October 2015 - i2d-list@ecn.purdue.edu

I2D-list Reminder: Next I2D Lab meeting, Tues. Oct. 27 at 12:00pm in WANG 2501
by Dare, Anne E 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

The next I2D Lab meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501 with the following guest presentations (each 15 mins talk + 10 mins questions): Talk 1. Jun Chen, Micro-hydropower for powering rural African communities: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons Talk 2. Gary Burniske & Suzanne Nielsen, Engineering’s role in food security Please try and attend. You are also welcome to bring along one or two students who would be interested in attending. The goal of these meetings is to learn more about engineering faculty interests and ongoing projects in global sustainable development, look for potential research collaborations, and to network with partners on campus to target new funding/partnership opportunities. If you have not yet done so, we ask that you RSVP with Tami Sells (tsells(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsells@purdue.edu>) to this, and subsequent meetings so that we can obtain a count for lunch. The meeting schedule for remainder of the semester follows. If you are interested in sharing your own project in an upcoming meeting, please let us know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALL MEETINGS ARE 12:00-1:30PM IN WANG 2501 Lunch provided for all meetings. Please RSVP to Tami Sells (tsells(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsells@purdue.edu>). Meeting format: 12:00pm I2D Lab announcements – funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:15pm Brief talk 1 plus discussion (titles below) 12:45 pm Brief talk 2 plus discussion (titles below) 1:15pm Updates/new business Wednesday, November 11 Talk 1. Chad Jafvert & John Howarter, Medium capacity slow sand filters & Smart phone-based spectrophotometer+turbidity meter for water testing Talk 2. Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management Thursday, December 10 Talk 1. Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis Talk 2. Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth _____________________________________________________________________________

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I2D-list FW: Training: How To Work with USAID
by Raman, Arvind 16 Oct '15

16 Oct '15

I2D Colleagues, Please see below a nice e-resource by USAID. Regards Arvind From: Alexander Moseson [mailto:alexmoseson@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 11:37 AM To: Raman, Arvind; Lumkes, John H; Joseph F. Pekny; Dare, Anne E; Jesiek, Brent K Subject: Training: How To Work with USAID Dear GEP, Just sharing this modular e-training resource by USAID: How to Work with USAID<https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/get-grant-or-contract/trainings-how-work-u…>. Best, Alex Alexander J. Moseson, Ph.D. AlexMoseson(a)gmail.com<mailto:AlexMoseson@gmail.com> 215-253-8484 LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmoseson>

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I2D-list Reminder: Next I2D Lab meeting, Wed. Oct. 14 at 12:00pm in WANG 2501
by Dare, Anne E 13 Oct '15

13 Oct '15

The next I2D Lab meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 14 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501 with the following guest presentation (each 15 mins talk + 10 mins questions): Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth Please try and attend. You are also welcome to bring along one or two students who would be interested in attending. The goal of these meetings is to learn more about engineering faculty interests and ongoing projects in global sustainable development, look for potential research collaborations, and to network with partners on campus to target new funding/partnership opportunities. If you have not yet done so, we ask that you RSVP with Tami Sells (tsells(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsells@purdue.edu>) to this, and subsequent meetings so that we can obtain a count for lunch. The meeting schedule for the semester follows. If you are interested in sharing your own project in an upcoming meeting, please let us know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALL MEETINGS ARE 12:00-1:30PM IN WANG 2501 Lunch provided for all meetings. Please RSVP to Tami Sells (tsells(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsells@purdue.edu>). Meeting format: 12:00pm I2D Lab announcements – funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:15pm Brief talk 1 plus discussion (titles below) 12:45 pm Brief talk 2 plus discussion (titles below) 1:15pm Updates/new business Tuesday, October 27 Talk 1. Jun Chen, Micro-hydropower for powering rural African communities: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons Talk 2. Gary Burniske & Suzanne Nielsen, Engineering’s role in food security Wednesday, November 11 Talk 1. Chad Jafvert & John Howarter, Medium capacity slow sand filters & Smart phone-based spectrophotometer+turbidity meter for water testing Talk 2. Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management Thursday, December 10 Talk 1. Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis Talk 2. Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth _____________________________________________________________________________

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I2D-list FW: Fall 2015 - discovery | Innovation@PurdueEngineering
by Raman, Arvind 13 Oct '15

13 Oct '15

Colleagues, Please see this nice feature “Clearing roadblocks” in this issue of ENGR’s discovery magazine on some of the work I2D Lab colleagues are doing in International Development. Regards Arvind From: Dean Leah Jamieson [mailto:doecmnt@ecn.purdue.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:07 PM Subject: Fall 2015 - discovery | Innovation@PurdueEngineering discovery <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2> Innovation@Purdue Engineering Fall 2015 <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2> View in Browser [https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/research-advancing-nextgene…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/research-advancing-nextgene…> Advancing next-generation compressor technologies <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/research-advancing-nextgene…> Rolls-Royce is developing high-performance compressor technologies for next-generation jet engines, and much of the research to develop the enabling technology is based at Purdue’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories. More > <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/research-advancing-nextgene…> Breaking News Purdue part of team on $171 million flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing initiative <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/purdue-part-of-team-on-171-…> Alumna Jill Hruby is the first woman to lead a national security lab <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/alumna-jill-hruby-is-the-fi…> Three CoE schools rise in latest rankings <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/three-coe-schools-rise-in-l…> Clearing roadblocks<https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/clearing-roadblocks> [https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/clearing-roadblocks/email-t…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/clearing-roadblocks> The Innovation for International Development Lab brings creative engineering to populations afflicted by poverty or war <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/clearing-roadblocks> Explosive progress<https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/explosive-progress> [https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/explosive-progress/email-th…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/explosive-progress> Interdisciplinary academic research is advancing our understanding of energetic materials and our security <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/explosive-progress> Funding innovation <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/funding-innovation> [https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/funding-innovation/email-th…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/funding-innovation> 2015 NSF CAREER awards fund innovation in the classroom and laboratories <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/funding-innovation> Beyond the moon<https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/beyond-the-moon> [https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/beyond-the-moon/email-thumb…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/beyond-the-moon> Buzz Aldrin plan to colonize Mars scrutinized in students' feasibility study <https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/2015_2/beyond-the-moon> © 2015 Purdue University<http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/disclaimer.html> All rights reserved An equal access/equal opportunity university<http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/ea_eou_statement.html> [https://engineering.purdue.edu/discovery/wrap/images/Logo-Think-Impact-500.…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu> College of Engineering<https://engineering.purdue.edu/> Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-4600<tel:+17654944600> We hope you enjoy this publication. However, if you would rather not receive future e-mails of this type from the College of Engineering, please reply to doecmnt(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:doecmnt@ecn.purdue.edu> to unsubscribe.

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