Faculty Early Career Development: Developing Engineering Criteria for the Inclusion of Disabled Employees (DECIDE) in the Workplace

9501654这项研究的目标是制定工程设计标准，帮助修改工业任务和环境，以便纳入残疾人。具体而言，争取实现以下目标：(1)为设计适应残疾人的职业任务和环境制定工程标准，(2)促进旨在设计适应残疾人的职业环境的研究努力，(3)协助增加合格工程师的数量，以便在工业环境或工作场所转让和实施研究成果。研究将确定可在工业环境中随时使用的各种策略、调查工具和分析技术。然后将在工业环境中对这些参数进行评估和验证，以便可能纳入设计方法。这项研究的具体成果之一是开发了一种基于计算机的智能系统，以协助作出与设计和改造工作任务和工作场所以容纳残疾人有关的决策。截瘫和视障人士构成了这项研究的核心群体。如果这项研究取得成功，可以归因于几个好处。这对国民经济的影响可能是巨大的，因为更多的肢体残疾人可以进入劳动力大军，为国家的生产力做出贡献。许多残疾人将从系统设计非常糟糕的工作场所危险和伤害中获得经济上的好处和安全感上的好处。研究成果有助于提高残疾人的知识水平，满足残疾人的需要。这将导致制定工具和工作场所的设计标准，这不仅将使残疾人受益，而且将使全体普通民众受益。

9501654 The goal of this research is to develop engineering design criteria that will assist in modifying industrial tasks and environments to allow the inclusion of persons with disabilities. Specifically, the following objectives are pursued: (1) develop engineering criteria for designing occupational tasks and environment to accommodate persons with disability, (2) cmntribute to research efforts aimed at designing occupational environments to accommodate disabled persons, (3) assist in increasing the number of qualified engineers available to transfer and implement the findings from the research in industrial settings or work places. The research will identify various strategies, survey tools, and analysis techniques that can be readily used in an industrial setting. These parameters will then be evaluated and validated in an industrial setting for possible inclusion in the design methodology. One of the tangible outcomes of the research is the development of an intelligent computer based system to assist in making decisions associated with designing and retrofitting work tasks and work places to accommodate disabled persons. Paraplegic and the visually impaired constitute the core group on which the research is targeted. Several benefits can be ascribed to this research if it becomes successful. The impact on the national economy can be significant as many more people with physical disabilities can enter the workforce and contribute to the productivity of the country. Many people with disabilities will experience economic gains, and gains in the sense of security from workplace hazards and injuries resulting from very poor systems design. The research outcome can advance the state-of-knowledge in accommodating the needs of the disabled. This will lead to the production of design standards for tools and workplaces that will not only benefit disabled persons but also the entire general population.