Capstone Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Program at SUNY Stony Brook -- Aiding Children with Disabilities through Total Design

皮：周，余；葛乔德·杰弗瑞；项目编号：0853672该项目的目标是为纽约州立大学石溪分校（SUNYSB）机械工程专业的本科生提供重要的高级设计经验，以开发辅助设备来帮助残疾人。建议的高级设计项目建立在我们现有的NSF资助项目的基础上，并强调将机电一体化技术应用于辅助设备。该计划每年资助8-10个高级设计项目，为期5年。我们的学生将按照Total design的方法，在纽约Premm学习中心为残疾儿童定制设计辅助设备。他们将与残疾儿童和他们的导师互动，并将由机械工程和物理治疗的教员提供建议。我们强烈鼓励学生为他们的创新设计提交专利申请，最好的可申请专利的项目将由Scully， Scott, Murphy &amp； Presser PC律师事务所免费提供专利申请。智力优势：本项目侧重于本科工程设计教育。为期两个学期的高级设计课程为学生提供了一个综合的机会，通过辅助设备的重要设计经验，实践他们在四年本科训练中培养的知识和技能。我们的学生将遵循整体设计方法，重点应用机电一体化技术，为Premm学习中心的残疾儿童设计辅助设备。机电一体化是力学、电子学和计算机的结合，跨越多个工程学科。它有助于产生更强大，智能和自适应的辅助设备。此外，设计机电设备可以激发学生学习多种技能。全面设计为设计活动定义了一个系统的指导方针。指导学生进行市场分析、产品设计规范、概念设计、细节设计和制造，帮助学生高效地进行设计活动。我们的工作将通过提供一系列创新的设计和技术，为辅助技术的知识库做出贡献。该计划还将帮助我们的学生在他们的工程职业生涯中做好准备。更广泛的影响：除了为残疾人提供定制的辅助设备外，该项目还将激发人们对辅助技术的普遍兴趣，鼓励学生广泛参与，并培养未来的辅助技术工程师。我们将透过各种出版物和会议，与工程教育和辅助技术协会分享我们的技术。学生们将在大学本科生研究和创意活动活动以及纽约州议会残疾意识日活动中展示他们的作品。最优秀的设计项目将被挑选出来参加工程与应用科学学院（CEAS）高级设计竞赛和国际学生顶点设计博览会。学生也将被鼓励参加由专业协会如ASME组织的设计比赛。一个网站将专门介绍我们的学生项目和相关活动。宣传我们的项目有助于提高公众对我们项目的认识和辅助技术的意义，激励全社会关心残疾人。此外，该项目将通过大学开放日和工程日活动的演讲介绍给当地高中生。有兴趣的高中生将有机会通过CEAS暑期研究所参与辅助设备的设计。我们还计划在当地高中系统中发起辅助设备设计竞赛。这种大学与高中的联系将激发高中生对辅助技术的兴趣，并吸引他们将自己的职业目标设定在工程领域。此外，我们会与不同的残障人士服务机构探讨合作。我们的工作将提供种子技术，导致更多的工业投资和辅助技术的新工业倡议。

PI: Zhou, Yu; Ge, Qiaode Jeffrey; Muratori, Lisa M.Proposal Number: 0853672The objective of this project is to provide undergraduate mechanical engineering students at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB) with significant senior design experience to develop assistive devices to aid people with disabilities. The proposed senior design program builds on our existing NSF funded program, and has a new emphasis on applying mechatronics technology to assistive devices. The proposal seeks funding for 8-10 senior design projects per year for a period of five years. Our students will work in teams to custom design assistive devices for disabled children at the Premm Learning Center, New York, following the methodology of Total Design. They will interact with those disabled children and their mentors, and will be advised by faculty members in Mechanical Engineering and Physical Therapy. Students are highly encouraged to file patent applications for their innovative designs, and the best patentable projects will be awarded with free filing of their patent applications by the Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser PC law firm. Intellectual merit: The proposed project focuses on the undergraduate engineering design education. The two-semester senior design course provides an integrative opportunity for students to practice the knowledge and skills that they have developed in their four-year undergraduate training through the significant design experience of assistive devices. Our students will design assistive devices to aid disabled children at the Premm Learning Center by following the Total Design methodology and with an emphasis on applying mechatronics technology. Mechatronics is a combination of mechanics, electronics and computing, and crosses multiple engineering disciplines. It helps to generate more robust, intelligent and adaptive assistive devices. Moreover, designing mechatronic devices stimulates students to learn multiple skills. Total Design defines a systematic guideline for the design activity. It guides students through market analysis, product design specification, conceptual design, detail design and manufacture, and helps them conduct the design activity efficiently. Our work will contribute to the knowledge base of assistive technology by providing a series of innovative designs and techniques. The proposed program will also help to prepare our students to be competent in their engineering careers. Broader impacts: Besides delivering custom designed assistive devices to aid disabled people, this program will spark general interests in assistive technology, encourage the widest participation among students, and train future assistive technology engineers. We will share our techniques with the societies of engineering education and assistive technology through various publications and conferences. Students will present their works at the university Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities event and the New York State Assembly Disability Awareness Day event. The top design projects will be picked for the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences (CEAS) senior design competition and the International Student Capstone Design Fair. Students will also be encouraged to participate in the design competitions organized by professional societies such as ASME. A website will be dedicated to present our student projects and related events. Publicizing our program will help to improve the public awareness of our program and the significance of assistive technology, and inspire the whole society to care disabled people. Moreover, this program will be introduced to local high school students through the presentations at the university Open House and Engineering Day events. Motivated high school students will have the chance to participate in the design of assistive devices through the CEAS Summer Research Institute. We also plan to initiate an assistive device design competition among the local high school system. This university-high school liaison will spark high school students' interests in assistive technology and attract them to set their career goals in engineering. Moreover, we will reach out to explore collaborations with various agencies serving disabled people. Our work will provide seed techniques leading to more industrial investment and new industrial initiatives in assistive technology.