Senior Design Projects: Devices to Aid People with Disabilities

0527358巴托洛罗切斯特理工学院的凯特·格里森工程学院将与罗切斯特社区的成员合作，开发10个年度本科高级设计项目的想法，将提供第四和第五年的学生与一个宝贵的设计和建造顶点的经验，同时改善残疾人的生活区个人。最初的项目包括两个工作场所改造，一个娱乐设施，三个设备，以提高独立运输，两个设备，以防止潜在的严重伤害或感染，和两个设备，以提高一般生活质量。智力优点：一个团队至少四名学生将工作两个完整的学术季度，每个项目相当于一个全职工程师工作近一年。由于来自三个部门的学生-电气，工业和机械工程在体验式学习课程中一起工作，项目的范围可以比单一学科课程的范围更全面。这些项目将要求学生进行重要的分析和设计工作，以满足每个特定消费者的特定需求。学生将面临挑战，利用他们学到的技术技能来创造新的和创新的产品。更广泛的影响：在该项目的5年生命周期中，至少有200名本科生将直接参与这项工作。他们将在设计和实施项目中学到的经验教训，重点是提高残疾人的生活质量，将由主要调查员通过在全国会议上的演讲传播到其他本科重点学院和大学。

0527358BartoloRochester Institute of Technology's Kate Gleason College of Engineering will work with members of the Rochester community to develop 10 annual Undergraduate Senior Design project ideas that will provide fourth and fifth-year students with a valuable design-and-build capstone experience while improving the lives of area individuals with disabilities. The initial projects include two workplace adaptations, one recreational facility, three devices to enhance independent transportation, two devices to prevent potentially serious injury or infection, and two devices to improve general quality of life.Intellectual Merit: A team of at least four students will work for two full academic quarters on each project, amounting to the equivalent of one full-time engineer working for nearly a year. Because students from three departments - Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together in the experiential learning course, the scope of the projects can be significantly more comprehensive than the scope for a single-discipline course. The projects will require students to perform significant analysis and design work to meet the specific needs of each particular consumer. Students will be challenged to make use of the technical skills they have learned to create new and innovative products.Broader Impact: Over the 5-years life of the project, at least 200 undergraduate students will directly participate in this effort. The lessons they will learn in the design and implementation of projects focused to enhance quality of life for individuals with disabilities will be disseminated by the Principal Investigators to other undergraduate focused colleges and universities through presentations at national conferences.