Proposal
Name:
An Innovative Technology Enhancement: Vascular Ultrasound System
FiscalYear:
2013
Audience:
Education, College of
Submitter:
Huang, Chun-Jung
Budget Manager:
Robeson, Robert A.
Project Manager:
Huang, Chun-Jung
Proposal Approvers
Dept. Chair:
Wener, Deena L
Local IT:
N/A
Dean:
Bristor, Valerie J.
Facilities:
N/A
OIT:
Campbell, Glen R.
Proposal Funding
Year 1:
$ 90,500.00
Year 2:
$ 0.00
Year 3:
$ 0.00
Total:
$ 90,500.00
Proposal Funding versus Average
Questionnaire
Narrative
Florida Atlantic University’s
Exercise Science and Health Promotion (ESHP) department has increased student
enrollment to approximately 1000 undergraduates and 80 master’s degree
candidates. Particularly, there are about 300 undergraduate students who are enrolled
into exercise physiology lecture and eight sections of laboratory (16-20
students/section) each semester. To demonstrate
the understanding of effects of acute and chronic exercise on human
physiological systems such as hormonal and cardiovascular responses, our
students are required to gain practical experience from exercise physiology
laboratory in utilizing the basic testing procedures following the American
College of Sports Medicine guidelines. Importantly,
an innovative technology, noninvasive vascular ultrasound system, for
healthcare has been used to measure blood flow and vessel diameter in response
to physical and psychological stressors. These measures have been clinically
utilized as indication of vascular function, especially in the populations with
the high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) (e.g., obese and type II diabetic
patients). Thus, ESHP students will not
only use this technology to gain extensive laboratory skills and research experience,
but also this will help our department to meet the mission of FAU Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for the enhancement of
educational quality.
With our
on-going program growth, the ESHP faculty has been collaborating with
colleagues in the Colleges of Medicine and Science to deepen the research
covered in our department. The
research performed by ESHP students and faculty has focused on mechanisms of obesity-
and aging-associated inflammation and how increased cardiorespiratory
fitness provides anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective actions to prevent the
risk of CVD. In the last two years, the educational
improvement by the FAU technology grant has led to more than five
of our undergraduate students to receive competitive undergraduate research grants,
graduate students presenting their research at several symposiums, and an
increased number of graduate students going into the thesis track. By funding this technology grant, the ESHP students and faculty can conduct
cutting-edge research and increase the depth of practical knowledge of how
exercise can be used as a treatment to enhance patients’ cardiovascular function
and/or quality of life.
In summary,
to continue achieving the FAU QEP mission and follow the ESHP
department’s primary mission of educating undergraduate and graduate students
in the fields of exercise science and health promotion, we are requesting this
technology fee grant for purchasing the noninvasive vascular ultrasound system. Most importantly, if this proposal is funded,
we can continue to provide students with the necessary physiology knowledge and
laboratory skills that will maintain the high quality of our program and
student retention. Ultimately, this will not only strengthen our
students’ applications for post graduate studies in physical therapy, physician
assistant, and doctoral programs, but will also enhance
their job opportunities (such as research associates).
Hardware Requirements
An amount of $88,000 requested from the FAU Technology Fee Grant
will be utilized for purchase of the vascular ultrasound System technology.
Software Requirements
The vascular ultrasound system
comes with free software.
Personnel Costs
An amount of $2,500 requested
from the FAU Technology Fee Grant will be utilized for the ultrasound system training.
Timeline
Proposed
technology will be purchased as soon as funds are available, and this
technology will be utilized in both exercise physiology course and student/faculty
research experiments thereafter.
Sustainability
Proposed technology will be maintained by
ESHP lab manager and graduate assistants.
Technology will be continued to be utilized in various physiology-related
courses, and student/faculty research projects.
Implementing Organization
The installation of technology will be
performed by the ESHP lab manager. There are no additional costs anticipated
for this project.
Proposal Budget
|
Fiscal Year 1 |
Fiscal Year 2 |
Fiscal Year 3 |
Total |
Hardware One-Time |
$ 88,000.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 88,000.00 |
Hardware Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
Software One-time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
Software Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
Personnel One-time |
$ 2,500.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 2,500.00 |
Personnel Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
Other One-time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
Other Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
Totals |
$ 90,500.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 90,500.00 |
Supporting Documentation