Congratulations to Faculty Associate Glen Norcliffe EUC) whose receipt of a SSHRC Insight Development Grant was announced in March 2024. Glen and his team are researching Velomobility for Disability: The Design, Production and Distribution of Cycles that assist the mobility of persons with a disability. The study aims to discover the source and efficiency of new improved designs for adaptive cycles, and the methods of manufacturing and distributing these bicycles, tricycles and quadricycles. These cycles are adapted to the special needs of their users who contribute directly and indirectly to their design.
In particular, the study will compare the design and production of adaptive cycles in Indonesia and advanced industrial countries (Canada, the United States, and Western Europe). With average incomes approximately one quarter of AICs, Indonesia appears to have developed low-cost solutions using recycled materials, with adaptive cycles mostly customized locally to meet user needs and affordability.
Learn more about the project at this link.
The list of 2023 Insight Development Grant recipients is available at this link.