Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities

0454456 Enderle拟议项目的目标是设计和建造项目，以帮助康涅狄格大学BME高级设计课程的学生残疾人。这项工作的目的有三个方面。第一个目的是为学生提供一个解决实际和创造性问题的机会，以解决一个明确的问题，以满足他们的学习计划所需的设计部分。这种参与的一个积极成果是，残疾人获得了在生活质量和独立性方面有重大改善的设备，而且不需要接受者支付任何费用。鉴于本提案的远程学习部分，这一点尤其重要，因为要服务的客户居住在经济贫困的俄亥俄州东南部阿巴拉契亚地区。在许多情况下，为个人开发设备和/或软件可能会导致为其他有类似残疾的人开发应用程序。学生还接触到康复设计领域当前技术的独特应用信息。 第二个目的是激励学生、毕业工程师和其他保健专业人员更积极地从事康复工作，以扩大技术和知识基础，有效地满足残疾人的需要。这是对1990年《美国残疾人法案》（ADA）的补充。第三个目的是允许控制研究的教学效果的具体体验式教学/学习过程被纳入拟议的设计经验。吉尔伯特B。戴维2005年4月5日

0454456EnderleThe objective of the proposed project is the design and construction of projects to aid persons with disabilities by students in the University of Connecticut BME Senior Design course. The purpose of the work is three-fold. The first purpose is to provide an opportunity for practical and creative problem solving by students in addressing a well-defined problem for meeting the required design component of their study program. A positive outcome of this involvement is that persons with disabilities receive devices that provide significant improvement in quality of life and independence at no cost to the recipients. This is especially important in light of the distance learning component of this proposal, as the clients to be served reside in an economically deprived Appalachian region of Southeast Ohio. In many cases, development of devices and/or software for an individual may lead to applications for others with similar disabilities. Students are also exposed to a unique body of applied information on current technology in the area of rehabilitation design. The second purpose is to motivate students, graduate engineers and other health care professionals to work more actively in rehabilitation, towards an increased technology and knowledge base, to effectively address the needs of persons with disabilities. This complements the implementation requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The third purpose is to allow for the controlled study of the pedagogical efficacy of the specific experiential teaching/learning processes to be incorporated into the proposed design experiences. Gilbert B. DeveyApril 5,2005