Undergraduate Design Projects: Custom-Designed Devices for the Physically Disabled

9410490 Culver提议的研究属于本科设计项目计划类别，并要求支持本科生和研究生工程师提供“定制设计”的原型设备和软件，以帮助残疾人。这个推力的主要目标是为工程专业的学生提供有意义的设计经验，这将直接帮助特定的残疾人。宾厄姆顿州立大学有一个正式的项目，以确保这些项目取得令人满意的进展。一组学生和研究人员将在这些项目上与一些合作机构和个人合作。在本奖项为期5年的时间内，计划进行55个项目，并将提交一份关于已完成项目的书面报告，以供年度出版。一旦完成，每个项目将给人谁是设计。他们希望这种“真实世界”的经历能给工科学生一种使命感和自豪感，帮助工科学校服务社区，吸引新生进入工程学领域，并提高学生对研究生教育的兴趣。这种类型的工作很重要，因为它为工程专业的学生提供了有意义的经验，作为他们本科设计要求的一部分，也将使那些经常需要定制康复设备的人群受益。＊＊＊

9410490 Culver The proposed research is in the Undergraduate Design Projects Program category, and requests support for undergraduate and graduate student engineers to provide prototype "custom designed" devices and software to aid persons with disabilities. The primary goal of this thrust is to provide meaningful design experience for the engineering student that will directly aid a specific disabled individual. A formal program is in place at SUNY Binghamton which will ensure satisfactory progress is attained on these projects. A group of students and the investigators on the grant will work with a number of collaborating agencies and individuals on these projects. Fifty- five projects are planned during the five ear duration of this award, and a written report on the completed projects will be submitted for an annual publication. Once completed, each project will be given to the person for whom it is designed. The hope is that this "real world" experience will give engineering students a sense of purpose and pride, help engineering schools serve the community, attract new students into engineering, and raise student interest in graduate education. This type of undertaking is important since it provides a meaningful experience for engineering students as part of their undergraduate design requirements, and will also benefit a population where customization is often needed for rehabilitation devices. ***