2010 Student Design Competition - Las Vegas, NV

这笔资金用于支持学生设计竞赛(SDC)，这将是6月26日至30日在拉斯维加斯举行的2010年RESNA年度会议的一部分。今天，美国有4000万到5600万人报告患有某种类型的残疾，随着婴儿潮一代进入晚年，这个数字可能会在未来几年里增加。RESNA(前身为北美康复工程学会)是唯一一个专注于为残障人士提供技术的国际组织。RESNA的成员包括一系列学科的个人和机构(包括在非营利性和营利性环境中工作的研究人员、临床医生、供应商、制造商、消费者和教育工作者)，他们都致力于促进辅助技术进步的思想和信息交流。除了年度会议外，RESNA还为辅助技术从业者、康复工程技术员和供应商以及赞助项目开展认证计划。RESNA的技术标准委员会是美国国家标准协会(ANSI)的美国技术咨询小组，是美国驻国际标准化组织(ISO)的官方代表，负责为残障人士制定与辅助技术和其他产品有关的ISO标准。RESNA学生设计大赛培养创新和创造力，最终目标是生产有助于残疾人独立的技术。第一届SDC于1980年举行，作为首届RESNA会议的一部分。自那以后，超过200个设计被确定为获奖作品，这些作品是从来自115多所不同大学的学生提交的600多份作品中挑选出来的。SDC参赛作品仅代表学生的作品，包括设计文档；本科生和毕业生都有资格参加。许多过去参加这次活动的人现在是与残疾人技术相关的服务、研究和教育领域的领导者。一些过去的学生设计已经获得了专利，现在可以商业化使用。自2005年以来，NSF一直是该计划的支持者。今年的拨款将使SDC进一步扩大和加强，以便包括更多的参赛作品和支持更多的设计团队，特别是来自少数族裔、妇女和残疾人士的设计团队。大会网站上已经发布了参会邀请，并以电子方式分发给了大量设有工程和设计学院的学院和大学。一个由5名评委组成的团队将从最多10个团队中预选参赛作品，每个团队将邀请两名成员参加会议，费用由旅费和酒店资金支持，并提供免费注册。在为期半天的环节中，参赛队伍将在评委和公众面前进行陈述，最终将选出5支队伍作为最终获胜者。评委将有机会向设计团队提问并提出建议和建议。将举行一次平台会议，5名最终入围者将向大会与会者发表演讲。所有被邀请参加会议的SDC团队将有机会在大会期间的海报会议上介绍他们的项目。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.resna.org/conference.Broader Impact：一年一度的RESNA会议和学生设计大赛相结合，为在职和有经验的康复工程师与即将进入该领域的学生之间的互动创造了一个论坛。这一活动的独特之处在于，它主要面向本科生，为参与者提供经验和技能，帮助他们在工程和设计职业生涯中取得成功。它还鼓励和指导不同学科的学生参与辅助技术和康复工程领域，并为学生提供与他们的同龄人和康复工程师建立网络的机会，他们中的许多人曾参加过SDC比赛。为了在未来几年增加向SDC提交的意见的多样性，今年的参与者将制作网页来说明他们的设计和设计过程。不仅年轻的科学家将从这种传播媒介中受益，而且教授和教书的人也将能够与他们的学生分享这些信息，作为其他人做过的项目的例子。所有提交的内容，而不仅仅是最终入围作品，都将被捕获并通过RESNA网站访问。这些信息将通过Asstivetech.net和ATWiki上的国家公共互联网站进行搜索。使用现有的国家搜索引擎将允许教授在他们的课程工作中使用设计信息，同时允许服务提供商和残疾人搜索他们可能面临的障碍的独特解决方案。

This is funding to support the Student Design Competition (SDC), which will be part of the 2010 annual RESNA conference to be held June 26-30 in Las Vegas. Today, between 40 and 56 million people in the United States report some type of disability, and this number will likely grow in the coming years as the baby boom generation enters late life. RESNA (formerly the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America) is the one organization with an international focus that is devoted solely to technology for individuals with disabilities. RESNA's membership consists of individuals and institutions covering a range of disciplines (including researchers, clinicians, suppliers, manufacturers, consumers and educators who work in non-profit and for-profit settings), all of whom are dedicated to promoting the exchange of ideas and information for the advancement of assistive technology. In addition to its annual conference, RESNA conducts a credentialing program for assistive technology practitioners, rehabilitation engineering technologists and suppliers, as well as sponsored projects. RESNA's Technical Standards Board is the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ANSI, the official U.S. representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), for the development of ISO standards pertaining to assistive technology and other products for persons with disabilities.The RESNA Student Design Competition fosters innovation and creativity with the ultimate goal of producing technology that can contribute to the independence of individuals with disabilities. The first SDC was held in 1980 as part of the inaugural RESNA conference. Since then, over 200 designs have been identified as winning entries, chosen from more than 600 submissions by students from over 115 different universities. SDC entries are required to represent the work of students ONLY, including the design documentation; both undergraduates and graduates are eligible to take part. Many past participants in the event are now leaders in service, research, and educational areas related to technology for people with disabilities. Some past student designs have been patented and are now available commercially. NSF has been a supporter since 2005. This year's funding will enable the SDC to be further expanded and enhanced, so as to include more entries and support for more design teams, especially from minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities. A call for participation has been posted on the conference website, and also distributed electronically to a large number of colleges and universities with engineering and design schools. A team of 5 judges will pre-select entries from up to 10 teams, from which two members each will be invited to attend the conference supported with travel and hotel funds as well as complimentary registration. During a half-day session in which the teams will make presentations before the judges and public audience at the conference, 5 teams will ultimately be selected as the final winners. Judges will have an opportunity to ask questions and make suggestions and recommendations to the design teams. A platform session will be held in which the 5 finalists will make presentations to the general conference attendees. All SDC teams invited to the conference will have an opportunity to present their projects in a poster session during the general conference time. More information is available online at http://www.resna.org/conference.Broader Impacts: The annual RESNA Conference and the Student Design Competition combine to create a forum for interaction between working and experienced rehabilitation engineers and students who are about to enter the field. Unique in its primary focus on undergraduates, the event provides participants with experience and skills that help them succeed in their engineering and design careers. It further encourages and mentors students in various disciplines to become involved in the assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering fields, and also provides an opportunity for the students to network with their peers and rehabilitation engineers, many of whom participated in previous SDC competitions. In an effort to increase the diversity of submissions to the SDC in future years, this year's participants will build web pages to illustrate their design and design process. Not only will young scientists benefit from this medium of dissemination but professors and those who teach will also be able to share this information with their students as examples of projects that others have done. The content of all submissions, not just the finalists, will be captured and accessed through the RESNA website. The information will be searchable through the National Public Internet Site on assistivetech.net and the ATWiki. Use of an existing national search engine will allow professors to use design information in their course work, while allowing service providers and people with disabilities to search for unique solutions to barriers they may face.