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I2D-list Fourth I2D Lab Meeting Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Wednesday, November 17th, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:30pm (meeting) in WANG 4070
by Burniske, Andrea E 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

Head's Up about next Thursday's faculty meeting. Faculty presenters, please invite your colleagues. Also RSVP ASAP. [cid:image003.png@01D23C0B.C187B950] 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 Thursday November 17th, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:30pm (meeting) in WANG 4070 with the following agenda: 12:00pm Announcements - funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:15pm Seed Grantees Chongli Yuan and Julie Liu, Cell-phone Based Detection of HIV Drug Resistance 12:45pm Seed Grantee Klein Ileleji, Development of a Low-cost Grain Moisture Sensor Networked to Smart-phones 1:15pm Round-the-table 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 at gep(a)purdue.edu<mailto:gep@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. Lunch starts at 11:30. Please RSVP by noon, Monday October 2nd so Tami is able to place the lunch order. 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 I2D Meeting Schedule: 2016- 2017 Wednesday, October 5: Seed Grantees Chad Jafvert and John Howarter; Rural Potable Water Systems, and Gary Burniske, Logical Frameworks for Development Projects Thursday, October 20: Seed Grantees Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering Skills Curriculum and Digital Materials for Out-of-School Youth; and Yuehwern Yih, CRS Emergency Response E-Supply Chain Management System Wednesday, November 2: Seed Grantee Nandi Indoor Air Pollution Study (Danielle presenting) and Andrea Burniske, Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Projects Thursday, November, 17: Seed Grantees Chongli Yuan and Julie Liu, Cell-phone Based Detection of HIV Drug Resistance, and Klein Ileleji, Grain Moisture Sensor Wednesday, December 7: Seed Grantee Chip Blatchley and Margaret Busse, Solar UV Disinfection for Water Production in Developing Countries ; and Jackie Linnes, Rapid, low-cost detection of neo-natal sepsis Andrea Burniske Program Manager, 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 FW: U.S. Global Development Lab Newsletter - Issue 46
by Burniske, Andrea E 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Dear I2D Faculty, Students and Staff, Here is some news about next year’s ICT4D Conference, and also below that is news from the USAID Global Development Lab. From: ICT4D Conference 2017 [mailto:info=ict4dconference.org@mail233.suw16.rsgsv.net] On Behalf Of ICT4D Conference 2017 Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 12:17 PM To: Towns, Alexandra <alexandra.towns(a)crs.org<mailto:alexandra.towns@crs.org>> Subject: Save the Date - ICT4D Conference in Hyderabad, India - 15-18 May 2017 [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8dce4f207ecded97d6feebf0a/images/6b7e0890-366…]<http://ict4dconference.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8dce4f207ecded97d…> SAVE THE DATE HYDERABAD, INDIA 15-18 MAY 2017 ICT4D Community: The Ninth Annual ICT4D Conference will be held 15-18 May 2017 in Hyderabad, India. The ICT4D Conference brings together thought leaders from around the world to explore how innovation in technology is making a measurable difference in millions of people’s lives. This year we focus on using data to accelerate achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals - creating a healthy, prosperous and just world. Don’t miss this hands-on opportunity to contribute your experience, ideas, and solutions. December 1 - Speaker Application Process Opens January 1 - Registration Opens For more information visit <http://ict4dconference.us14.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8dce4f207ecded97…> ict4dconference.org<http://ict4dconference.us14.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8dce4f207ecded97…> <http://ict4dconference.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8dce4f207ecded97d…> and join our mailing list to stay informed. If you need additional information about being a speaker, sponsor, exhibitor or attendee please email us at info(a)ict4dconference.org<mailto:info@ict4dconference.org>. Regards, ICT4D Organizing Team #ICT4D2017 Organizing Partners [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8dce4f207ecded97d6feebf0a/images/db08b340-9b6…] Copyright © 2016 ICT4D Conference, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? 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