Senior Engineering Design Projects to Assist Disabled Persons in Michigan's Copper Country

[00:79969]赖特：这是一个为期五年的项目，由密歇根理工大学的工程专业学生参与设计和开发残疾人辅助和/或康复设备。目标是每年完成四个设计项目，这将帮助铜国中级学区（CCISD）服务的残疾人。每个设计项目将分配给一个由三到五名生物医学工程、机械工程和电气工程专业的高年级学生组成的团队。其他学科的学生也可以参加，这取决于特定项目所需的技能。当地高中生将通过与汉考克（MI）高中的工业艺术项目合作，参与一些项目的制作。每个项目将由一名教员提供建议，该教员可以是研究人员之一，也可以是具有适当专业知识和兴趣的工程教员。所有参与其中一个项目的学生将在开始一个项目之前完成一个关于职业道德和标准的研讨会。本次研讨会将向学生介绍适用的标准和患者保密、责任和知识产权方面的问题。这个工作坊将由中央行政委员会的专业人员和调查人员共同举办。首席研究员将在每年的7月1日前向美国国家科学基金会提交一份报告，描述所完成的项目。

0079969WrightThis is a five-year effort that engages engineering students at Michigan Technological University in the design and development of assistive and/or rehabilitative devices for persons with disabilities. The objective is the completion of four design projects annually, which will assist individual disabled persons served by the Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD). Each design project will be assigned to a team consisting of three to five senior students in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering. Students in other disciplines may participate, depending on skills required for a given project. Local high school students will be engaged in fabrication of some of the projects, through a partnership with Hancock (MI) High School's industrial arts program. Each project will be advised by a faculty member -- either one of investigators, or another member of the engineering faculty who has appropriate expertise and interest.All students who participate in one of these projects will complete a workshop on professional ethics and standards, prior to beginning a project. This workshop will inform the students of applicable standards and issues in patient confidentiality, liability, and intellectual property rights. This workshop will be conducted jointly by members of the professional staff of CCISD and the investigators.The principal investigator will, by July I of each year, provide the National Science Foundation with a report describing the projects completed.