Advanced Design and Fabrication of Prosthetic and Medical Devices

美国在医疗器械的设计和制造方面处于世界领先地位，占据了全球三分之一的市场份额。仅人口老龄化和全球军事冲突一项，就产生了对最先进的医疗器械生产的快速增长的需求。假肢设备的市场与国家满足未来生产需求的能力之间存在着巨大的差距，除非工程技术和工程计划培养未来的技术人员在这一领域工作。纽约城市理工学院(City Tech)机械工程与工业设计技术系与该领域的领先生产商和医疗专业人士合作，设计了一个与现任政府和美国劳工部创建的医疗器械协调计划非常一致的副学士学位课程，以帮助医疗行业解决劳动力供应不足的问题。考虑到城市理工学院是东北地区大学中第二个最多元化的高等教育机构，拥有大量副学士学位获得者，预计该项目也将对培养一批在这一关键领域具有专业知识的多元化技术人员产生重大影响。City Tech将为学生提供独特的课堂体验，将课程改进与密集的动手体验相结合，使用最先进的设计和制造技术，并提供关键技术领域的高级证书。学生们将通过与曼哈顿著名的特殊外科医院、布鲁克林的纽约州立大学唐州医疗中心和其他非营利性组织合作进行真实世界的项目来设计和制造假肢和医疗设备，从而获得对该领域的真实世界体验。学生将通过与这些领域的顶尖专家互动，扩大他们在牙科修复、企业管理、机电一体化、医疗器械伦理问题和产品生命周期管理方面的知识和多学科专业知识。该项目还将向7-12年级的学生和教师介绍，以使他们早日接触这一领域。

The United States is the world leader in the design and fabrication of medical devices, holding one-third of global market share. Aging populations and global military conflicts alone create a rapidly growing need for the state-of-the-art production of medical devices. There is a significant gap between the market for prosthetic devices and the nation's capacity to meet production needs in the future unless engineering technology and engineering programs educate future technologists to work in this field. In partnership with leading producers and medical professionals in this field, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design Technology at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) has designed an associate degree program that is well aligned with the Medical Device Harmonization Initiative created by the current Administration and the US Department of Labor, to help the medical industry address its workforce supply deficiencies. Considering that City Tech is the second most diverse institution of higher education among regional universities in the northeast producing a high number of associate degree recipients, it is anticipated that this project will also have a significant impact on the production of a diverse cohort of technologists with expertise in this critical field. City Tech will provide students with unique classroom experiences that combine curriculum enhancement with intensive hands on experience using state of the art design and manufacturing technologies and offering advanced certificates in key technical areas. Students will gain real world experience with the field through association by working on real-world projects with the prestigious Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and other not-for-profit organizations, to design and fabricate prosthetic and medical devices. Students will be expanding their knowledge and multidisciplinary expertise in dental prostheses, business management, mechatronics, ethical issues in medical devices, and product lifecycle management through interaction with top experts in these fields. The project will also be introduced to grades 7-12 students and teachers in order to provide them with early exposure to this field.