Undergraduate Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities

帮助残疾人的本科设计项目

• 批准号: 0607883
• 负责人: Kimberly Newman
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Denver
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-06-01 至 2010-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0607883&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Design; Projects; Aid; Persons

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.

0607883纽曼这个设计项目活动是丹佛大学（DU）和丹佛健康医疗中心（DHMC）之间的教育合作伙伴关系。在为期3年的活动中，一系列本科生设计项目将满足残疾人的需求。一个集成的工程和生物医学设计方案已经开发出一系列的讨论，重点是患者所需的生物医学设备的类型和技能本科工程专业的学生可以切实适用于开发可用的生物医学设备为这些患者。DU/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真实的工程设计经验，并扩大生物工程研究的智力努力，如下所示。智力优势：制定策略，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，建立全面的评估流程，以监控项目目标广泛影响：确定肥胖、行动受限、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所服务的广泛人群互动。在区域，国家和国际研讨会和会议上展示学生的发现。调查计划包括开发一门新课程，为工程专业的学生准备与设计残疾人生物医学设备相关的挑战。这一经验将最终在顶点设计课程所需的所有杜工程学生。一个咨询委员会将指导已完成项目的评估过程和潜在商业化。