ADVANCE Fellows Award

高级研究员奖

• 批准号: 0340770
• 负责人: Dawnlee Roberson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Texas at San Antonio
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0340770&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ADVANCE; Fellows; Award

This ADVANCE Fellows award is to support the academic career of the PI in engineering. The PI plans to develop a strong, coordinated program of research and education in biomedical engineering. The planned research consists of two lines of investigation: (i) continuation of her efforts to determine a correlation between the muscle control signal measured at the nerve, at the muscle and the force generated; (ii) development of a new area of research, gait analysis. The central hypothesis for the electrophysiology research is that an automated methodology can be designed to produce accurate information on central nervous system intent, and hence, a correlative index of activation can be derived. Bipedal gait (walking on two legs) is one of the most complex tasks to master, and normal gait is well documented. Computerized gait analysis provides very accurate information about joint motion muscle activation, and the PI plans to use this tool to study gait in diabetics. The broader impacts of this research are significant for health care delivery, with collaborations established with researchers in biology as well as engineering. The planned education activities include the further development of two graduate courses, one teaching mathematical skills for research and the other on gait analysis. It is expected that the these topics will be very attractive to women and Hispanic students, and the PI has a strong commitment to advancing diversity in this engineering field. The overall mission of the ADVANCE Program is to increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers. It is anticipated that the ADVANCE award will not only advance the PI's career in academic science, but also allow her to serve as a role model and mentor to women students who are pursuing careers in academic science, engineering, or related fields. The award will be managed by two directorates, BES and ECS, given the nature of the research.

这个先进的研究员奖是支持PI在工程的学术生涯。PI计划在生物医学工程领域开发一个强大的，协调的研究和教育计划。计划中的研究包括两条调查路线：（i）继续努力确定在神经，肌肉和产生的力处测量的肌肉控制信号之间的相关性;（ii）发展一个新的研究领域，步态分析。 电生理学研究的中心假设是，可以设计一种自动化的方法来产生关于中枢神经系统意图的准确信息，因此，可以导出激活的相关指数。 双足步态（用两条腿走路）是最复杂的任务之一，掌握和正常步态有据可查。 计算机化步态分析提供了关于关节运动肌肉激活的非常准确的信息，PI计划使用该工具研究糖尿病患者的步态。 这项研究的更广泛影响对医疗保健服务具有重要意义，与生物学和工程学研究人员建立了合作关系。计划开展的教育活动包括进一步开设两门研究生课程，一门教授研究所需的数学技能，另一门教授步态分析。预计这些主题将对女性和西班牙裔学生非常有吸引力，PI坚定地致力于推进这一工程领域的多样性。高级方案的总体使命是通过增加妇女在学术科学和工程职业中的代表性和地位，增加妇女在科学和工程劳动力中的参与。 预计ADVANCE奖不仅将推动PI在学术科学领域的职业生涯，还将使她成为追求学术科学，工程或相关领域职业的女性学生的榜样和导师。鉴于研究的性质，该奖项将由BES和ECS两个董事会管理。