RESNA Student Design Competition: Technology Solutions for People with Disabilities

这是资金支持学生设计比赛（SDC），这将是2013年年度RESNA会议的一部分，将于6月22日至24日在贝尔维尤，华盛顿。 今天，美国有超过5400万人报告患有某种类型的残疾，随着婴儿潮一代进入晚年，这一数字在未来几年可能会增加。 北美康复工程和辅助技术协会是一个专注于残疾人技术的国际组织。 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124所不同大学和高等院校的学生提交的780多件作品中有250多件被确定为获奖作品。 本科和硕士水平的研究生候选人都有资格提交参赛作品，这必须代表学生的工作只;没有教师或专业人士可能被列为共同作者，虽然教师可能被称为顾问和/或导师。 自2005年以来，NSF一直是支持者。 今年的资金将使SDC能够进一步扩大和增强，以便纳入更多参赛作品并为更多设计团队提供支持，特别是来自少数族裔、妇女和残疾人的设计团队。 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。 会议日程包括一个平台会议，决赛选手将向大会观众展示他们的设计;此外，决赛选手将有机会在年度开发者论坛上展示他们的项目，该论坛重点介绍了正在开发的新产品（一些过去的SDC学生团队设计已经获得专利，现在可以商业化）。 今年新加入会议的是一个专门设计的课程的学生跟踪，包括：康复工程和技术职业;演讲技巧;如何为同行评审期刊写作;辅助技术中的工程概念：非工程师课程。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之间的互动创造了一个论坛，即将进入该领域的学生。 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以及以前SDC比赛的参与者建立联系的机会，其中许多人现在是与残疾人技术相关的服务，研究和教育领域的领导者。 此外，继续几年前开始的做法，所有参与者（不仅仅是决赛选手）将创建博客文章，捕获和存档他们的提交，这些将通过RESNA和ATWiki无限期访问。 因此，教师也将能够与学生分享这些信息，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方案来解决他们可能面临的障碍。

This is funding to support the Student Design Competition (SDC), which will be part of the 2013 annual RESNA conference to be held June 22-24 in Bellevue, Washington. Today, more than 54 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 250 designs have been identified as winning entries from among over 780 submitted by students from over 124 different universities and institutes of higher learning. Both undergraduate and master's level graduate candidates are eligible to submit entries, which must represent the work of students ONLY; no faculty or professionals may be included as co-authors, although faculty may be mentioned as advisors and/or mentors. 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. The conference schedule includes a platform session in which finalists will present their designs to the general conference audience; in addition, finalists will have an opportunity to present their projects during the Annual Developers' Forum which highlights new products under development (some past SDC student team designs have been patented and are now available commercially). New this year and incorporated into the conference is a Student Track with specifically designed sessions, including: Rehabilitation Engineering and Technology Careers; Presentation Skills; How to Write for Peer Review Journals; and Engineering Concepts in Assistive Technology: A course for Non-Engineers.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 encourages and mentors students in various disciplines to become involved in the assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering fields, and provides an opportunity for the students to network with their peers as well as participants in previous SDC competitions, many of whom are now leaders in service, research, and educational areas related to technology for people with disabilities. Furthermore, continuing a practice started a few years ago, all participants (not just the finalists) will create blog posts that capture and archive their submissions, and these will remain accessible indefinitely through the RESNA and the ATWiki. Thus, 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.