Undergraduate Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities

这个设计项目活动是丹佛大学(DU)和丹佛健康医疗中心(DHMC)之间的教育合作伙伴关系。在为期三年的活动中，一系列本科生设计项目将满足残疾人的需求。通过一系列讨论，工程学本科生可以实际应用于为这些患者开发可用的生物医疗设备，重点是患者所需的生物医疗设备的类型和本科生可以实际应用的技能，从而开发出一个集成的工程和生物医学设计程序。DU/DHMC团队已经确定了项目开发的特定领域，这些领域将对科罗拉多州和其他地区残疾人的生活质量产生重大影响，同时为工程学学生提供现实世界的工程设计体验，并拓宽生物工程研究的智力努力，如下所示。智力价值：制定战略，确定生物医学设计项目中涉及的人为因素。为具有商业化潜力的关键医疗需求领域提供解决方案。建立一个全面的评估流程来监控项目目标。广泛影响：确定需求并开发针对肥胖、活动受限、感觉障碍和康复缺陷的设备解决方案。与丹佛健康医疗中心服务的广泛人群互动。在地区、国家和国际研讨会和会议上展示学生的研究结果。调查计划包括开发一门新课程，为工程学学生准备与为残疾人设计生物医学设备相关的挑战。这一经历将达到顶石设计课程的顶峰，这是杜克大学所有工程专业学生的必修课程。咨询委员会将指导已完成项目的评估过程和潜在的商业化。

0607883NewmanThis Design Project activity is an education partnership between The University of Denver (DU) and the Denver Health Medical Center (DHMC). During the 3-year activity a series of undergraduate design projects will address the needs of persons with disabilities. An integrated engineering and biomedical design program has been developed from a series of discussions focused on the types of biomedical devices needed by patients and the skills undergraduate engineering students could realistically apply in developing usable biomedical devices for those patients. The DU/DHMC team has identified specific areas of project development that will make significant impacts on the quality of life for disabled populations in Colorado and elsewhere while providing real-world engineering design experiences for the engineering students, and also broadening intellectual endeavors in bioengineering research, as shown below. Intellectual Merit: Develop strategies to determine human factors involved in biomedical design projects.Provide solutions to key areas of medical need that have potential for commercialization.Establish a comprehensive assessment process to monitor project objectives.Broad Impact:Identify need and develop device solutions for obesity, limited mobility, sensation deficit, and rehabilitation deficiencies. Interact with the broad range of population served by the Denver Health Medical Center.Present student findings at regional, national, and international workshops and conferences.The plan of investigation incorporates the development of a new course to prepare engineering students for the challenges associated with designing a biomedical device for persons with disabilities. That experience will culminate in the capstone design course required for all of the DU engineering students. An advisory board is to guide the assessment process and potential commercialization of completed projects.