From: Keith Christensen <address@hidden>
Date: 6 June 2006 8:07:42 AM
To: Paul Box <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Long time no hear: interested in speaking at Notre Dame?
Paul,
The little blerb is below. Please feel free to edit as you feel
necessary for this audience. I will wait to receive the
information on the location and times to make travel arrangements.
Thanks,
Keith
Session Description
The session will describe an ongoing research program whose purpose
is to evaluate (a) the effect of the current and proposed Americans
with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) for the
built-environment on the egress of individuals with disabilities
during the mass pedestrian flows (MPFs) triggered by health-safety
events, and (b) the effect of security-oriented design methods on
the egress of individuals with disabilities during health-safety
event triggered MPFs. The objective of the project is to measure
the emergent behaviors of heterogeneous sample populations of five
representative built-environments (an airport, high school,
conference center, multi-story office building, and secured federal
development) during simulated health-safety events. Agent-based
simulations are used to measure these behaviors and their effect on
individuals with disabilities.
Presenters
Keith Christensen, Utah State University, Center for Persons with
Disabilities
Yuya Sasaki, Utah State University, Center for Persons with
Disabilities
Paul Box, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Alice Springs, Australia
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Keith Christensen Utah State University 435.797.3997
address@hidden