Design: Selective Inovative Technology and Engineering (SITE) - Senior Design Projects

设计：选择性创新技术与工程（SITE）-高级设计项目

• 批准号: 1159885
• 负责人: Andrew Merryweather
• 金额: $ 12.38万
• 依托单位: University of Utah
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1159885&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Design; Selective; Inovative; Technology; Engineering

PI: Merryweather, Andrew SProposal Number: 1159885The SITE program will augment the current senior design sequence at the University of Utah and will focus on new opportunities to expand our efforts. This new emphasis area is to help bridge the gap between technology, scientific contributions and the deaf and blind community's needs. This effort includes providing assistive technology and devices that will support the development and education of persons with vision and hearing impairments. To accomplish this, we will meet the following six main objectives: Objective 1: Engage senior engineering students and community partners in design projects focused on solving challenges faced by persons with disabilities. Objective 2: Cultivate a partnership between engineering students and community organizations serving, educating and rehabilitating persons with disabilities. Objective 3: Support annual senior design projects that enhance the quality of life of students who are deaf and blind by providing technology and assistive devices that accelerate learning, encourage physical activity and support additional independence at home and work. Objective 4: Disseminate information and increase awareness of the senior design course sequence in the community to gain support for additional projects to address the needs of persons with limiting conditions, disorders and disabilities. Objective 5: Evaluate and improve the performance of prototype devices in the community through partnerships with the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind, Department of Special Education and other community partners. Objective 6: Produce technology and devices that can be commercially manufactured and distributed to a greater population through partnerships with the Technology and Commercialization Office (TCO) at the University of Utah. Intellectual Merit The proposed plan will provide a mechanism to further the development of an active collaboration between undergraduate engineering students and community organizations who educate, train and care for individuals with vision and hearing impairments. The Engineering Design Capstone Course Series at the PI's institution has demonstrated the ability to generate new technology and devices to address challenging problems. SITE will support training of undergraduate mechanical engineering students and provide technology for the deaf and blind community. Partnership with, and support of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind will also serve to enhance the experience of students involved with SITE. Teams of 4-6 engineering undergraduates supported by faculty and community mentors will be selected to solve specific problems and produce functioning prototypes after two semesters. These projects will contribute towards innovation and technology advancement in the field of disability research, specifically suited to aid persons with vision and hearing impairments. The projects will further aid community organizations and their efforts to enhance and accelerate learning to provide children with special needs with new technologies that encourage physical activity, improve life skills training, and enhance education efforts. Broader Impacts Both teaching and learning will be advanced through establishing teams of engineering students and community partners to practice solving real-life challenges for persons with disabilities. All projects will be designed to teach teamwork and enhance cooperative learning by interacting with other students and professionals working with persons living with disabilities. SITE projects will be designed to improve quality of life and promote the integration of persons living with disabilities into communities where they live.

主要研究者：Merryweather，Andrew S提案编号：1159885 SITE计划将增加犹他州大学目前的高级设计序列，并将专注于扩大我们努力的新机会。这一新的重点领域是帮助弥合技术、科学贡献与聋人和盲人社区需求之间的差距。这项工作包括提供辅助技术和设备，以支持视力和听力障碍者的发展和教育。为了实现这一目标，我们将实现以下六个主要目标：目标1：让高年级工程专业学生和社区合作伙伴参与设计项目，重点解决残疾人面临的挑战。目标二：培养工程专业学生与社区组织之间的伙伴关系，为残疾人提供服务、教育和康复。目标三：支持年度高级设计项目，通过提供加速学习的技术和辅助设备，提高聋哑学生的生活质量，鼓励体育活动，并支持在家庭和工作中的额外独立性。目标4：在社区中传播信息并提高对高级设计课程序列的认识，以获得对其他项目的支持，以满足有限制条件、障碍和残疾的人的需求。目标5：通过与犹他州聋人和盲人学校、特殊教育部和其他社区合作伙伴的合作，评估和改进社区原型设备的性能。目标六：通过与犹他州大学的技术和商业化办公室（TCO）合作，生产可以商业化制造并分发给更多人群的技术和设备。智力优势拟议的计划将提供一个机制，以进一步发展本科工程专业学生和社区组织之间的积极合作，他们教育，培训和照顾视力和听力障碍的个人。PI机构的工程设计顶点课程系列已经证明了产生新技术和设备来解决挑战性问题的能力。SITE将支持机械工程本科生的培训，并为聋人和盲人社区提供技术。与犹他州聋人和盲人学校的伙伴关系和支持也将有助于提高参与SITE的学生的经验。由教师和社区导师支持的4-6名工程本科生组成的团队将被选中解决特定问题，并在两个学期后制作功能原型。这些项目将促进残疾研究领域的创新和技术进步，特别适合于帮助视力和听力障碍者。这些项目将进一步帮助社区组织及其努力，以加强和加快学习，为有特殊需要的儿童提供新技术，鼓励体育活动，改善生活技能培训，并加强教育工作。更广泛的影响教学和学习将通过建立工程专业学生和社区合作伙伴的团队，以实践解决残疾人的现实生活中的挑战。所有项目的设计都将通过与其他学生和从事残疾人工作的专业人员互动，教授团队精神，加强合作学习。发展和就业服务基础设施司的项目将旨在提高生活质量，促进残疾人融入他们所居住的社区。