Rehabilitation Engineering Design Class

这个项目是美国国家科学基金会资助的成功项目(9981867号奖项)的延续，在该项目中，本科生为残障人士设计和制造了大约15个定制设备。拟议活动的目的是加强工程教育、让学生了解生物医学工程的职业、改善残疾人士的生活质素，以及服务社会。由于之前的努力取得了成功，2003年成立了一个新的设计课程，名为康复工程设计。辅助技术项目现在被开发为这一新课程的一部分，该课程还涵盖了工程设计、沟通、伦理和康复工程方面的重要问题。学生们将用整个学期的时间来设计和制造这个装置，在学期结束时，学生们要把这个装置交给残疾人(S)和他们的治疗师。本课程将由讲师和来宾讲授，以及实地考察、写作作业和口头报告。首席调查员将提供一份年度报告，其中包括对上一学年成功完成的项目的描述。这份报告将与其他NSF支持的设计项目的类似描述结合在一起，并以书的形式出版供一般发行。2005年3月7日

0453339Richard L. GoldbergThis project is a continuation of the successful NSF-supported project (award #9981867) in which undergraduate students designed and built some 15 custom devices for people with disabilities. The objectives of the proposed activities are to enhance engineering education, provide students with insight into careers in biomedical engineering, improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, and serve the community. Due to the success of the previous effort, a new design class was created in 2003, called Rehabilitation Engineering Design. Assistive technology projects are now developed as part of this new class, which also covers important issues in engineering design, communication, ethics, and rehabilitation engineering. Students will spend the semester designing and building the device, and at the end of the semester, the students are to give the device to the disabled individual(s) and their therapists. The class is to be supported with lectures by the instructor and guests, as well as field trips, writing assignments, and oral presentations.The Principal Investigator is to provide an annual report that includes a description of the projects successfully completed during the previous academic year. The report will be combined with similar accounts from other NSF-supported Design Projects and published in a book for general distribution.March 7, 2005