The Inclusive Design and Accessibility Hub
The IDEA Hub @ WPI conducts premiere cooperative research on inclusive design and accessibility. Through dedicated faculty mentors and high quality student projects, we apply both theory and practice to make a positive difference in the world.
Proud to be a member of the United Nations International Labour Organization’s Global Business and Disability Network.
Looking forward to engaging in projects with you.
Dr. Eleanor Loiacono
The IDEA Hub’s mission is to be the premiere cooperative research lab on inclusive design and accessibility. Diverse partnership models leveraging multi-disciplinary student and faculty teams create high impact project solutions as well as insightful research. We invite you to contact us to see how we can collaborate.
Dr. Eleanor Loiacono, IDEA Hub Founder and Director, researches human centered technology, design thinking, inclusion and accessibility. For over 20 years, her work has focused on improving employee, customer, client, and clinical users’ experiences with technologies. Multi-disciplinary student and faculty engagements result in impactful project and research outcomes.
If interested in a cooperative research collaboration, please contact us.
Recent Articles:
Making accessibility improvements to rich web based media applications are discussed.
Designing a mobile application to assist college students with mental health issues in the practice of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).
Evaluating web accessibility of online music stores for blind and low vision users.
The mixed methods research in progress aims to better understand the influence of education and training on the perceptions of Web accessibility guidelines by student website and app developers.
Identifying technologies to support classroom activities for grade school students with attention disorders.
Redesigning the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island’s website.
Assessing U.S. federal and federally sponsored contractors' websites to determine level of website accessibility.
Investigating the technical feasibility of deploying a telemental health depression evaluation over the Internet.
The research in progress explores the underlying factors that impact Information Systems (IS) faculty members’ career advancement.
Your needs and projects are important to us. Please feel to contact us using the form below and we will respond as quickly as we can.