Paper ID #13186 Enhancing Accessibility of Engineering Lectures for Deaf & Hard of Hearing (DHH): Real-time Tracking Text Displays (RTTD) in Classrooms Mr. Gary W Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Gary W. Behm, Assistant Professor of Engineering Studies Department, and Director of NTID Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology. Gary has been teaching and directing the Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory at NTID for five years. He is a deaf engineer who retired from IBM after serving for 30 years. He is a development engineering and manufacturing content expert. He develops and teaches all related engineering courses. His responsibility as a director of Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory include the plan- ning, implementation and dissemination of research projects that are related to the need of accessibility. He received his BS from RIT and his MS from Lehigh University. His last assignment with IBM was an Advanced Process Control project manager. He managed team members in delivering the next generation Advanced Process Control solution which replaced the legacy APC system in the 300 mm semiconductor fabricator. Behm has fifteen patents and has presented over 30 scientific and technical papers at various professional conferences worldwide. Dr. Raja S Kushalnagar, Rochester Institute of Technology Raja Kushalnagar is an Assistant Professor in the Information and Computing Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. He teaches information and/or computing courses, and tutors deaf and hard of hearing students in computer science/information technology courses. His research interests focus on the intersection of disability law, accessible and educational technology, and human-computer interaction. He is focused on enhancing educational access for deaf and hard of hearing students in mainstreamed classrooms. He worked in industry for over five years before returning to academia and disability law policy. Towards that end, he completed a J.D. and LL.M. in disability law, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science. Mr. Joseph S. Stanislow, National Technical Institute for the Deaf Joseph Stanislow is a faculty in the Information and Computing Studies Department at the Rochester Insti- tute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Joe has been teaching and tutoring computer and information technology to AOS/AAS/AS/ BS students for over 14 years. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology. Before joining the NTID faculty he worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories as an electrical engineer, a physical designer, and a computer programmer for 20 years. Dr. Aaron Weir Kelstone, RIT/NTID EDUCATION Ed.D in Education, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 2013 M.A. in English Literature Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001 B.A. in English Literature Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1994 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Lecturer, 2010 & Program Director of Performing Arts, NTID ,2011 RECENT PUBLICATIONS American Deaf Prose: 1980-2010: Gallaudet Deaf Literature Series, Vol. 1, ”Homecoming,” Gallaudet UP, April, 2012 Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry, ”Ruminations of a Cyborg,” (WWW.wordgathering.com) March, 2010 Vi- gnettes of a Deaf Character: Foreword, Gallaudet UP, November 2010 Tactile Mind Press,”25-Cents,” Minneapolis, MN, 2001 RECENT GRANTS AND FOUNDATION FUNDING NSF-funded dance pro- duction that interprets scientific principles for a general audience. Astrophysics and Dance: Engaging Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Hearing Individuals in Science Education (NSF Award No. DRL-1136221) culminated in a dance performance that toured the country. It used a multimedia theatrical production to communicate information about gravitational astrophysics to members of the general public, with a special emphasis on deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Theatre c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Page 26.657.1