Undergraduate Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities

这个设计项目活动是丹佛大学（DU）和丹佛健康医疗中心（DHMC）之间的教育合作项目。在为期三年的活动中，一系列的大学生设计项目将解决残疾人的需求。一个综合的工程和生物医学设计方案已经从一系列的讨论中发展出来，这些讨论集中在患者所需的生物医学设备的类型和工程本科学生在为这些患者开发可用的生物医学设备时实际应用的技能上。杜/DHMC团队已经确定了项目开发的具体领域，这些领域将对科罗拉多州和其他地方的残疾人的生活质量产生重大影响，同时为工程专业的学生提供现实世界的工程设计经验，并拓宽生物工程研究的智力努力，如下图所示。智力优势：制定策略以确定生物医学设计项目中涉及的人为因素。为具有商业化潜力的关键医疗需求领域提供解决方案。建立一个全面的评估过程来监控项目目标。广泛影响：确定肥胖、行动不便、感觉缺陷和康复缺陷的需求并开发设备解决方案。与丹佛健康医疗中心服务的广泛人群进行互动。在地区，国家和国际研讨会和会议上展示学生的发现。调查计划包括开设一门新课程，使工程专业学生为设计残疾人生物医学设备所面临的挑战做好准备。这些经验将在所有杜工程系学生必修的顶点设计课程中达到高潮。咨询委员会将指导评估过程和已完成项目的潜在商业化。

0607883NewmanThis Design Project activity is an education partnership between The University of Denver (DU) and the Denver Health Medical Center (DHMC). During the 3-year activity a series of undergraduate design projects will address the needs of persons with disabilities. An integrated engineering and biomedical design program has been developed from a series of discussions focused on the types of biomedical devices needed by patients and the skills undergraduate engineering students could realistically apply in developing usable biomedical devices for those patients. The DU/DHMC team has identified specific areas of project development that will make significant impacts on the quality of life for disabled populations in Colorado and elsewhere while providing real-world engineering design experiences for the engineering students, and also broadening intellectual endeavors in bioengineering research, as shown below. Intellectual Merit: Develop strategies to determine human factors involved in biomedical design projects.Provide solutions to key areas of medical need that have potential for commercialization.Establish a comprehensive assessment process to monitor project objectives.Broad Impact:Identify need and develop device solutions for obesity, limited mobility, sensation deficit, and rehabilitation deficiencies. Interact with the broad range of population served by the Denver Health Medical Center.Present student findings at regional, national, and international workshops and conferences.The plan of investigation incorporates the development of a new course to prepare engineering students for the challenges associated with designing a biomedical device for persons with disabilities. That experience will culminate in the capstone design course required for all of the DU engineering students. An advisory board is to guide the assessment process and potential commercialization of completed projects.