Senior Design Projects to develop Assistive Technology at San Diego State University

提案：1403846PI: May-Newman， Karen d .标题：圣地亚哥州立大学开发辅助技术的高级设计项目更广泛的意义和重要性高级设计项目课程是SDSU工程专业学生的顶点经验，允许他们探索专业领域，如生物医学或康复。该计划的目标是每年资助7-10个老年人项目，重点开发辅助技术（AT）解决方案，使身体有障碍的人能够安全、独立地克服神经或运动缺陷。技术描述这些项目将利用SDSU在ERC/SNE中的合作伙伴关系，并在新兴领域培养学生的专业知识。通过将本科工程师与临床医生、治疗师以及残疾用户合作，提出的多学科方法有望产生稳健、合适和有效的设计。在高级项目中提出的努力将与促进SDSU下一代工程毕业生在SNE学习的教育和推广工作同步。该项目的智力价值包括：-教育我们的学生创造一个设计解决方案，包括设计概念，在独特的环境下实施和测试，并涉及最终用户-为我们的学生提供在团队环境中解决现实问题的经验-开发辅助技术，提高特定残疾人的生活质量，包括他们的娱乐，职业，教育和日常生活选择。-制造、交付和实施能够满足特定残疾人需求的辅助设备。-向学生灌输最终用户在开发新产品时所起的关键作用；最终使他们能够在他们的职业生涯中为他们设计的产品创造更多的价值。该项目的更广泛影响包括：-扩大行动不便人士（如老年人、关节炎患者和有明显感觉或运动限制的人）在职业、教育和日常生活任务方面的独立性。-残疾人更充分地融入和参与学校、社会和就业环境。-通过产品、修改和设计团队所做的工作，提高整个社区的意识，增加残疾人的参与。

Proposal: 1403846PI: May-Newman, Karen D.Title: Senior Design Projects to develop Assistive Technology at San Diego State UniversityBroader Significance & ImportanceThe senior design project course is the capstone experience for SDSU engineering students and allows them to explore areas of specialization such as biomedical or rehabilitation. The goal of the proposed effort is to sponsor 7-10 senior projects each year that focus on developing Assistive Technology (AT) solutions to allow physically challenged individuals to safely and independently overcome neural or motor deficits.Technical DescriptionThese projects will leverage SDSU's partnership in the ERC/SNE and develop the students' expertise in a newly emerging area. By teaming the undergraduate engineers with clinicians, therapists, as well as the users with disabilities, the proposed multidisciplinary approach is expected to yield robust, suitable, and effective designs. The proposed efforts in senior projects will synchronize with the educational and outreach efforts to promote learning in SNE for the next generation of SDSU engineering graduates. Intellectual merits of the project include: - Educate our students to create a design solution including design concept, implementation and testing under a unique set of circumstances, and involving the end-user - Give our students the experience of solving real-world problems in a team environment - Develop assistive technology that improves the quality of life for specific individuals with disabilities in terms of their recreational, vocational, educational, and daily living options. - Fabrication, delivery, and implementation of assistive devices that can meet the needs of specific individuals with disabilities. - Instill into the students a sense of the critical role that end users play when developing new products; ultimately enabling them to create more value for products they design in their careers. Broader impacts of this project include: - Expanded vocational, educational, and daily living task independence for persons with limited mobility such as the elderly, people with arthritis, and those with significant sensory or motor limitations. - Fuller integration and participation in school, social, and employment settings for individuals with disabilities. - Heightened awareness in the community at large and increased participation for disabled individuals through the products, modifications, and work done by the design teams.