A Wireless Sensor Microsystem for Monitoring the Effects of Vitamins on Aging

用于监测维生素对衰老影响的无线传感器微系统

• 批准号: 1127853
• 负责人: John Ringo
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1127853&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Wireless; Sensor; Microsystem; Monitoring; Effects

Center for Design of Analog-Digital Integrated Circuits (CDADIC) Proposal #1127853This proposal seeks funding for the Center for Design of Analog-Digital Integrated Circuits (CDADIC) at Washington State University (lead) for work executed at its Oregon State University site. Funding Requests for Fundamental Research are authorized by an NSF approved solicitation, NSF 10-601. The solicitation invites I/UCRCs to submit proposals for support of industry-defined fundamental research. Development of wearable electronics to effectively monitor human activity and physiological signals is emerging as an important area for integrated circuit and system design. Wearable electronics pose distinct challenges to the designer unlike those of traditional electronics environments including light weight, low power, and mixed-signal design often requiring electrical and/or chemical contact with the human subject?s skin and unteathered wireless connection to remote monitoring infrastructure. The proposed research effort will design and demonstrate a wearable sensor for elderly subjects capable of monitoring daily activity patterns and vital signs. The research aims to improve the energy efficiency of specialized analog-digital conversion, wireless transmitters, and digital computing for wearable computing as well as explore data mining approaches for the extraction of diagnostically relevant signatures. With the aging of the US population, the proposed work has the potential for wide impact in the care of the elderly and their ability to stay longer in their own home environment, thus increasing their positive outcomes and reducing their cost of care. The proposed project has strong support from Analog Devices and Intel, both members of the Center. More broadly, the work has the potential to expand the research portfolio of the center as a whole into the area of wearable electronics, thus impacting the center?s entire industry sector. The PIs have also founded a company to help commercialize work in this area. The proposal lays out concrete plans for involving undergraduates in the work via senior projects.

模拟数字集成电路设计中心(CDADIC)提案#1127853该提案寻求为华盛顿州立大学(LEAD)模拟数字集成电路设计中心(CDADIC)提供资金，用于其在俄勒冈州立大学的工作。基础研究的资金申请由NSF批准的请愿书授权，NSF 10-601。征集邀请研究所/大学合作研究中心提交支持行业定义的基础研究的建议。开发能够有效监测人体活动和生理信号的可穿戴电子设备正在成为集成电路和系统设计的一个重要领域。与传统电子环境不同，可穿戴电子产品对设计者提出了明显的挑战，包括重量轻、低功耗和混合信号设计，通常需要与人体主体进行电气和/或化学接触-S的皮肤和未经考验的无线连接到远程监控基础设施。这项拟议的研究工作将为老年受试者设计并展示一种可穿戴传感器，能够监测日常活动模式和生命体征。这项研究旨在提高专门的模数转换、无线发射器和用于可穿戴计算的数字计算的能效，并探索用于提取与诊断相关的特征的数据挖掘方法。随着美国人口老龄化，拟议的工作可能会对老年人的护理以及他们在自己的家庭环境中停留更长时间的能力产生广泛影响，从而增加他们的积极成果，降低他们的护理成本。拟议的项目得到了ADI公司和英特尔公司的大力支持，这两家公司都是该中心的成员。更广泛地说，这项工作有可能将该中心的整体研究组合扩展到可穿戴电子领域，从而影响到该中心-S-整个行业。私人投资公司还成立了一家公司，帮助将这一领域的工作商业化。该提案列出了通过高级项目让本科生参与工作的具体计划。