Capstone Design Projects in Rehabilitation to Aid Persons with Disabilities

帮助残疾人康复的顶点设计项目

• 批准号: 1403345
• 负责人: Kunal Mitra
• 金额: $ 12.5万
• 依托单位: Florida Institute of Technology
• 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: 2014-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1403345&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Capstone; Design; Projects; Rehabilitation; Aid

PI: Mitra, KunalProposal Number: 1403345A BS program in Biomedical Engineering started at Florida Institute of Technology in the Fall 2012 semester. The strategic vision for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Florida Tech is to advance healthcare by integrating education, discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship. The objective of this proposal is to develop a novel approach to senior year capstone design projects for students enrolled in BS in Biomedical Engineering by engaging the local medical community and industry representative. The capstone design project is structured as a three-semester sequence beginning in the spring semester of the junior year and introduces students to the team approach for problem solution. Every year a student Design Showcase is organized where all capstone projects are presented in a poster format setting sometimes with working breadboard designs. Members of industry are invited to attend the showcase to judge projects and speak to students and faculty.Intellectual Merit:A unique aspect of the proposed senior capstone design project is that it will be guided jointly by Florida Tech faculty and practicing physicians and as well as industry professional supporting the project. The physicians along with the faculty and industry representative will provide presentations of case studies to the students during the junior year. Then during that semester, the students will be required to develop proposals and to make presentations that will be evaluated by the participating faculty and physicians. In their senior year, students on multidisciplinary teams will execute the projects under supervision of participating faculty and physicians. In order to better prepare students for the capstone project, a clinical immersion experience is proposed. As part of clinical immersion period during summer at end of the junior year, eight to ten undergraduate students entering their senior year will be invited each year to participate in six or seven weeks program to observe the clinical activities, acquire communication skills necessary to interact with clinicians, and identify needs that can subsequently be addressed in their biomedical design projects. The clinical immersions will be held at organizations such as Orlando VA Medical Center, Brevard Rehabilitation Medicine, HealthSouth Sea Pines Rehabilitation Hospital, NASA Kennedy Space Center, and The Back Center. While this approach may be common in universities with medical schools, such an approach for a university without a medical school is unique and is being proposed for conducting team-based senior year design projects. The goal of the clinical immersion program is to provide opportunity to students to interact with the physicians so as to understand the working principles and any limitations of existing technologies and this in turn will trigger discussions and need to develop new design projects. The students interested in developing the entrepreneurial dreams will be provided an opportunity to take elective courses in Junior and Senior Year offered through Business Incubator Center.Broader Impacts:This development of devices which will aid persons with disabilities will (a) provide a practical engineering experience as well as a personally rewarding experience to the student; this may also encourage them to use their specialized skills in the future to benefit individuals with disabilities; (b) to help individuals with disabilities become more independent by designing and building custom assistive technology devices that address their needs; (c) to facilitate learning and reflection about the daily life of an individual who has a disability, as well as the daily lives of the family members, therapists and educators who are in close contact with them. Students develop their teamwork and communication skills (both oral and written), learn about the product development process used in industry, and are made aware of the unique requirements and constraints of medical device design thereby preparing them for careers in biomedical engineering.

PI：Mitra，Kunal提案编号：1403345生物医学工程学士学位课程于2012年秋季学期在佛罗里达理工学院开始。佛罗里达技术学院生物医学工程系的战略愿景是通过整合教育，发现，创新和创业来推进医疗保健。 本提案的目的是通过吸引当地医学界和行业代表，为就读于生物医学工程学士学位的学生开发一种新的高年级顶点设计项目方法。顶点设计项目的结构是在大三春季学期开始的三个学期的序列，并向学生介绍了解决问题的团队方法。每年都会组织一次学生设计展示会，所有的顶点项目都以海报的形式展示，有时还会有工作实验板设计。业界成员被邀请参加展示，判断项目，并发言的学生和教师。智力优点：拟议的高级顶点设计项目的一个独特的方面是，它将由佛罗里达技术教师和执业医生以及行业专业人士共同指导支持该项目。医生沿着教师和行业代表将在大三期间向学生提供案例研究报告。然后，在这学期，学生将被要求制定提案，并提出将由参与教师和医生评估的演示文稿。在大四，多学科团队的学生将在参与教师和医生的监督下执行项目。 为了更好地为顶点项目的学生做好准备，提出了临床沉浸式体验。作为大三结束时夏季临床沉浸期的一部分，每年将邀请八到十名进入大四的本科生参加为期六到七周的课程，以观察临床活动，获得与临床医生互动所需的沟通技巧，并确定随后可以在生物医学设计项目中解决的需求。临床沉浸将在奥兰多VA医疗中心，布里瓦德康复医学，健康南海松树康复医院，美国宇航局肯尼迪航天中心和背部中心等组织举行。虽然这种方法在有医学院的大学中可能很常见，但对于没有医学院的大学来说，这种方法是独一无二的，并且正在提议进行基于团队的高年级设计项目。临床沉浸式课程的目标是为学生提供与医生互动的机会，以了解现有技术的工作原理和任何局限性，这反过来又会引发讨论，并需要开发新的设计项目。有兴趣发展创业梦想的学生将有机会参加企业孵化中心在大三和大四提供的选修课程。更广泛的影响：这种帮助残疾人的设备的开发将（a）为学生提供实际的工程经验以及个人有益的经验;这也可以鼓励他们在未来使用他们的专业技能来造福残疾人;（B）通过设计和制造满足残疾人需求的定制辅助技术设备，帮助残疾人变得更加独立;（c）促进学习和思考残疾人的日常生活以及与其密切接触的家庭成员、治疗师和教育工作者的日常生活。学生发展他们的团队合作和沟通能力（口头和书面），了解工业中使用的产品开发过程，并意识到医疗器械设计的独特要求和限制，从而为他们在生物医学工程的职业生涯做好准备。