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TOM @ UNIVERSITY

TOM @ University combines the TOM process, teams of Makers and Need-Knowers, with interdisciplinary, human-centred design and engineering curriculums at Swinburne University of Technology.

About

The TOM @ University program is currently underway with students from the Bachelor of Engineering (Product Design) course at Swinburne University. These students have the opportunity to take on a challenge submitted by an individual with disability or their support network (referred to as Need-Knowers) for their final year Professional Project. It is an extremely rewarding program where individual students work collaboratively with a Need-Knower to develop a solution for their challenge.

Students spend the year (March-November) researching, developing and refining their innovative designs to produce a prototype, technical drawings and an accompanying technical report. The collaboration sessions are individually organised between the Need-Knowers and students.

In August there is another TOM @ University program taking place at Swinburne’s Design Factory Melbourne (DFM) where postgraduate Occupational Therapy and Design students work on a Need-Knower’s challenge for 3 months.

Become a
Need-Knower

We are not taking further applications for the March intake of TOM @ University. However you are welcome to apply to register your interest in the program commencing in August with the Design Factory Melbourne.

What makes TOM @ University so great is that we're working with real people with real problems and we're co-designing with them rather than using a hypothetical brief

Paris Triantis, TOM @ University Lecturer

TOM @ University 2019 (Phase 1)

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TOM @ University 2019 (Phase 1)

Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) is a global movement of innovators that create and disseminate affordable solutions to the daily challenges of people with disabilities. TOM works by connecting Need-Knowers (individuals living with a deep understanding of the daily challenges faced by individuals living with a disability) with teams of Makers (problem solvers, engineers, designers, developers, health professionals etc.) to create public domain assistive technology solutions. TOM @ University combines the TOM process, teams of Makers and Need-Knowers, with interdisciplinary, human-centred design and engineering curriculums at Swinburne University of Technology.

TOM @ University - Phase 1 Final Presentations

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TOM @ University - Phase 1 Final Presentations

Check out the highlights from the final presentations of Phase 1 of TOM @ University. We are proud to be the first community to pilot and help model and scale TOM @ University around the world. Everyone was left inspired by the students hard work and co-creation with their Need-Knowers. A big thanks to our partners Vision Australia, Scope and Solve Disability Solutions. Thank you to all the Design Factory Melbourne staff and coaches at Swinburne University of Technology for all your hard work behind the scenes helping to guide the students along their journey. Stay tuned for Phase 2 of TOM @ Uni starting in March 2019! #250million #tikkunolammakers #TOM:Melbourne

TOM @ University 2018 (Phase 1)

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TOM @ University 2018 (Phase 1)

Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) is a global movement of innovators that create and disseminate affordable solutions to the daily challenges of people with disabilities. TOM works by connecting Need-Knowers (individuals living with a deep understanding of the daily challenges faced by individuals living with a disability) with teams of Makers (problem solvers, engineers, designers, developers, health professionals etc.) to create public domain assistive technology solutions. TOM @ University combines the TOM process, teams of Makers and Need-Knowers, with interdisciplinary, human-centred design and engineering curriculums at Swinburne University of Technology.