Multi-disciplinary undergraduate training program in health-assistive smart envir

描述（由申请人提供）：世界人口正在老龄化，由此导致的慢性病流行是我们社会必须应对的挑战。我们的愿景是通过为MSTEM领域的本科生设计课程来应对这一挑战，为他们提供解决这一迫在眉睫的问题所需的研究技能。护理，心理学，社会学，计算机科学，工程（MSTEM）课程的本科生以及医疗保健相关学科的本科生需要强大的多学科背景，才能真正为将技术应用于老年学问题的研究做好准备。 该项目的目标是为老年学和基于技术的辅助环境领域的本科参与者制定培训计划。这将通过课程工作，夏季研究计划，在该领域的实习，并专业研讨会，以帮助其他机构制定类似的计划。最终目标是培养一代新的研究生研究人员和创新者，他们了解在该领域继续工作的必要性，以解决人口老龄化问题，并开始他们的研究生涯，为老年技术导向的研究做好准备。 我们假设，通过开发这些新的计划，在老龄化问题，多学科MSTEM方法来解决这些坚韧的问题，并支持本科生成为准备研究生课程，我们可以提供gerontechnology相关的研究小组在全国各地的高素质的申请人的问题培训本科生和教育工作者。 建议的工作的理由是，有几个很好的综合MSTEM课程的本科生和缺乏培训的相关研究计划，为新的本科生。我们小组的研究中心在这一领域，我们的研究团队有兴趣发展合格的研究生谁来准备这个高度复杂的研究领域的一代。 为实现这一目标，我们计划实现以下具体目标：（1）发展本科二学期（一学年）多学科MSTEM Gerontechnology课程系列，（2）为高素质的本科生建立暑期研究和实习经验计划，（3）支持MSTEM领域的高级顶点项目，特别是那些希望继续从Gerontechnology课程工作的学生，（4）将Gerontechnology课程整合到该机构提供的现有未成年人中，使其成为第一个技术相关课程。我们还将为所有完成了老年技术课程并完成了与老年学相关的额外实地经验的学生创建一份成就证书，以及（5）为有兴趣了解该领域最新研究的其他人领导和举办两个研讨会，并为其他教育工作者提供培训。 Gerontechnology的领域，以便他们可以在他们的机构在线提供类似的程序。 拟议的工作是创新的，因为Gerontechnology相关的本科课程与真正的多学科核心是罕见的。服务于当地学生团体，其他项目的暑期学生，并通过研讨会将我们教师的经验带到其他机构的结合是一种引人注目的，充满活力的方法，以支持准备充分的即将到来的研究生研究人员的数量。 该项目意义重大，因为它将向许多本科生介绍我们社会在未来几十年面临的问题，并为他们中的许多人做好准备，通过将技术与传统医学方法相结合，帮助开发新的医疗保健方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The world's population is aging and the resulting prevalence of chronic illnesses is a challenge that our society must address. Our vision is to address this challenge by designing a curriculum for undergraduates in MSTEM fields that provides them the needed research skills to address this looming problem. Undergraduates in nursing, psychology, sociology, computer science, engineering (MSTEM) programs as well as those in healthcare-related disciplines need a strong multi-disciplinary background to be truly prepared for research in applying technology to gerontology issues. The objective of this project is to develop training programs for undergraduate participants in the fields of gerontology, and technology-based assistive environments. This will be done through course work, summer research programs, internships in the field, and professional workshops to help other institutions develop similar programs. The ultimate goal is to bring up a generation of new graduate student researchers and innovators who understand the need of continued work in the field for addressing the aging population issues and begin their research careers prepared for gerontechnology oriented research. We hypothesize that by developing a these new programs for training both undergraduates and fellow educators in the issues surrounding the aging problem, multi-disciplinary MSTEM approaches to tackling these tough issues, and supporting undergraduates in becoming prepared for graduate programs we can provide gerontechnology-related research groups across the nation with highly qualified applicants. The rationale of the proposed work is that there are few well integrated MSTEM programs for undergraduates and a lack of training in related research programs for new undergraduates available. Our group's research centers on this field, and our research team is interested in developing generations of qualified graduate students who come prepared for this highly complex field of research. To accomplish this, we plan to pursue the following specific aims: (1) Develop an undergraduate two semester (one academic year) multi-disciplinary MSTEM Gerontechnology course series, (2) Establish a summer research and internship experience program for highly qualified undergraduates, (3) Support senior capstone projects in MSTEM fields, especially for those students who wish to continue their work from the Gerontechnology course, (4) Integrate the Gerontechnology course into the existing Minor in Aging offered at the institution, giving it its first technology related course. We will also create a certificate of accomplishment for all students who have completed the Gerontechnology course and who have completed additional field experience related to gerontology, and (5) Lead and run two workshops for others interested in learning about the latest research in the field, plus training for other educators in the field of Gerontechnology so they can bring similar programs online at their institutions. The proposed work is innovative because Gerontechnology related undergraduate programs with a true multi-disciplinary core are rare. The combination of serving both the local student body, summer students from other programs, and to also bring our faculty's experience to other institutions through workshops is a compelling and energetic approach to bolstering the quantity of highly prepared upcoming graduate researchers. The project is significant because it will introduce many undergraduates to the issues faced by our society in the coming decades, as well as prepare many of them to help develop new approaches to health care through melding technology with traditional medical approaches.