Senior Engineering Design Projects to Assist Disabled Persons in Michigan's Copper Country

0079969 Wright这是一项为期五年的工作，让密歇根理工大学的工程专业学生参与残疾人辅助和/或康复装置的设计和开发。目标是每年完成四个设计项目，这将帮助铜乡中学区服务的残疾人。每个设计项目将分配给一个由三到五名生物医学工程，机械工程和电气工程的高年级学生组成的团队。其他学科的学生也可以参加，这取决于给定项目所需的技能。当地高中学生将通过与汉考克（MI）高中的工业艺术项目合作，参与其中一些项目的制作。每个项目都将由一名教员提供建议--无论是一名研究人员，还是另一名具有适当专业知识和兴趣的工程学院成员。所有参加这些项目的学生都将在开始项目之前完成一个关于职业道德和标准的研讨会。该研讨会将告知学生适用的标准和病人的保密性，责任和知识产权的问题。该研讨会将由CCISD的专业人员和研究人员共同举办，首席研究员将于每年7月1日前向国家科学基金会提交一份报告，介绍已完成的项目。

0079969WrightThis is a five-year effort that engages engineering students at Michigan Technological University in the design and development of assistive and/or rehabilitative devices for persons with disabilities. The objective is the completion of four design projects annually, which will assist individual disabled persons served by the Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD). Each design project will be assigned to a team consisting of three to five senior students in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering. Students in other disciplines may participate, depending on skills required for a given project. Local high school students will be engaged in fabrication of some of the projects, through a partnership with Hancock (MI) High School's industrial arts program. Each project will be advised by a faculty member -- either one of investigators, or another member of the engineering faculty who has appropriate expertise and interest.All students who participate in one of these projects will complete a workshop on professional ethics and standards, prior to beginning a project. This workshop will inform the students of applicable standards and issues in patient confidentiality, liability, and intellectual property rights. This workshop will be conducted jointly by members of the professional staff of CCISD and the investigators.The principal investigator will, by July I of each year, provide the National Science Foundation with a report describing the projects completed.