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

纽约州立大学石溪分校 Capstone 机械工程高级设计项目——通过整体设计帮助残疾儿童

• 批准号: 0853672
• 负责人: Qiaode Jeffrey Ge
• 金额: $ 12.51万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0853672&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Capstone; Mechanical; Engineering; Senior; Design

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.

pi：Zhou，yu; GE，Qiaode Jeffrey； Muratori，Lisa M.Proposal编号：0853672该项目的目的是在纽约州立大学Stony Brook（Sunysb）的本科机械工程专业的学生提供大量的高级设计经验，以开发辅助设备来帮助残疾人。拟议的高级设计计划以我们现有的NSF资助计划为基础，并有了新的重点，将机电一体化技术应用于辅助设备。该提案为每年为期五年的每年8-10个高级设计项目寻求资金。我们的学生将按照整体设计的方法来为纽约Premm学习中心的残疾儿童定制设计辅助设备。他们将与那些残疾儿童及其导师互动，并将由机械工程和物理疗法的教职员工提供建议。 强烈鼓励学生为其创新设计提交专利申请，最佳专利项目将由Scully，Scott，Murphy＆Presser PC律师事务所免费申请其专利申请。知识分子优点：拟议的项目着重于本科工程设计教育。两学期的高级设计课程为学生提供了一个综合的机会，可以通过辅助设备的重要设计经验来练习他们在四年的本科培训中发展的知识和技能。我们的学生将通过遵循总体设计方法来设计辅助设备，以帮助Premm学习中心的残疾儿童，并着重于应用机电一体化技术。机械能力是力学，电子和计算的结合，并跨越了多个工程学科。它有助于生成更健壮，聪明和自适应的辅助设备。此外，设计机器设备会刺激学生学习多种技能。总设计定义了设计活动的系统指南。它可以指导学生进行市场分析，产品设计规范，概念设计，详细设计和制造，并帮助他们有效地进行设计活动。我们的工作将通过提供一系列创新的设计和技术来为辅助技术的知识基础做出贡献。拟议的计划还将有助于我们的学生在工程职业中胜任。更广泛的影响：除了提供定制设计的辅助设备以帮助残疾人，该计划还将引发人们对辅助技术的一般兴趣，鼓励学生之间最广泛的参与以及培训未来的辅助技术工程师。我们将通过各种出版物和会议与工程教育和辅助技术的社会分享我们的技术。学生将在大学本科研究和创意活动活动以及纽约州议会残疾人意识日活动中介绍他们的作品。顶级设计项目将被选为工程与应用科学学院（CEAS）高级设计竞赛和国际学生Capstone Design Fair。还将鼓励学生参加由ASME等专业社会组织的设计比赛。网站将致力于介绍我们的学生项目和相关活动。宣传我们的计划将有助于提高公众对我们计划的认识以及辅助技术的重要性，并激发整个社会照顾残疾人。此外，该计划将通过大学开放日和工程日活动的演讲向当地高中生介绍。积极进取的高中生将有机会通过CEAS夏季研究所参加辅助设备的设计。我们还计划在当地高中系统之间启动辅助设备设计竞争。这个大学最高的学校联络人将激发高中学生对辅助技术的兴趣，并吸引他们在工程领域设定职业目标。此外，我们将接触到与为残疾人服务的各种机构进行合作。我们的工作将提供种子技术，从而导致更多的工业投资和辅助技术的新工业计划。