Special Issue: State of the Science on Technology Transfer 

 The Center for Assistive Technology (CAT), the University at Buffalo, announces the publication of a special Focused Issue of Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits (ATOB): State of the Science on Technology Transfer. This issue presents the findings from work carried out in the last cycle of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology Transfer (T2RERC).

This special issue offers a forum for discussion and makes recommendations for action. Authors of the five papers presented are T2RERC staff members who represent more than 60 years experience in technology transfer, assistive technology development, and product commercialization.

The first paper, entitled “At the Confluence of Academic Research and Business Development – Merging Technology Transfer with Knowledge Translation to Deliver Value” is by Joseph P. Lane, Director of the CAT and the Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer (KT4TT). It describes how linking technology transfer to knowledge translation “will increase the relevance and impact of academic research on private sector development and production” (Bodine, Bauer, and Parette, 2010). Dr. John Westbrook, Director of the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) and the new Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER), provides the content review for this paper.
Download the paper: http://www.atia.org/files/public/ATOBV6N1ArticleTwo.pdf

Dr. Cathy Bodine, Director of the RERC for the Advancement of Cognitive Technologies (AT Partners and the University of Colorado School of Medicine) served as Focused Issue Editor for Volume 6, Number 1 (Summer 2010).
Link to: Focused Issue – State of the Science on Technology Transfer

Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits (ATOB) is a peer-reviewed, cross-disability, transdisciplinary journal that publishes articles related to the benefits and outcomes of assistive technology (AT) across the lifespan. ATOB is produced by the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) in partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University.
Link to: Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits

The Center for Assistive Technology, in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, conducts research, education, and service to increase knowledge about assistive devices for persons with functional impairments. It houses the Center on KT4TT.

Contact: Sue Arnold
Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer (KT4TT)
Phone: 716-204-8606
E-mail: smarnold@buffalo.edu