Cultivating Awesome Parents

Growing up poor is stressful for kids, and there are significant physical, cognitive, and emotional effects of growing up in this environmnet. This report investigates the issues surrounding an adverse childhood, and provides two solution paths for building an empathetic relationship between parents and their children.

Aaron Squier

Mechanical Engineering and Design, Innovation, and Society, 2013

Cary Kaczowka

Mechanical Engineering and Design, Innovation, and Society, 2013

This project developed in Spring of 2013 through the Inventor's Studio course at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, under the guidance of professor Burt Swersey.

Inventor's Studio challenges students to apply their engineering and technical skills to problems that have a large impact on society. Focus areas often include environmental sustainability, health care, education, poverty, hunger, and large social issues. Course activities range from creative exercises, reverse engineering assignments, presentations, research, patent applications, and prototyping.