Rehabilitation Engineering Design Class

这个项目是成功的nsf支持项目（奖励#9981867）的延续，在这个项目中，本科生为残疾人设计和建造了大约15个定制设备。这些活动的目的是加强工程教育，让学生了解生物医学工程的职业，提高残疾人士的生活质量，并服务社会。由于之前的努力取得了成功，2003年开设了一个新的设计课程，名为“康复工程设计”。辅助技术项目现在被开发为这门新课程的一部分，它还涵盖了工程设计、通信、伦理和康复工程方面的重要问题。学生们将花一个学期的时间设计和制造这个设备，在学期末，学生们将把这个设备交给残疾人和他们的治疗师。该课程将由讲师和嘉宾授课，以及实地考察、写作作业和口头报告。首席研究员应提供一份年度报告，其中包括上一学年成功完成的项目的描述。该报告将与其他nsf支持的设计项目的类似报告结合在一起，并出版成书以供广泛分发。二零零五年三月七日

0453339Richard L. GoldbergThis project is a continuation of the successful NSF-supported project (award #9981867) in which undergraduate students designed and built some 15 custom devices for people with disabilities. The objectives of the proposed activities are to enhance engineering education, provide students with insight into careers in biomedical engineering, improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, and serve the community. Due to the success of the previous effort, a new design class was created in 2003, called Rehabilitation Engineering Design. Assistive technology projects are now developed as part of this new class, which also covers important issues in engineering design, communication, ethics, and rehabilitation engineering. Students will spend the semester designing and building the device, and at the end of the semester, the students are to give the device to the disabled individual(s) and their therapists. The class is to be supported with lectures by the instructor and guests, as well as field trips, writing assignments, and oral presentations.The Principal Investigator is to provide an annual report that includes a description of the projects successfully completed during the previous academic year. The report will be combined with similar accounts from other NSF-supported Design Projects and published in a book for general distribution.March 7, 2005