The @cooperunion team of mechanical engineering students, consisting of seniors Abigail Berg, Justice Candelario, Francisco Guzman, and Eun-Soe (Colette) Lee, under the faculty advisement of Professor David Wootton, worked with NYSID Member Agency @CPUnlimitedHV, which supports people with cerebral palsy in the workplace. The team designed and built a more accessible, secure cabinet for CP Unlimited’s paper-shredding room. The cabinet has a scissor lift mechanism that automatically raises the paper to the desired height. cooper.edu/engineering/news/…

It was a fantastic day to create workplace accessibility for New Yorkers with disabilities at NYSID's 11th Annual CREATE Symposium. We thank each participating team for their thoughtful partnership and for developing #assistivetechnolgy to make employment more inclusive for the individuals we serve. We also sincerely thank today’s panel of judges for evaluating the impressive designs and our distinguished speakers, including @johnmcdonald108, @BurdickAD93, and Willow Baer, Acting Commissioner, @NYSOPWDD. Congratulations to all of today’s participating teams on a job well done. The winners of the 2025 CREATE competition are: 1st place: @ualbany, partnered with @cfdsny: Streamlining Mail Labeling 2nd place: @cooperunion, partnered with @CPUnlimitedHV: Secure Cabinet 3rd place: @nyit, partnered with @AHRCNassau: T.R.A.M. (Transport Ready Assisting Machine)