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

I2D-list Reminder - next I2D Lab meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501
by Raman, Arvind 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Colleagues, The next I2D Lab meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501 with the following guest presentations (each 15 mins talk + 10 mins questions): Talk 1. John Lumkes, ABE, Practical Utility Platform (PUP) a flexible, low-cost PLATFORM for transporting heavy loads over rough terrain, and for powering a variety of labor-saving implements. Talk 2. Carol Handwerker, MSE, Sustainable Electronics: IGERT - Integrative Graduate Education, Training, and Research Please try and attend. You are also welcome to bring along 1 or 2 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 Wednesday, October 14 Talk 1. Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth Talk 2. To be announced Tuesday, October 27 Talk 1. Jun Chen, Micro-hydropower for powering rural African communities: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons Talk 2. To be announced 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: [GHTC2015] GHTC 2015 starts very soon, Oct 8-11
by Raman, Arvind 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Colleagues, Please see attached the program announcement for the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in Seattle. There is still time to attend if anyone is interested. The themes of the conference pretty much line up with the I2D Lab areas of engineering focus in international development, Regards, Arvind From: Jamieson, Leah H. Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 9:38 PM To: Raman, Arvind Subject: Fwd: [GHTC2015] GHTC 2015 starts very soon Arvind -FYI. -- Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Wan, Gim" <GWan(a)VICR.COM<mailto:GWan@VICR.COM>> Date: September 21, 2015 at 7:12:02 PM EDT To: <GHTC-CONTACTS(a)LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:GHTC-CONTACTS@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG>> Subject: [GHTC2015] GHTC 2015 starts very soon Reply-To: "Wan, Gim" <GWan(a)VICR.COM<mailto:GWan@VICR.COM>>

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I2D-list Follow-up from today's meeting: Funding & networking opportunities
by Dare, Anne E 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Thanks to all who joined today’s I2D Lab meeting. Please try to remember to RSVP to Tami Sells (tsells(a)purdue.edu) if you plan to attend future meetings. Some links to funding and networking opportunities mentioned today are provided below. NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, September 29, 12:00pm, WANG 2501 John Lumkes, Practical Utility Platform (PUP) Carol Handwerker, Sustainable Electronics: IGERT - Integrative Graduate Education, Training, and Research FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES USAID BAA, Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnership · Addendum 1: Health information systems (West Africa), due Oct 2 · Additional addenda TBA http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=278881 BMGF Global Health Grand Challenges Explorations, due Nov 11 http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/grant-opportunities USAID BAA, Water conservation and supply in the MENA, due Sept 18 http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=277881 EPA P3, RFA to open any day, typically due Dec http://www.epa.gov/ncer/p3/apply/index.html Development Innovation Ventures, rolling acceptance https://www.usaid.gov/div Global Innovation Fund, rolling acceptance http://www.globalinnovation.fund/ Internal Office of Engagement, Community Service/Service-Learning Grant, due Oct 1 https://slg.engagement.purdue.edu/ US Borlaug Fellows in Food Security Program, due Nov 9 http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food/borlaugfellows/ NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY The Global Innovation Exchange is a platform for connecting innovators with the resources, funding, people, organizations, programs and information they need to grow, test, and scale their innovation. https://www.globalinnovationexchange.com In an effort to create a consistent institutional presence on the site, please follow these directions. To get started, you first need to create your own member profile. You will put Purdue University as your institutional affiliation, but when you get to “Organization” start typing Purdue, and you should see “Purdue University, Innovation for International Development (I2D) Lab” pop up. After your member profile is set, you can add your innovation description and upload associated content. If you have any questions, or want some assistance in setting up your information, just let us know! _____________________________________________ Anne Dare, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Innovation for International Development (I2D) Lab Global Engineering Programs Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA adare(a)purdue.edu | 765-494-2288

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I2D-list Reminder - next I2D Lab meeting Thursday, September 17 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501
by Raman, Arvind 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Colleagues, The next I2D Lab meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 17 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501 with the following guest presentations (each 15 mins talk + 10 mins questions): Talk 1. Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis Talk 2. You-Yeon Won, Development of a cost effective treatment for neonatal RDS in low-resource countries Please try and attend. You are also welcome to bring along 1 or 2 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, September 29 Talk 1. John Lumkes, Practical Utility Platform (PUP) Talk 2. Carol Handwerker, Sustainable Electronics: IGERT - Integrative Graduate Education, Training, and Research Wednesday, October 14 Talk 1. Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth Talk 2. To be announced Tuesday, October 27 Talk 1. Jun Chen, Micro-hydropower for powering rural African communities: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons Talk 2. To be announced 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: FYI - Gates Grand Challenges Funding Opp.
by Raman, Arvind 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Dear Colleagues, Please see below an opportunity forwarded by Prof Linnes that could be of interest to you. Regards Arvind From: Linnes, Jacqueline C Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:12 AM To: Raman, Arvind; Dare, Anne E Subject: FYI - Gates Grand Challenges Funding Opp. Hi Arvind and Anne, Just wanted to let you know that the new Gates Foundation Global Health Grand Challenges Explorations opened up yesterday ($100K over 2 years, 2 page proposals Due Nov 11th): http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/grant-opportunities They're mainly health focused, but relevant to ICT4D, point-of-care, and even low-cost manufacturing. The Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas has a number of sub-initiatives including the diagnostics. Perhaps some of the other GEP affiliated faculty would also be interested? Cheers, Jackie -- Jacqueline C. Linnes Assistant Professor Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University Martin C. Jischke Hall (MJIS) Rm 3086 206 S. Martin Jischke Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032 Phone: 765-496-1012<tel:765-496-1012> Website: http://engineering.purdue.edu/jlinnes Email: jlinnes(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jlinnes@purdue.edu>

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I2D-list Please welcome Alexander Moseson, GEP Managing Director
by Raman, Arvind 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Dear Colleagues interested in International Development, I am delighted to announce that Alexander Moseson, PhD, has accepted our offer to be GEP's next Managing Director. A brief CV in narrative is appended below. Alex will start at Purdue March 7, 2016. In this role Alex will work with campus partners to help grow international research and engagement programs for the College of Engineering. This includes: helping grow R and D funding for international development from federal/international agencies/philanthropic organizations; helping grow engineering faculty research collaboration overseas (Europe, Asia, Latin America etc.) by leveraging external funding opportunities; and developing other strategic international partnerships such as for capacity building etc. I am very grateful to the search committee consisting of Gary Burniske, Melba Crawford, Jess Lowenberg de Boer, John Lumkes, and Joe Pekny for their insight and help in this process, and to the many faculty and staff who helped in the interviews. Please join me in welcoming Alex to Purdue, Regards, Arvind [Inline image 1] Alexander J. Moseson, Ph.D.<http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmoseson/> is a global development engineer and entrepreneur. Currently an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow<http://www.aaas.org/program/science-technology-policy-fellowships> at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), he is part of the Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN)<http://www.usaid.gov/hesn> program within the US Global Development Lab<http://www.usaid.gov/GlobalDevLab>. In that role he facilitated strategic planning for the annual budget of major federal programs, catalyzed MIT's International Development Innovation Network (IDIN) - including acting as a Design Facilitator in Botswana<https://www.idin.org/blog-news-events/blog/meet-jacob-camm-botswana> - and supported MSU's Global Center for Food Systems Innovation (GCFSI). He further co-led the HESN student engagement working group, served on the core team for the forthcoming Global Innovation Exchange<http://www.globalinnovationexchange.com/>, and represented USAID on the White House (OSTP) inter-agency working group for Making. Prior to joining USAID, Alex developed sustainable technology and entrepreneurship on four continents having been inspired by service following Hurricane Katrina. An interdisciplinary engineer, he earned a joint B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) / M.S. (Materials Science & Engineering), then Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering; committee of four departments) as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. With over $200K in funding, his programs benefited Tanzania (low-cost lathe), India and the USA (affordable "green" cement), and Thailand (upland agriculture and water) - the latter supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Magazine cover story<https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2eaQQeFyISTSy1ObHFrNnQwSDQ>; trailer for 40m professional documentary<http://youtu.be/J4FgfEL_urg>). He also co-created the Technology Seeding development framework, a course on sustainable engineering, and has been featured in national TV, radio, and print. He derives professional value from his personal pursuits in the performing arts, videography, and photography.

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I2D-list I2D Lab Meeting tomorrow 9/2/15, 12.00-1.30 PM in Wang 2501
by Raman, Arvind 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Colleagues, I wish to provide a reminder of the first I2D Lab meeting of the semester taking place tomorrow, Wednesday, September 2 at 12:00pm in WANG 2501. 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 (Please see I2D Lab info/vision sheet attached). 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. A few talks have been added to the semester's schedule, so please see the revised meeting schedule for the semester below. 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, September 2 Talk 1. Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management Talk 2. Chad Jafvert & John Howarter, Medium capacity slow sand filters & Smart phone-based spectrophotometer+turbidity meter for water testing Thursday, September 17 Talk 1. Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis Talk 2. You-Yeon Won, Development of a cost effective treatment for neonatal RDS in low-resource countries Tuesday, September 29 Talk 1. John Lumkes, Practical Utility Platform (PUP) Talk 2. Carol Handwerker, Sustainable Electronics: IGERT - Integrative Graduate Education, Training, and Research Wednesday, October 14 Talk 1. Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth Talk 2. To be announced Tuesday, October 27 Talk 1. Jun Chen, Micro-hydropower for powering rural African communities: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons Talk 2. To be announced 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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