REU Site: American Student Placements and Internships in Rehabilitation Engineering (ASPIRE)

REU 网站：美国康复工程学生安置和实习 (ASPIRE)

• 批准号: 2149772
• 负责人: Rory Cooper
• 金额: $ 39.11万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149772&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; American; Student; Placements

The 3-year renewal project at the University of Pittsburgh features rehabilitation engineering. This technical field investigates, designs, develops, and deploys technologies to help people with disabilities and older adults to live fuller lives and can better participate in and contribute to society. The project introduces ten undergraduate students each year to the field of rehabilitation engineering and provides them with the foundational knowledge and skills to pursue further study in the field. Students participate in research projects alongside experts from essential fields learning teamwork and skills that make them better engineers regardless of the direction that they choose. The program emphasizes participation by students with disabilities to provide opportunities to learn as well as teach other students through their experiences. The 3-year renewal project at the University of Pittsburgh features rehabilitation engineering and showcases engineering principles applied to rehabilitation, disability, and independent living. Ten students each year will work on ASPIRE (American Student Placements and Internships in Rehabilitation Engineering) research, which originates from the voice of the consumer and helps teach person-centered design and research. ASPIRE students learn to understand and practice “How to” do something (an engineer’s perspective). Equally important, ASPIRE students can describe precisely and understandably “What is” (a scientist’s viewpoint). The ability to help people with disabilities and older adults in a visible and tangible manner makes Rehabilitation Engineering (RE) a compelling and growing field of study. The methods and lessons learned during the ASPIRE research experience have wide applicability for making undergraduate participants better engineers and more engaged people. Positive individual and social impact is an outcome of RE solutions, and as a result, training in RE provides an excellent foundation for students pursuing any field of engineering.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.

匹兹堡大学的3年更新项目以康复工程为特色。 该技术领域调查，设计，开发和部署技术，以帮助残疾人和老年人过上更充实的生活，并能更好地参与和贡献社会。该项目每年向10名本科生介绍康复工程领域，并为他们提供在该领域进一步学习的基础知识和技能。学生们与来自重要领域的专家一起参与研究项目，学习团队合作和技能，使他们成为更好的工程师，无论他们选择的方向如何。该方案强调残疾学生的参与，以提供学习机会，并通过他们的经验教其他学生。 匹兹堡大学的3年更新项目以康复工程为特色，展示了应用于康复，残疾和独立生活的工程原理。每年有10名学生将从事ASPIRE（美国学生安置和康复工程实习）研究，该研究源于消费者的声音，有助于教授以人为本的设计和研究。ASPIRE学生学习理解和实践“如何”做某事（工程师的观点）。同样重要的是，ASPIRE的学生可以准确和理解地描述“是什么”（科学家的观点）。以可见和有形的方式帮助残疾人和老年人的能力使康复工程（RE）成为一个引人注目和不断增长的研究领域。在ASPIRE研究经验中学到的方法和经验教训具有广泛的适用性，可以使本科生参与者成为更好的工程师和更敬业的人。积极的个人和社会影响是RE解决方案的结果，因此，RE培训为追求任何工程领域的学生提供了良好的基础。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。