Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities

[0454456enderle]拟议项目的目标是设计和建造项目，以帮助康涅狄格大学BME高级设计课程的学生。这项工作的目的有三个方面。第一个目的是为学生提供一个实际的和创造性的解决问题的机会，以解决一个明确定义的问题，以满足他们的学习计划所要求的设计部分。这种参与的一项积极成果是，残疾人获得了大大提高生活质量和独立性的装置，而接受者无需支付任何费用。考虑到该方案的远程学习部分，这一点尤为重要，因为要服务的客户居住在俄亥俄州东南部经济落后的阿巴拉契亚地区。在许多情况下，为个人开发的设备和/或软件可能会导致为其他有类似残疾的人开发应用程序。学生还可以接触到有关康复设计领域当前技术的独特应用信息。第二个目的是激励学生、研究生工程师和其他保健专业人员更积极地从事康复工作，以增加技术和知识基础，有效地满足残疾人的需要。这是对《1990年美国残疾人法案》（ADA）实施要求的补充。第三个目的是允许对特定体验式教学/学习过程的教学效果进行对照研究，并将其纳入拟议的设计经验中。Gilbert B. devey2005年4月5日

0454456EnderleThe objective of the proposed project is the design and construction of projects to aid persons with disabilities by students in the University of Connecticut BME Senior Design course. The purpose of the work is three-fold. The first purpose is to provide an opportunity for practical and creative problem solving by students in addressing a well-defined problem for meeting the required design component of their study program. A positive outcome of this involvement is that persons with disabilities receive devices that provide significant improvement in quality of life and independence at no cost to the recipients. This is especially important in light of the distance learning component of this proposal, as the clients to be served reside in an economically deprived Appalachian region of Southeast Ohio. In many cases, development of devices and/or software for an individual may lead to applications for others with similar disabilities. Students are also exposed to a unique body of applied information on current technology in the area of rehabilitation design. The second purpose is to motivate students, graduate engineers and other health care professionals to work more actively in rehabilitation, towards an increased technology and knowledge base, to effectively address the needs of persons with disabilities. This complements the implementation requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The third purpose is to allow for the controlled study of the pedagogical efficacy of the specific experiential teaching/learning processes to be incorporated into the proposed design experiences. Gilbert B. DeveyApril 5,2005