Undergraduate Bioengineering Design Projects

本科生生物工程设计项目

• 批准号: 0119392
• 负责人: Bertram Ezenwa
• 金额: $ 5.58万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-12-01 至 2005-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0119392&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Bioengineering; Design; Projects

0119392EzenwaThe objectives of this project are: (1) to encourage undergraduate electrical, mechanical, computer engineering, and Allied Health students to conduct senior-year design projects in rehabilitation engineering, and (2) to focus such design projects towards the needs of specific individuals with orthopedic and/or neuromuscular disabilities. Students are recruited from the class rosters of the Departments of Allied Health, Occupational Therapy (OT), and Electrical Engineering, and elective course registrants from the mechanical, industrial and computer engineering departments. It is expected that 7 design projects will be completed each year of the three year program. Clients have been identified in the greater Milwaukee area who would benefit from the proposed senior design projects. The significance of the program is (I) exposing undergraduate engineering students to the field of rehabilitation engineering at a formative stage in their educational development might sensitize them towards the role of this profession in a rehabilitation setting; (II) exposing occupational therapy students to more in-depth characteristics of assistive technology device performance in order for them to be able to determine demands imposed on a device by a person with a disability; (III) by forming small design groups that comprise engineering and OT students, engineering students may grasp the physiologic and functional limitations necessary for effective problem formulation and solution; (IV) the students from Allied Health should learn why certain engineering components are used and to acquire the knowledge necessary to deal with vendors of assistive technology; (V) the students will be rewarded in contributing towards solving limitations imposed by physical impairments, and; (VI) the client will benefit by having the specialized technology that could enable independence, potential employment, or completion of schooling.

0119392 Ezenwa这个项目的目标是：(1)鼓励本科生电气、机械、计算机工程和联合健康专业的学生进行康复工程方面的高年级设计项目，以及(2)将这些设计项目集中于患有骨科和/或神经肌肉残疾的特定个人的需求。学生从联合健康、职业治疗(OT)和电气工程系的班级名单中招募，从机械、工业和计算机工程系的选修课注册者中招募。预计在三年计划中，每年将完成7个设计项目。在大密尔沃基地区已经确定了将从拟议的高级设计项目中受益的客户。该计划的意义在于：(I)让工科本科生在其教育发展的形成阶段接触康复工程领域，可能会使他们对这一专业在康复环境中的作用敏感；(Ii)让职业治疗专业的学生接触到辅助技术设备性能的更深入特征，以便他们能够确定残疾人士对设备的要求；(Iii)通过组成由工程学和OT学生组成的小型设计小组，工程学学生可以掌握有效地制定和解决问题所需的生理和功能限制；(Iv)联合健康学院的学生应学习为何使用某些工程组件，并获取与辅助技术供应商打交道所需的知识；。(V)学生在解决身体残疾所造成的限制方面作出贡献，将获得奖励；及。(Vi)客户将因拥有可使其独立、就业或完成学业的专门技术而受益。