REU Site: Engineering Sensors Systems and Signal Processing for Speech Pathology

REU 网站：言语病理学的工程传感器系统和信号处理

基本信息

批准号：
1852161
负责人：
Todd Freeborn
金额：
$ 35.2万
依托单位：
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-03-15 至 2024-02-29
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852161&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Engineering Sensors Systems

项目摘要

This REU Site: Engineering Sensors, Systems, and Signal Processing for Speech Pathology at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa will immerse a diverse cohort of undergraduate students in research at the interface of engineering/computer science and speech pathology. Research projects will apply engineering principles to develop technologies to improve screening, diagnosis, and therapy for populations impacted by communication, voice, and swallowing disorders. These experiences will provide an opportunity for students to contribute to projects that have direct applications to improve society and increase student's awareness of social responsibility in engineering. Students will receive technical and clinical mentorship from faculty in both engineering/computer science and speech pathology, providing truly interdisciplinary research experiences. Additionally, professional development training and clinical shadowing will expand the range of student experiences to prepare them for conducting research and understanding the critical issues faced by patients and clinicians. The primary goals of the proposed NSF REU site are to: 1) engage undergraduate students from science/engineering in speech pathology practice to understand critical issues faced by patients and clinicians, 2) integrate the experiences and information from these groups to apply engineering principles to develop technologies to improve screening, diagnosis, and therapy in speech pathology research, 3) develop communication skills to support interactions with professionals, clinicians, and the wider-public, 4) increase the number of students from under-represented groups in STEM and research-limited institutions participating in research, and 5) increase awareness of social responsibility in engineering and raise student interest in pursuing graduate studies. During clinical practice, clinicians utilize a range of technologies including audio recording/acoustic analysis, electromyography, and video imaging/analysis. While there are tools available for speech pathologists, their research needs that require application-specific sensors, systems, and signal-processing methods are often under-served as a result of disconnects between speech pathology and engineering/computer science. This REU Site aims to bridge that disconnect by introducing undergraduate students to interdisciplinary research requiring image analysis, sensor design, algorithm development, and information processing applied to research investigating hearing assessment, voice problems, swallowing problems, speech language processing, pediatric feeding, and stuttering events. Additionally, students will interact with clinicians and patients during the REU through shadowing experiences coordinated at the Speech and Hearing Center to introduce students to the wide range of practice of these professionals.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

此REU网站：阿拉巴马大学Tuscaloosa大学语音病理学的工程传感器，系统和信号处理将使在工程/计算机科学与语音病理学界面的研究中，将各种各样的本科生研究。研究项目将采用工程原则来开发技术，以改善受沟通，声音和吞咽障碍影响的人群的筛查，诊断和治疗。这些经验将为学生提供一个机会，为有直接申请的项目做出贡献，以改善社会并提高学生对工程学社会责任感的认识。学生将获得工程/计算机科学和语音病理学的教师的技术和临床指导，提供真正的跨学科研究经验。此外，专业发展培训和临床阴影将扩大学生体验的范围，以准备进行研究并了解患者和临床医生所面临的关键问题。 The primary goals of the proposed NSF REU site are to: 1) engage undergraduate students from science/engineering in speech pathology practice to understand critical issues faced by patients and clinicians, 2) integrate the experiences and information from these groups to apply engineering principles to develop technologies to improve screening, diagnosis, and therapy in speech pathology research, 3) develop communication skills to support interactions with professionals, clinicians, and the wider-public, 4) increase the number of来自参与研究的STEM和研究限制机构中代表性不足的群体的学生，以及5）提高对工程社会责任感的认识，并提高学生对研究生学习的兴趣。在临床实践中，临床医生利用一系列技术，包括音频记录/声学分析，肌电图和视频成像/分析。虽然有一些可用于言语病理学家的工具，但由于语音病理学与工程/计算机科学之间的断开连接，他们的研究需求通常需要特定于应用程序的传感器，系统和信号处理方法。该REU站点的目的是通过向本科生介绍图像分析，传感器设计，算法开发以及应用于研究研究研究，语音问题，吞咽语言问题，语音语言处理，儿科喂养和结结巴巴活动的信息处理，旨在通过将本科生介绍给跨学科研究来弥合该连接。此外，学生将通过在演讲和听力中心协调的阴影经历与临床医生和患者互动，以向学生介绍这些专业人员的广泛实践。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来支持的。