Design Projects for Persons with Disabilities

该奖项延续了美国国家科学基金会支持的北达科他州立大学设计项目的成功，在该项目中，学生为残疾人设计和建造定制项目。是次活动的目的是加强工程教育、让学生认识康复事业、改善残疾人士的生活质素，以及服务社会。不同的设计项目满足了商业设备无法满足的个人特殊需求。每年大约有40名工程专业的学生参加设计项目活动，在三个独立的实验室中进行分析、原型设计、印刷电路板布局、制造和重新设计/开发。工程专业的学生与8个帮助残疾人的组织进行互动，以确定将从该项目活动中受益的候选人。每年完成的设计项目将在http://nsf-pad.bme.uconn.edu/上发布年度评审。

0201797GreenThis award continues the successful NSF-supported Design Projects' program at North Dakota State University in which students design and build custom projects for individual persons with disabilities. The objectives of the activity are to enhance engineering education, provide students with insight into careers in rehabilitation, improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, and serve the community. The different design projects meet special needs of individuals that are not addressed by commercial devices. Approximately 40 engineering students participate annually in the Design Projects' activity with facilities provided in three separate laboratories for analysis, prototyping, printed circuit board layout, fabrication, and redesign/development. The engineering students interact with 8 organizations involved with aiding persons with disabilities to identify candidates who would benefit from the program's activities.Design Projects completed each year of the award are to be published in an Annual Review available at http://nsf-pad.bme.uconn.edu/.