January 2016 - i2d-list@ecn.purdue.edu

I2D-list FW: PCGFS Seminar - Tolu Omotoso - FEB 10, 2016
by Burniske, Andrea E 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Please share this with your networks! SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: [cid:image004.jpg@01D159D8.810D1020] UPCOMING SEMINARS: (all at 3:00 pm in MRGN 121) * March 2: Jeff Stuart - Transmission of Rice Hoja Blanca Virus in Latin America * March 23: Charles Woloshuk - Biocontrol and Hermetic Storage Practices on Fungal Populations in Maize * April 6: Darrell Schulze - Spatially Explicit Soil and Crop Management Information * May 4: Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi - Biochar-Mediated Disease Resistance on Tomato in Colombia ________________________________ [cid:image003.jpg@01D159E0.71E22F10]Purdue Center for Global Food Security Email: foodsecurity(a)purdue.edu<mailto:foodsecurity@purdue.edu> Web: www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food> Facebook: www.facebook.com/pcgfs<http://www.facebook.com/pcgfs> Twitter: @PurdueCGFS

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I2D-list Wednesday I2D Meeting Reminder / MOOC Course on Energy and Food / E4C Webinars
by Lumkes, John H 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Hello everyone, Just a friendly reminder that the next I2D lab meeting is tomorrow (1/27) at Noon in Wang 2501. Please RSVP to Tami Sells if you want enough food to eat. 12:00pm Announcements - funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:15pm Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management 12:45pm I2D Lab - CGFS Seed Grant Program Information Session 1:15pm Roundtable updates Two other announcements: 1. From February 1 - March 27 there is a free MOOC: Powering Agriculture-Sustainable Energy for Food<http://poweringag.org/mooc?cc1601> 2. If you are not aware of Engineering for Change (ASME, IEEE, EWB are among the sponsors), they offer free webinars that also provide continuing education credits (PE license requirements). The last one was on "Managing Water for Food Security". I've participated in many of and they are also archived here<http://www.engineeringforchange.org/webinars/>. You can sign up for announcements if you want to be notified of upcoming webinars. Hope to see you all tomorrow! John ______________________________________________ John H. Lumkes Jr., Ph.D., PE Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Associate Director, Global Engineering Programs Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907

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I2D-list Next i2D Lab Meeting Jan 27th
by Burniske, Andrea E 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

[cid:image003.png@01D1539C.00DCA9C0] BI-MONTHLY MEETINGS REMINDER Colleagues, The Innovation for International Development Lab (I2D Lab) under the Office of Global Engineering Programs (GEP) aims to foster a vibrant community of faculty, staff, and students working with international partners to address grand challenges in international development based on engineering innovations and market-driven approaches. This includes research, design, adaptation, and field-testing of appropriate technologies and services that have strong potential to become scalable solutions for energy access, healthcare, water and sanitation, labor-saving innovations, and disaster/humanitarian response. The next I2D Lab meeting of this semester is scheduled for Wednesday, January 27 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501 with the following agenda: 12:00pm Announcements - funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:15pm Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management 12:45pm I2D Lab - CGFS Seed Grant Program Information Session 1:15pm Roundtable updates This semester, we will also be offering the opportunity to join I2D Lab meetings remotely via WebEx. If you would like to join via this option, please let me know and I will send a connection link. 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 feel free to share this announcement with interested colleagues or graduate students. 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. If you do not RSVP, you will not receive 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 if you . Please RSVP to Tami Sells (tsells(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsells@purdue.edu>) by noon, Tuesday January 26th so she is able to place the lunch order. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Chad Jafvert & John Howarter, Medium capacity slow sand filters & Smart phone-based spectrophotometer+turbidity meter for water testing Ray DeCarlo, et al., to be announced WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis To be announced THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth Klein Ileleji, Capacity building in stored commodity management in Nigeria: Training to extension research WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 Jun Chen, Micro-hydropower for powering rural African communities: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons Chip Blatchley, Continuous-flow solar UVB disinfection of water FRIDAY, APRIL 1: I2D LAB EXPOSITION - featuring speakers THURSDAY, APRIL 7 De-brief and follow-up from the I2D Lab Exposition WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 To be announced Andrea Burniske Program Director, i2D Lab Global Engineering Programs 4th Floor, Wang Hall Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Ph: 765.496.3533 Skype: AndreaLaBurniske

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I2D-list Reminder: First I2D Lab meeting of this semester is scheduled for tomorrow Thursday, January 14 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501
by Raman, Arvind 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Colleagues, Please RSVP with Tami Sells (tsells(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsells@purdue.edu>) if you plan to attend this or subsequent meetings so that we can obtain a count for lunch. Regards Arvind From: Raman, Arvind Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 6:45 PM To: i2d-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu Cc: Burniske, Andrea E <Andreaburniske(a)purdue.edu>; Lumkes, John H <lumkes(a)purdue.edu>; Dare, Anne E <adare(a)purdue.edu> Subject: First I2D Lab meeting of this semester is scheduled for Thursday, January 14 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501 Colleagues, The Innovation for International Development Lab (I2D Lab) under the Office of Global Engineering Programs (GEP) aims to foster a vibrant community of faculty, staff, and students working with international partners to address grand challenges in international development based on engineering innovations and market-driven approaches. This includes research, design, adaptation, and field-testing of appropriate technologies and services that have strong potential to become scalable solutions for energy access, healthcare, water and sanitation, labor-saving innovations, and disaster/humanitarian response. A schedule of I2D Lab meetings and guest presentations is provided below and in the attached. The first I2D Lab meeting of this semester is scheduled for Thursday, January 14 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501 with the following agenda: 12:00pm Announcements - funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:15pm John Lumkes, Purdue Utility Platform 12:45pm I2D Lab- CGFS Seed Grant Program Discussion 1:15pm Roundtable updates This semester, we will also be offering the opportunity to join I2D Lab meetings remotely via WebEx. Connection details for the meeting on Thursday, January 14 at 12:00pm EST follow: Meeting link: https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/j.php?MTID=m45842086fec3ca60a69a86f039e53f30 Meeting number: : 647 437 104 Meeting password: innovate 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 feel free to share this announcement with interested colleagues or graduate students. 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. If you do not RSVP, you will not receive 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>). WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management I2D Lab-CGFS Seed Grant Program Discussion THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Chad Jafvert & John Howarter, Medium capacity slow sand filters & Smart phone-based spectrophotometer+turbidity meter for water testing Ray DeCarlo, et al., to be announced WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis To be announced THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth Klein Ileleji, Capacity building in stored commodity management in Nigeria: Training to extension research WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 Jun Chen, Micro-hydropower for powering rural African communities: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons Chip Blatchley, Continuous-flow solar UVB disinfection of water FRIDAY, APRIL 1: I2D LAB EXPOSITION - featuring speakers THURSDAY, APRIL 7 De-brief and follow-up from the I2D Lab Exposition WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 To be announced

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I2D-list First I2D Lab meeting of this semester is scheduled for Thursday, January 14 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501
by Raman, Arvind 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Colleagues, The Innovation for International Development Lab (I2D Lab) under the Office of Global Engineering Programs (GEP) aims to foster a vibrant community of faculty, staff, and students working with international partners to address grand challenges in international development based on engineering innovations and market-driven approaches. This includes research, design, adaptation, and field-testing of appropriate technologies and services that have strong potential to become scalable solutions for energy access, healthcare, water and sanitation, labor-saving innovations, and disaster/humanitarian response. A schedule of I2D Lab meetings and guest presentations is provided below and in the attached. The first I2D Lab meeting of this semester is scheduled for Thursday, January 14 at 12:00-1:30pm in WANG 2501 with the following agenda: 12:00pm Announcements - funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:15pm John Lumkes, Purdue Utility Platform 12:45pm I2D Lab- CGFS Seed Grant Program Discussion 1:15pm Roundtable updates This semester, we will also be offering the opportunity to join I2D Lab meetings remotely via WebEx. Connection details for the meeting on Thursday, January 14 at 12:00pm EST follow: Meeting link: https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/j.php?MTID=m45842086fec3ca60a69a86f039e53f30 Meeting number: : 647 437 104 Meeting password: innovate 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 feel free to share this announcement with interested colleagues or graduate students. 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. If you do not RSVP, you will not receive 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>). WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management I2D Lab-CGFS Seed Grant Program Discussion THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Chad Jafvert & John Howarter, Medium capacity slow sand filters & Smart phone-based spectrophotometer+turbidity meter for water testing Ray DeCarlo, et al., to be announced WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis To be announced THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth Klein Ileleji, Capacity building in stored commodity management in Nigeria: Training to extension research WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 Jun Chen, Micro-hydropower for powering rural African communities: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons Chip Blatchley, Continuous-flow solar UVB disinfection of water FRIDAY, APRIL 1: I2D LAB EXPOSITION - featuring speakers THURSDAY, APRIL 7 De-brief and follow-up from the I2D Lab Exposition WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 To be announced

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I2D-list Andrea Burniske joins as I2D Lab Projects Manager
by Raman, Arvind 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to let you know that Andrea Burniske accepted our offer to become the Projects Manager for the Innovation in International Development Lab (I2D Lab) and started in GEP today Jan 4, 2016. In her role as I2D Lab Projects manager, Andrea will work closely with engineering faculty and other partners on campus to identify appropriate grant opportunities from USAID and other donors for engineering innovation in international development and help develop proposals with strong project management, monitoring and evaluation, and gender integration components. Additionally Andrea will help manage the I2D Lab seed grant program, ensure smooth running of the program and supported projects, and help organize the I2D Lab Expo (scheduled for April 1 this year). Her brief bio is appended below. Andrea will take over from Anne Dare who has been a postdoc with GEP. Anne has worked at GEP for many years, helped start the I2D Lab, and will be on assignment this semester in Washington DC as a Christine Mirzayan S and T policy fellow with the National Academies. Please join me in welcoming Andrea to Engineering, Regards, Arvind [cid:image001.jpg@01D14746.8A8EEB40] Andrea Burniske has a BA from UC Berkeley in Russian language and literature, and an MA from University of Oregon in Journalism and Communication, focusing on promoting social change through communication and technology. She has more than 20 years' of experience in international development, 15 of which were spent living and working outside of the US in countries such as Tajikistan, Peru, Colombia and Russia, as well as shorter assignments in many other countries, writing proposals, developing strategy and implementing programs (including small grants programs) for organizations such as Mercy Corps, CARE, Save the Children, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and Washington State University. Her work has centered on environmentally sustainable economic development, Water and Sanitation, emergency response, among other areas. Since September 2013. Ms. Burniske worked as International Extension Program Coordinator for the College of Agriculture's International Programs in Agriculture (IPIA) , where she managed projects in Guinea and Colombia, and supported gender integration considerations throughout IPIA projects, including in sustainable development, climate change, and promotion of local food systems. In her role at IPIA she wrote and managed $1.6 M of grants from USAID and other partners.

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