Eugenia Victoria Ellis, PhD
, professor emerita of civil architectural and environmental engineering, is
part of a team of researchers who were awarded a $10,000 grant by Drexel
University’s AgeWell Collaboratory to develop better design standards for
the built environment.
The project, “Virtual Shoes: Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Safety and
Foster Better Design for Older Adults in the Built Environment,” will
utilize virtual reality to allow older and younger adults to experience each
other’s perceptual environments, letting each generation virtually walk in
the other’s shoes. By better understanding the navigational skills and
mobility issues of older adults, architects of the younger generation will
be inspired to design more accessible spaces.
