WORKSHOP: Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Student Design Challenge 2019

研讨会：2019 年北美康复工程与辅助技术协会学生设计挑战赛

• 批准号: 1930609
• 负责人: Andrea Van Hook
• 金额: $ 1.97万
• 依托单位: Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Tech Society of NA
• 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: 2019-06-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1930609&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; Rehabilitation; Engineering; Assistive; Technology

This is funding to partially support the undergraduate Student Design Competition (SDC), which will be part of the 2019 RESNA conference to be held June 24-28. Today, over 70 million people in the United States report some degree of disability, a number which will likely grow in coming years as the so-called "baby boomer" generation ages. 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 both 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. The annual RESNA Conference and the Student Design Competition combine to create a forum for interaction between 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 with participants in previous SDCs, many of whom are now leaders in service, research, and education related to technology for persons with disabilities. All participants (not just the finalists) create blog posts that capture and archive their submissions, which remain accessible indefinitely through the RESNA website and the assistive technology AT Wiki. Thus, educators can share this information with their students as examples of projects that others have done, while service providers and persons with disabilities can search for unique solutions to barriers they may face. The annual RESNA Student Design Competition (workshop) 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 265 designs have been identified as winning entries from among over 850 submitted by students from over 125 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. 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. The content of all submissions, not merely the finalists, will be captured and accessed through the RESNA SDC website. Five industry-savvy judges will review the submissions and select at least 7 semi-finalist teams from which two representatives will be invited to attend the conference and present their working prototypes to determine the finalists. The teams will give 10-minute presentations to the judging panel on June 24 in a session open to all who are interested and in which the teams will interact with the judges, members of other teams and all who attend the session. The conference schedule includes a platform session where the finalists can present their designs to the general conference audience. In addition, finalists will have an opportunity to present their projects during the Developers' Showcase, which highlights new products under development (some past SDC student team designs have been patented and are now available commercially).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.

这是部分支持本科生设计竞赛（SDC）的资金，该竞赛将成为6月24日至28日举行的2019年RESNA会议的一部分。 今天，美国有超过7000万人报告有某种程度的残疾，随着所谓的“婴儿潮”一代的年龄增长，这个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。 年度RESNA会议和学生设计竞赛联合收割机结合起来，为经验丰富的康复工程师和即将进入该领域的学生之间的互动创造了一个论坛。 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的SDC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，研究和教育的领导者。 所有参与者（不仅仅是决赛选手）都创建博客文章，捕捉和存档他们的提交，通过RESNA网站和辅助技术AT Wiki无限期访问。 因此，教育工作者可以与学生分享这一信息，作为其他人所做项目的例子，而服务提供者和残疾人可以寻找解决他们可能面临的障碍的独特办法。 每年的RESNA学生设计竞赛（研讨会）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125所不同大学和高等院校的学生提交的850多件作品中，有265件设计被确定为获奖作品。 本科和硕士水平的研究生候选人都有资格提交参赛作品，必须只代表学生的工作;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。 今年的拨款将使可持续发展委员会得以进一步扩大和加强，以纳入更多的参赛作品，并为更多的设计团队提供支持，特别是来自少数民族、妇女和残疾人士的设计团队。 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。 所有提交的内容（不仅仅是决赛入围者）都将通过RESNA SDC网站捕获和访问。 五位精通行业的评委将审查提交的作品，并选择至少7个半决赛团队，其中两名代表将被邀请参加会议并展示他们的工作原型以确定决赛选手。 参赛队伍将于6月24日向评审团作10分钟的演讲，所有感兴趣的人均可参加，参赛队伍将与评委、其他参赛队伍的成员和所有出席会议的人进行互动。 会议日程包括一个平台会议，决赛选手可以向大会观众展示他们的设计。 此外，决赛选手将有机会在开发人员展示会上展示他们的项目，展示正在开发的新产品（一些过去的SDC学生团队设计已获得专利，现在可以商业化使用）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。