Design: Biomedical Engineering Projects for People with General and Age Related Disabilities

Pi：Bumgardner，Joel D.建议编号：1160107项目摘要孟菲斯大学(UOM)的目标是提高工科学生对行动不便/行动不便的个人所面临问题的认识，同时提供重要的社区服务和现实世界的挑战，让学生们可以围绕着磨练他们的工程技能。该项目将涉及跨学科的学生团队(例如生物医学、机械和/或电气工程、临床医生/保健提供者和客户/患者)，他们将设计/增强和建造定制设备，以提高行动不便人士的生活质量和自给自足。将特别强调选择需要解决方案的客户，否则这些解决方案可能成本过高或无法获得。UOM生物医学、机械和电气与计算机工程系现有的新生和兼职高级设计课程序列，再加上现有的与地区整形外科公司和临床/医疗保健提供者团体的强有力的合作活动，为拟议的活动提供了一个新颖而独特的环境。拟议项目活动的智力价值：该项目将为行动不便的人提供定制的、由学生设计/设计的设备，以改善他们的生活质量和自给自足。活动将通过多学科、有意义的现实世界和真正需要的设计项目来加强工科学生的教育。设计项目和实习将提供通常不属于工程学课程一部分的教育和学习活动，并促进康复和辅助技术学科的职业发展，以提出有效满足残疾人需求的解决方案。有一个重要而迫切的需要帮助行动不便的人最大限度地发挥其享受和富有成效的生活的潜力，无论是对他们个人的幸福感还是对社会的幸福。拟议活动的广泛影响：拟议的设计项目将为因疾病或受伤而失去行动能力的个人提供定制设备，这些设备对客户来说成本过高或无法获得。该项目将为行动不便的残疾人提供重要的社区服务，从而提高生活质量和自给自足。我们将通过在专业会议上介绍和发表关于已开发设计的论文，以及通过大学外展和宣传活动，提高学生和社区对行动不便个人面临的问题的认识，以便项目想法可以很容易地在其他地方复制。该项目还将鼓励学生从事与康复和辅助技术相关的工程和专业职业。特别是，来自传统上代表不足的群体的学生，如女性和非裔美国人，将通过孟菲斯STEP NSF STEM人才扩展计划、女孩体验工程暑期计划以及来自这些未得到充分服务的学生群体中现有的高比例本科生，鼓励和促进他们的参与。#56256；&amp；#56323；

PI: Bumgardner, Joel D.Proposal Number: 1160107Project SummaryThe University of Memphis (UoM) goal is to raise awareness among engineering students concerning the issues facing individuals with limited/impaired mobility while providing both an important community service and a real-world challenge around which students can hone their engineering skills. The project will involve interdisciplinary student teams (e.g. biomedical, mechanical and or electrical engineering, clinician/health care providers, and clients/patients) who will design/augment and construct custom devices that will improve quality of life and self-sufficiency for persons with mobility disabilities. Special emphasis will be placed on selecting clients who require solutions that may otherwise be cost prohibitive or unavailable. Existing freshman and concurrent senior design course sequences in UoM's Biomedical, Mechanical and Electrical & Computer Engineering departments, coupled with existing, robust collaborative activities with regional orthopaedic companies and clinical/health care provider groups, provide a novel and unique environment for the proposed activities. Intellectual Merit of the Proposed Project Activity:This project will provide custom, student-designed/engineered devices to persons with mobility disabilities in order to improve their quality of life and self-sufficiency. Activities will enhance engineering student education through multi-disciplinary, meaningful real-world and real-need design projects. The design projects and internships will provide education and learning activities that are not normally part of the engineering curriculum and promote careers in rehabilitation and assistive technology disciplines to advance solutions to effectively address the needs of persons with disabilities. There is an important and compelling need to assist individuals with mobility disabilities to reach their maximum potential for enjoyable and productive lives, both for their individual senses of well-being and for well-being of society.Broader Impacts of the Proposed Activity:The proposed design projects will provide custom devices to individuals suffering from loss of mobility due to disease or injury that are cost-prohibitive for the client or otherwise unavailable. The project will provide an important community service to persons with mobility disabilities that will improve quality of life and self-sufficiency. We will increase student and community awareness of issues facing individuals with mobility disabilities through presentations and publication of papers regarding developed designs at professional meetings and through university outreach and promotional activities, so project ideas may be easily replicated elsewhere. This project will also encourage students to pursue engineering and professional careers related to rehabilitation and assistive technologies. In particular, participation by students from traditionally under-represented groups, such as women and African Americans, will be encouraged and promoted through MemphiSTEP an NSF STEM Talent Expansion Program, Girls Experiencing Engineering summer programs, and from among University's existing, high percentage of undergraduate students from these underserved student populations.��