Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled

0001347高本项目的目标是为马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学机械与工业工程（MIE）系的本科生在辅助技术的广泛领域开发一个新的设计课程序列。一个两学期的设计课程，题为“帮助残疾人的高级设计项目”，将被开发和纳入该部门的既定本科课程。 通过与汉普郡学院的Lemelson辅助技术开发中心（LATDC）和马萨诸塞州精神发育迟滞部（DMR）下的自适应设计服务（ADS）的密切合作，新的设计课程序列是应用严格的分析和计算机模拟方法来解决残疾客户提出的特定设计问题。每个设计项目的输出将是一个功能性机械和/或机电设备的原型，以满足个别客户的特定需求。新课程将通过向机械和工业工程专业的学生介绍一个具有重要社会意义的新领域来加强现有的本科课程。它进一步加强了该部门在促进其新确定的辅助技术和生物医学工程研究重点领域方面的努力。

0001347GaoThe objective of this project is to develop a new design course sequence in the broad area of Assistive Technology for undergraduate students in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst. A two-semester design course entitled "Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled" is to be developed and integrated within the established undergraduate curriculum of the Department. Through close collaborations with the Lemelson Assistive Technology Development Center (LATDC) at Hampshire College and Adaptive Design Services (ADS) under the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation (DMR), the new design course sequence is to apply rigorous analytical and computer simulation approaches to specific design problems originated by disabled clients. The output of each design project will be a prototype of a functional mechanical and/or electromechanical device that satisfies the specific need of an individual client. The new course will strengthen the existing undergraduate curriculum by introducing mechanical and industrial engineering students to a new area of great social importance. It further enhances the Department's effort in promoting its newly identified research thrust area in assistive technology and biomedical engineering.