2012 RESNA Student Design Competition

2012年RESNA学生设计大赛

• 批准号: 1239690
• 负责人: Nell Bailey
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Tech Society of NA
• 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: 2012-05-01 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1239690&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2012; RESNA; Student; Design; Competition

This is funding to support the Student Design Competition (SDC), which will be part of the 2012 annual RESNA conference to be held June 28-July 3 in Baltimore. 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, the Rehabilitation Engineering and assistive technology 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 United States 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. More information about RESNA and its annual conference is available online at http://www.resna.org. 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 225 designs have been identified as winning entries from among over 730 submitted by students from over 117 different universities and institutes of higher learning. 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 about the SDC is available online at http://aac-rerc.psu.edu/wordpressmu/RESNA-SDC. 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. To further increase the diversity of submissions to the SDC in future years, participants will build web pages to illustrate their design and design process. The content of all submissions, not just the finalists, will be captured and accessible through the RESNA website, and the information will be searchable through the National Public Internet Site on assistivetech.net and the ATWiki. 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, while service providers and people with disabilities will be able to search for unique solutions to barriers they may face.

这是资金支持学生设计比赛（SDC），这将是2012年年度RESNA会议的一部分，将于6月28日至7月3日在巴尔的摩举行。 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内增长。 北美康复工程和辅助技术协会是一个专门致力于为残疾人提供技术的国际组织。 RESNA的成员由个人和机构组成，涵盖一系列学科（包括研究人员、临床医生、供应商、制造商、消费者和在非营利和营利环境中工作的教育工作者），所有这些人都致力于促进思想和信息的交流，以促进辅助技术的发展。 除了年度会议，RESNA还为辅助技术从业者，康复工程技术专家和供应商以及赞助项目提供认证计划。 RESNA的技术标准委员会是ANSI的美国技术咨询小组，ANSI是美国在国际标准化组织（ISO）的官方代表，负责制定与残疾人辅助技术和其他产品有关的ISO标准。 有关RESNA及其年度会议的更多信息，请访问http://www.resna.org。RESNA学生设计竞赛促进创新和创造力，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;从那时起，来自117所不同大学和高等院校的学生提交的730多件作品中，有225件被确定为获奖作品。 SDC参赛作品仅需代表学生的作品，包括设计文档;本科生和毕业生都有资格参加。 该活动的许多过去参与者现在都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专利，现在可以在商业上使用。 自2005年以来，NSF一直是支持者。 今年的拨款将使可持续发展委员会得以进一步扩大和加强，以纳入更多的参赛作品，并为更多的设计团队提供支持，特别是来自少数民族、妇女和残疾人士的设计团队。 在会议网站上张贴了与会呼吁，并以电子方式分发给许多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，每个团队中的两名成员将被邀请参加会议，并获得旅行和酒店资金以及免费注册。 在为期半天的会议中，团队将在评委和公众观众面前发表演讲，最终将选出5支团队作为最终获奖者。 评委们将有机会向设计团队提问并提出建议和建议。 将举行一个平台会议，其中5名决赛选手将向大会与会者发表演讲。 所有受邀参加会议的SDC团队将有机会在大会期间的海报会议上展示他们的项目。 有关SDC的更多信息，请访问http://aac-rerc.psu.edu/wordpressmu/RESNA-SDC。更广泛的影响：年度RESNA会议和学生设计竞赛联合收割机结合起来，为工作和经验丰富的康复工程师和即将进入该领域的学生之间的互动创造了一个论坛。 该活动主要关注本科生，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。 它进一步鼓励和指导各个学科的学生参与辅助技术和康复工程领域，并为学生提供与同龄人和康复工程师建立联系的机会，其中许多人参加了以前的SDC比赛。 为进一步增加可持续发展委员会在未来数年提交的作品的多样性，参加者将建立网页，以说明他们的设计和设计过程。所有提交的内容，而不仅仅是决赛选手的内容，都将通过RESNA网站获取和访问，这些信息将通过国家公共互联网网站assistivetech.net和ATWiki进行搜索。 不仅青年科学家将受益于这种传播媒介，而且教授和教师也将能够与学生分享这一信息，作为其他人所做项目的例子，而服务提供者和残疾人将能够寻找独特的解决办法来克服他们可能面临的障碍。