-workspace-for-riley\/attachment\/101\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/101.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"857,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1303835426&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"101\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UTC engineering students pose with Riley&amp;#8217;s new desk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/101-685x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5210 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/101-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/101-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/101-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/101.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Riley has developmental disabilities and has to use an adapted wheelchair. When she works at her desk, she often gets her arms caught under the table. UTC engineering students Robert Newell, Chris Leginsky, Kyle Phillips, and Paul Bell designed a new desk to provide a more comfortable and safe environment for her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiley is always in motion. She likes to move her arms a lot and often gets them stuck under the desk. Our design has height adjustable legs with a tilting top to remedy that problem,\u201d Paul Bell said. \u201cIt\u2019s a simple design, but it meets her needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The students created the desk as part of their coursework in the Introduction to Engineering Design class. In this course, engineering students work on projects supported by faculty. These projects provide faculty-student mentoring opportunities, build student-faculty relationships, and empower student engagement. The projects in the class focus on approving Assistive Technology for toddlers, young children, and adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Going through the whole design process was fun and challenging. There was a lot of trial and error,\u201d Bell said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven-year-old Riley can now easily and comfortably play in her new desk, thanks to few enterprising UTC students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/engineering-students-create-safe-workspace-for-riley\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[7392],"class_list":{"0":"post-5202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","7":"tag-college-of-engineering","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Engineering students create safe workspace for Riley | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eleven-year-old Riley can now easily and comfortably play in her new desk, thanks to few enterprising UTC students. 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