Engineering Design to Aid Aging Persons (EDAAP): Senior Capstone Design program to aid aging and other persons with disabilities

援助老年人的工程设计 (EDAAP)：援助老年人和其他残疾人的高级顶点设计计划

• 批准号: 1134255
• 负责人: Rees Fullmer
• 金额: $ 12.49万
• 依托单位: Utah 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 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1134255&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engineering; Design; Aid; Aging; Persons

PI: Hansen, Steven and Wood, Byard D.Proposal Number: 1134255State University's Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Senior Capstone Design Course that will design and provide innovative assistive technology solutions for the needs of persons with disabilities related to aging and that will also benefit persons of any age with disabilities. Four overarching goals drive the project's activities:1. Engage students from engineering, business, and special education & rehabilitation in developing innovative design solutions that provide assistive technologies to aging persons with disabilities2. Provide a valuable, practical, real-world capstone design experience for senior mechanical engineering students and students from other disciplines that participate3. Give students experience with the multiple design processes required to get a creative design solution from concept to the marketplace (e.g., prototype levels, human interface design and usability, manufacturability, market constraints, business plan, etc.)4. Develop a sustainable capstone design project program that extends beyond grant fundingIntellectual Merit EDAAP will use MAE's Capstone Design Course to develop assistive technology devices and, ultimately, prepare them for the market place incorporating a process cycle of three one-year (two semester) development phases that include an Engineering Prototype Phase, a Manufacturing Prototype Phase, and a Market-ready Prototype Phase.Intellectual MeritThe EDAAP project will focus on creative and innovative design solutions that will enable the independence, mobility, and a level of activity to persons with the onset of progressively disabling circumstances due to the aging process. Senior engineering design students will design, build, evaluate, and prepare assistive devices for market that focus on 1) enabling independence in the home, 2) helping get people and items in/out of cars, 3) providing mobility assistance for performing tasks outdoors and in public places, and 4) providing mobility options for access to recreational activity. The project will begin with a list of 12 adaptive device student design projects submitted by EDAAP collaborators.Broader ImpactKey to project success will be the integration of collaboration and multidisciplinary support from across the university as well as local and regional stakeholders including senior centers, assisted living centers, county governments, and disabilities outreach and support organizations. Academics, care providers, and users/customers of such adaptive devices will consult with student design teams and assist with both lab and in-situ testing throughout the design phases. As design projects proceed through the three phases, students from the College of Business and the College of Education and Human Services will join the design teams to evaluate products, prepare market analyses and business plans, and help ready products to proceed to the Technology Commercialization Office and manufacturers. The commercialization process will occur by licensing the right to use the IP in products or by spinning off small manufacturing companies owned in part by the university and the inventors.Outreach and Dissemination efforts grow out of the project's larger goals and focus on presentations to and activities with multidisciplinary student organizations and regional schools (including those with large Native American populations) to incorporate engineering design and assistive technologies into the classroom to create student interest and broaden student's scientific and technical foundation.

PI：汉森，史蒂芬和伍德，Byard D.提案编号：1134255州立大学的机械航空航天工程（MAE）高级顶点设计课程，将设计和提供创新的辅助技术解决方案，满足残疾人与老龄化相关的需求，也将使任何年龄的残疾人受益。四个首要目标驱动项目的活动：1.让工程、商业和特殊教育康复专业的学生参与开发创新设计解决方案，为残疾老年人提供辅助技术2。为机械工程专业的高年级学生和其他学科的学生提供有价值的，实用的，真实的顶点设计经验。为学生提供从概念到市场的创造性设计解决方案所需的多个设计过程的经验（例如，原型水平、人机界面设计和可用性、可制造性、市场限制、商业计划等）4.开发一个可持续的顶点设计项目计划，超出赠款资助的范围。智力优势EDAAP将使用MAE的顶点设计课程来开发辅助技术设备，并最终为市场做好准备，其中包括三个一年的过程周期。（两个学期）开发阶段，包括工程原型阶段，制造原型阶段，EDAAP项目将专注于创造性和创新性的设计解决方案，这些解决方案将使由于衰老过程而逐渐丧失能力的人能够独立，移动和活动水平。高级工程设计专业的学生将设计，建造，评估和准备辅助设备的市场，重点是1）在家里实现独立，2）帮助让人和物品进入/出汽车，3）为户外和公共场所执行任务提供移动辅助，以及4）提供娱乐活动的移动选择。该项目将开始与EDAAP合作者提交的12个自适应设备学生设计项目的列表。更广泛的影响项目成功的关键将是来自整个大学以及当地和区域利益相关者的合作和多学科支持的整合，包括老年中心，辅助生活中心，县政府和残疾人外展和支持组织。学者，护理提供者和这种自适应设备的用户/客户将与学生设计团队进行协商，并在整个设计阶段协助进行实验室和现场测试。随着设计项目通过三个阶段进行，来自商学院和教育与人类服务学院的学生将加入设计团队，评估产品，准备市场分析和商业计划，并帮助准备好的产品进入技术商业化办公室和制造商。商业化过程将通过许可在产品中使用知识产权的权利或剥离部分由大学和发明者拥有的小型制造公司来实现。外联和传播工作源于该项目的更大目标，并侧重于向多学科学生组织和地区学校进行演示和活动（包括那些有大量美洲原住民人口的国家）将工程设计和辅助技术纳入课堂，以培养学生的兴趣，拓宽学生的科学和技术基础。