GARDE: Design Projects to Enable Veteran Reintegration in an Educational System

GARDE：设计项目以帮助退伍军人重新融入教育系统

• 批准号: 1401507
• 负责人: Scott Smith
• 金额: $ 12.43万
• 依托单位: North Dakota State University Fargo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-15 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1401507&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GARDE; Design; Projects; Enable; Veteran

Proposal: 1401507PI: Khan, Samee U.Title: GARDE: Design Projects to Enable Veteran Reintegration in an Educational SystemBroader Significance & ImportanceThe GARDE proposal will develop customized solutions for North Dakota State University (NDSU) students (preferably veterans), faculty, and staff with disabilities. Each year, an average of 4 groups of 2-4 students each will work closely with an individual with a disability, through NDSU Disability Services in collaboration with the NDSU Nursing Department, and when applicable, the North Dakota Interagency Program for Assistive Technology and the City of Fargo, to develop practical and applicable solutions to resolve issues that are affecting a specific veteran's academic progress and societal reintegration. In most cases, a group will be entirely composed of NDSU Electrical and Computer Engineering students; however, when appropriate, students from other departments, such as Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, may also be part of a group.Technical DescriptionCustomized solutions for specific individuals with disabilities will be developed by groups of undergraduate students following a rigorous design process that includes (i) Requirements Capture; (ii) Analysis; (iii) Design and Testing; and (iv) Validation. Because the developed solutions may also hold value for other persons with disabilities, each group will adhere to the following five design principles: (i) modularity, (ii) adaptability, (iii) cost-effectiveness, (iv) efficiency, and (v) ease of use. This will enable the end-products to be utilized by a larger consumer base. Therefore, provisions have been made to maintain the product at a level that can guarantee longevity.Intellectual MeritThe developed technologies can be classified as:-- Projects that address a unique need for a specific student or type of student, such as:a) Book Reader Application with Voice for Students with Depression and Anxiety Disordersb) Auditory Enhancement System for Partially Deaf Studentsc) Voice Enabled Smart Vending Machined) Voice Activated Door Openers for Students with Quadriplegiae) Custom Computer Keyboard for Veterans with Reduced Motor Skills-- Generic technologies to support students who are (for personal reasons) not registered(or do not want to register) with the NDSU Disability Services Department, such as Speech to Overhead Text Display.-- Projects that employ novel paradigms, such as social networking, smart phone applications, and cloud computing, to build awareness and help connect students with disabilities to other such students, such as:a) Interactive Academic Supportive System for ADD/ADHDb) Behavioral Control Training Application for Asperger Casesc) Route Information System for Visually Impaired Studentsd) Automated Cloud-based ADD/ADHD Assisting SystemThese solutions will reduce dependability and will assist users with life in general, which will help with reintegration into society. Provisions have been made to enable the proposed GARDE program at NDSU to become self-sustaining by: (i) closely working with the City of Fargo to deploy the developed GARDE products to North Dakota elderly care facilities, when appropriate, and (ii) presenting the most promising technologies at the Innovate ND competition, which is a talent and venture capital competition rolled into one.Broader ImpactsThe products and solutions developed will directly benefit disabled veteran students to help them succeed academically and better integrate back into society. Products that can be commercialized will benefit local, regional, state, and national economies. The engineered solutions may also help in developing course content covering design principles.

提案：1401507 PI：Khan，Samee U。标题：GARDE：设计项目，使退伍军人重返教育系统更广泛的意义重要GARDE提案将为北达科他州州立大学（NDSU）的学生（最好是退伍军人），教师和残疾工作人员开发定制的解决方案。每年，平均4组2-4名学生将与残疾人密切合作，通过NDSU残疾服务与NDSU护理部合作，并在适用的情况下，北达科他州辅助技术和法戈市机构间计划，制定切实可行的解决方案，以解决影响特定退伍军人学业进步和重返社会的问题。在大多数情况下，一个小组将完全由NDSU电气和计算机工程专业的学生组成;然而，在适当的时候，其他部门的学生，如计算机科学和机械工程也可以是一个小组的一部分。技术说明针对特定残疾人的定制解决方案将由本科生小组按照严格的设计过程开发，包括（i）需求捕获; ㈡分析; ㈢设计和测试;和（四）验证。由于所开发的解决方案也可能对其他残疾人具有价值，每个小组将遵循以下五项设计原则：㈠模块化; ㈡适应性; ㈢成本效益; ㈣效率; ㈤易用性。这将使更多的消费者能够使用最终产品。因此，为了保证产品的使用寿命，我们制定了相应的措施。知识产权所开发的技术可分为：--针对特定学生或特定类型学生的独特需求的项目，例如：a）为患有抑郁症和焦虑症的学生提供的语音图书阅读器应用程序b）为部分失聪学生提供的听觉增强系统c）语音智能自动售货机c）为四肢瘫痪学生提供的语音启动开门器）为运动技能降低的退伍军人提供的定制计算机键盘-支持残疾学生的通用技术（因个人原因）未在NDSU残疾人服务部注册（或不想注册），如语音到头顶文字显示。采用社交网络、智能手机应用程序和云计算等新模式的项目，以提高认识，并帮助残疾学生与其他残疾学生建立联系，例如：a）ADD/ADHD交互式学术支持系统b）自闭症患者行为控制培训应用程序c）视障学生路线信息系统d）基于云的ADD/ADHD自动辅助系统这些解决方案将降低依赖性，并将帮助用户在一般生活中，这将有助于重新融入社会。 已经作出规定，使拟议的国防科技大学GARDE方案能够通过以下方式自我维持：（i）与法戈市密切合作，在适当的时候将开发的GARDE产品部署到北达科他州老年人护理设施，以及（ii）在创新ND竞赛中展示最有前途的技术，这是一个人才和风险投资的竞争融为一体。更广泛的影响开发的产品和解决方案将直接受益于残疾退伍军人学生，帮助他们在学业上取得成功，更好地融入社会。可以商业化的产品将有利于地方，地区，州和国家经济。工程解决方案还可以帮助开发涵盖设计原理的课程内容。