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I2D-list I2D Lab Meeting Academic Year 2016 - 2017
by Ellis, Phil Ronald 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

I2D Lab Meeting Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Wednesday, April 5th 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 – Please RSVP

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I2D-list April 5th I2D Lab Meeting
by Burniske, Andrea E 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

I2D Lab Meeting Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Wednesday, April 5th 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 - Please RSVP Please invite your colleagues. [cid:image002.png@01D2AA3A.2E6D8440] 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, April 5th, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:30pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 with the following agenda: 12:00pm Feedback and Discussion on Expo 12:30pm Seed Grantee Brandon Boor (CE and EEE): Nandi Indoor Air Pollution Study 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, Tuesday April 3rd so we can 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, January 11: Seed Grantee Jackie Linnes (BME): Point-of-Care Detection of Neonatal Sepsis; and Vilas Pol (ChE): Upcycling plastic waste to create valuable carbon nanotubes and spheres for use in batteries and lubricants. Thursday, January 26: Seed Grantee Chip Blatchley (CE): Solar UV Disinfection for Water Production in Developing Countries; and special session: Positioning Ourselves to Respond to Donor RFPs Wednesday, February 8: Seed Grantee Klein Ileleji (ABE): Grain Moisture Sensor; and special session: Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Projects Thursday, February 23: John Lumkes (ABE): PUP Innovation Stages; and Seed Grantee Julie Liu (ChE): Cell-phone Based Detection of HIV Drug Resistance Wednesday, March 8: Seed Grantees Yuehwern Yih (IE): CRS Emergency Response E-Supply Chain Management System ; and Chad Jafvert (CE): Rural Potable Water Systems Thursday, March 23: I2D Lab Expo Poster Session at ARMS Atrium 5pm, and March 24, actual Expo at PMU Wednesday, April 5: Brandon Boor (CE and EEE): Nandi Indoor Air Pollution Study; and Feedback and Discussion on I2D Lab Expo Thursday, April 20: Jennifer DeBoer (ENE): Engineering Skills Curriculum and Digital Materials for Out-of-school Youth<https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab/Projects/ENGR-youth>; and 10 minute presentations from new grantees 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 TODAY! ATTEND I2D EXPO Keynote Session
by Moseson, Alexander J 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

Dear I2D Community, This is a friendly reminder of the I2D Expo taking place today. PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE KEYNOTE SESSION 1P - 5P TODAY in the PMU West Faculty Lounge. We have flown in distinguished speakers from USAID, the UN Foundation etc. whom we are sure would be worth your time! [cid:image001.jpg@01D2A483.53B9C400] Thanks and best regards, Alex Alexander J. Moseson, Ph.D. Managing Director of Global Engineering Programs AlexMoseson(a)purdue.edu +1-765-496-7298 engineering.purdue.edu/GEP<http://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP> LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmoseson> Live calendar availability (free/busy)<http://exchange.purdue.edu/owa/calendar/25e9855235794053a5e6e6e1175dacb3@pu…>

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I2D-list Please RSVP if you have not - Yuehwern Yih and Chad Jafvert will present WEDNESDAY, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501
by Burniske, Andrea E 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

Dear I2D Lab Faculty Friends, The Eighth I2D Lab Meeting for Academic Year 2016 -2017 will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 - Please RSVP And note: We have shortened the meeting duration to ONE hour Please invite your colleagues. [cid:image002.png@01D2972C.CAD50900] 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, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:30pm (meeting) in WANG 2501, with the following agenda: 12:00pm Announcements - funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:05pm - 12:30 Seed Grantee Yuehwern Yih(IE): CRS Emergency Response E-Supply Chain Management System: An efficient, reliable and sustainable emergency supply chain system plays a critical role in the entire process of humanitarian relief. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (and most other NGOs) use an emergency response system that is paper-based. Delays and shortages of emergency relief materials due to human errors may occur anytime, which could potentially sabotage a relief plan and the safety of refugees. Purdue is working with CRS to develop a web-based, multi-platform, centralized, offline-compatible electrical emergency response system that is capable of connecting all warehouses, requesting relief materials, checking inventory levels, tracking relief materials from donors to beneficiaries, and automatically generating accounting and beneficiary reports. This application will ensure an efficient, reliable and sustainable supply chain management system for emergency responses. 12:30pm - 1:00pm Chad Jafvert (CE): Rural Potable Water Systems: Professors Jafvert and Howarter have developed a cost-effective, low-maintenance point-of-use water treatment technology to meet local needs of people living in underserved communities. Point-of-use water filters were first designed and tested at Purdue, and then constructed in Colombia at three rural elementary schools near Barbosa, Antioquia Colombia in June 2011. Although these filters are very effective and still in use, their construction was labor intensive and needed to be performed by an experienced person (i.e., someone from Purdue). The filters significantly improve water quality by removing particles and dissolved organic chemicals from the water, reducing turbidity below the U.S. drinking water standard of 1.0 NTU, and reducing taste and odor problems. Previous to our efforts, the school teachers in Colombia boiled the water to disinfect it prior to using it for cooking and drinking. Because turbidity is now removed from the water, alternative lower cost disinfection methods can now be used. Removal of the suspended particles is very important, as chemical disinfectants are much less efficient in inactivating micro-organisms that are encased within particle aggregates. The slow-sand-filters designed by Purdue University are made from readily available 5-gallon plastic pails. 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, Tuesday March 7th so we can 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 12:00-1:00PM IN WANG 2501 I2D Meeting Schedule: 2016- 2017 Wednesday, January 11: Seed Grantee Jackie Linnes (BME): Point-of-Care Detection of Neonatal Sepsis; and Vilas Pol (ChE): Upcycling plastic waste to create valuable carbon nanotubes and spheres for use in batteries and lubricants. Thursday, January 26: Seed Grantee Chip Blatchley (CE): Solar UV Disinfection for Water Production in Developing Countries; and special session: Positioning Ourselves to Respond to Donor RFPs Wednesday, February 8: Seed Grantee Klein Ileleji (ABE): Grain Moisture Sensor; and special session: Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Projects Thursday, February 23: John Lumkes (ABE): PUP Innovation Stages; and Seed Grantee Julie Liu (ChE): Cell-phone Based Detection of HIV Drug Resistance Wednesday, March 8: Seed Grantees Yuehwern Yih (IE): CRS Emergency Response E-Supply Chain Management System ; and Chad Jafvert (CE): Rural Potable Water Systems Thursday, March 23: I2D Lab Expo Poster Session at ARMS Atrium 5pm, and March 24, actual Expo at PMU Wednesday, April 5: Brandon Boor (CE and EEE): Nandi Indoor Air Pollution Study; and Ayhan Irfanoglu (CE): Earthquake Resilient Construction Using Local Materials<https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab/Projects/Earthquake-Resilient> Thursday, April 20: Jennifer DeBoer (ENE): Engineering Skills Curriculum and Digital Materials for Out-of-school Youth<https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab/Projects/ENGR-youth>; and 10 minute presentations from new grantees 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 Correction WEDNESDAY March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 – Please RSVP
by Burniske, Andrea E 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Andrea Burniske Program Manager, I 2D Lab Global Engineering Programs, 4th Floor, Wang Hall Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Ph: 765.496.3533 Skype: AndreaLaBurniske https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab Punctuated Equilibrium - the hypothesis that evolutionary development is marked by isolated episodes of rapid speciation between long periods of little or no change From: I2d-list [mailto:i2d-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Burniske, Andrea E Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 11:10 AM To: i2d-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: I2D-list Reminder - Yuehwern Yih and Chad Jafvert will present Thursday, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 – Please RSVP Dear I2D Lab Faculty Friends, The Eighth I2D Lab Meeting for Academic Year 2016 –2017 will be held on Thursday, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 – Please RSVP And note: We have shortened the meeting duration to ONE hour Please invite your colleagues. [cid:image002.png@01D2966B.686CBEF0] 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, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:30pm (meeting) in WANG 2501, with the following agenda: 12:00pm Announcements – funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:05pm – 12:30 Seed Grantee Yuehwern Yih(IE): CRS Emergency Response E-Supply Chain Management System: An efficient, reliable and sustainable emergency supply chain system plays a critical role in the entire process of humanitarian relief. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (and most other NGOs) use an emergency response system that is paper-based. Delays and shortages of emergency relief materials due to human errors may occur anytime, which could potentially sabotage a relief plan and the safety of refugees. Purdue is working with CRS to develop a web-based, multi-platform, centralized, offline-compatible electrical emergency response system that is capable of connecting all warehouses, requesting relief materials, checking inventory levels, tracking relief materials from donors to beneficiaries, and automatically generating accounting and beneficiary reports. This application will ensure an efficient, reliable and sustainable supply chain management system for emergency responses. 12:30pm – 1:00pm Chad Jafvert (CE): Rural Potable Water Systems: Professors Jafvert and Howarter have developed a cost-effective, low-maintenance point-of-use water treatment technology to meet local needs of people living in underserved communities. Point-of-use water filters were first designed and tested at Purdue, and then constructed in Colombia at three rural elementary schools near Barbosa, Antioquia Colombia in June 2011. Although these filters are very effective and still in use, their construction was labor intensive and needed to be performed by an experienced person (i.e., someone from Purdue). The filters significantly improve water quality by removing particles and dissolved organic chemicals from the water, reducing turbidity below the U.S. drinking water standard of 1.0 NTU, and reducing taste and odor problems. Previous to our efforts, the school teachers in Colombia boiled the water to disinfect it prior to using it for cooking and drinking. Because turbidity is now removed from the water, alternative lower cost disinfection methods can now be used. Removal of the suspended particles is very important, as chemical disinfectants are much less efficient in inactivating micro-organisms that are encased within particle aggregates. The slow-sand-filters designed by Purdue University are made from readily available 5-gallon plastic pails. 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, Tuesday March 7th so we can 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 12:00-1:00PM IN WANG 2501 I2D Meeting Schedule: 2016- 2017 Wednesday, January 11: Seed Grantee Jackie Linnes (BME): Point-of-Care Detection of Neonatal Sepsis; and Vilas Pol (ChE): Upcycling plastic waste to create valuable carbon nanotubes and spheres for use in batteries and lubricants. Thursday, January 26: Seed Grantee Chip Blatchley (CE): Solar UV Disinfection for Water Production in Developing Countries; and special session: Positioning Ourselves to Respond to Donor RFPs Wednesday, February 8: Seed Grantee Klein Ileleji (ABE): Grain Moisture Sensor; and special session: Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Projects Thursday, February 23: John Lumkes (ABE): PUP Innovation Stages; and Seed Grantee Julie Liu (ChE): Cell-phone Based Detection of HIV Drug Resistance Wednesday, March 8: Seed Grantees Yuehwern Yih (IE): CRS Emergency Response E-Supply Chain Management System ; and Chad Jafvert (CE): Rural Potable Water Systems Thursday, March 23: I2D Lab Expo Poster Session at ARMS Atrium 5pm, and March 24, actual Expo at PMU Wednesday, April 5: Brandon Boor (CE and EEE): Nandi Indoor Air Pollution Study; and Ayhan Irfanoglu (CE): Earthquake Resilient Construction Using Local Materials<https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab/Projects/Earthquake-Resilient> Thursday, April 20: Jennifer DeBoer (ENE): Engineering Skills Curriculum and Digital Materials for Out-of-school Youth<https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab/Projects/ENGR-youth>; and 10 minute presentations from new grantees 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 Reminder - Yuehwern Yih and Chad Jafvert will present Thursday, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 – Please RSVP
by Burniske, Andrea E 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Dear I2D Lab Faculty Friends, The Eighth I2D Lab Meeting for Academic Year 2016 –2017 will be held on Thursday, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:00pm (meeting) in WANG 2501 – Please RSVP And note: We have shortened the meeting duration to ONE hour Please invite your colleagues. [cid:image003.png@01D2966A.2BB5CC00] 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, March 8, 11:30 (lunch) 12:00-1:30pm (meeting) in WANG 2501, with the following agenda: 12:00pm Announcements – funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:05pm – 12:30 Seed Grantee Yuehwern Yih(IE): CRS Emergency Response E-Supply Chain Management System: An efficient, reliable and sustainable emergency supply chain system plays a critical role in the entire process of humanitarian relief. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (and most other NGOs) use an emergency response system that is paper-based. Delays and shortages of emergency relief materials due to human errors may occur anytime, which could potentially sabotage a relief plan and the safety of refugees. Purdue is working with CRS to develop a web-based, multi-platform, centralized, offline-compatible electrical emergency response system that is capable of connecting all warehouses, requesting relief materials, checking inventory levels, tracking relief materials from donors to beneficiaries, and automatically generating accounting and beneficiary reports. This application will ensure an efficient, reliable and sustainable supply chain management system for emergency responses. 12:30pm – 1:00pm Chad Jafvert (CE): Rural Potable Water Systems: Professors Jafvert and Howarter have developed a cost-effective, low-maintenance point-of-use water treatment technology to meet local needs of people living in underserved communities. Point-of-use water filters were first designed and tested at Purdue, and then constructed in Colombia at three rural elementary schools near Barbosa, Antioquia Colombia in June 2011. Although these filters are very effective and still in use, their construction was labor intensive and needed to be performed by an experienced person (i.e., someone from Purdue). The filters significantly improve water quality by removing particles and dissolved organic chemicals from the water, reducing turbidity below the U.S. drinking water standard of 1.0 NTU, and reducing taste and odor problems. Previous to our efforts, the school teachers in Colombia boiled the water to disinfect it prior to using it for cooking and drinking. Because turbidity is now removed from the water, alternative lower cost disinfection methods can now be used. Removal of the suspended particles is very important, as chemical disinfectants are much less efficient in inactivating micro-organisms that are encased within particle aggregates. The slow-sand-filters designed by Purdue University are made from readily available 5-gallon plastic pails. 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, Tuesday March 7th so we can 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 12:00-1:00PM IN WANG 2501 I2D Meeting Schedule: 2016- 2017 Wednesday, January 11: Seed Grantee Jackie Linnes (BME): Point-of-Care Detection of Neonatal Sepsis; and Vilas Pol (ChE): Upcycling plastic waste to create valuable carbon nanotubes and spheres for use in batteries and lubricants. Thursday, January 26: Seed Grantee Chip Blatchley (CE): Solar UV Disinfection for Water Production in Developing Countries; and special session: Positioning Ourselves to Respond to Donor RFPs Wednesday, February 8: Seed Grantee Klein Ileleji (ABE): Grain Moisture Sensor; and special session: Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Projects Thursday, February 23: John Lumkes (ABE): PUP Innovation Stages; and Seed Grantee Julie Liu (ChE): Cell-phone Based Detection of HIV Drug Resistance Wednesday, March 8: Seed Grantees Yuehwern Yih (IE): CRS Emergency Response E-Supply Chain Management System ; and Chad Jafvert (CE): Rural Potable Water Systems Thursday, March 23: I2D Lab Expo Poster Session at ARMS Atrium 5pm, and March 24, actual Expo at PMU Wednesday, April 5: Brandon Boor (CE and EEE): Nandi Indoor Air Pollution Study; and Ayhan Irfanoglu (CE): Earthquake Resilient Construction Using Local Materials<https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab/Projects/Earthquake-Resilient> Thursday, April 20: Jennifer DeBoer (ENE): Engineering Skills Curriculum and Digital Materials for Out-of-school Youth<https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab/Projects/ENGR-youth>; and 10 minute presentations from new grantees 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 Innovation / Innovator Showcase Opportunities
by Moseson, Alexander J 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Dear Colleagues, Beyond the I2D Expo (with posters due to Andrea by this Friday please!), we wanted to share several more opportunities to showcase your innovations: * Deadline extended to ??: Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit, "Make for the Planet", a partnership of the Smithsonian Institution and Conservation X Labs, Apr 21 - 23, DC<https://www.makefortheplanet.com/> o [This is more about you as an innovator than your specific innovation, which could be used as proof of your abilities.] o Conservation-X Labs<http://conservationxlabs.com/> and the Smithsonian are hosting Make For The Planet<https://www.makefortheplanet.com/>, with application instructions here<https://www.makefortheplanet.com/participate>. o If you are you a hacker, coder, maker, engineer, designer, entrepreneur, creative thinker or tinkerer, come celebrate Earth Day weekend 2017 by creating solutions to challenging conservation problems in front of a global audience! Multidisciplinary teams will compete in an on-site event called Make for the Planet over three days of the Smithsonian Institution's Earth Optimism Summit in Washington, D.C. (April 21-23, 2017). Teams will have access to a pop-up maker's space with equipment to create prototypes and models of hardware and/or software solutions to specific conservation problem. Space and registration is limited! Submit an application for your team by March 1st, 11:59 PM EST [I assume the deadline is extended!]. o Team competition/hackathon to create hardware and/or software solutions to specific conservation challenges. Teams will also have access to a pop-up maker's space with 3D printers, controllers, sensors, model-making software, and other equipment o Conservation X Labs will send teams a set of predefined conservation challenges two weeks before the event (Friday, April 7th) and global conservation experts will pitch the problems in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 21st to kick-off the event. Teams will have until the morning of April 23rd to create solutions for display in a science-fair setting for viewing by judges, the public, and other Smithsonian Earth Optimism attendees. Solutions must be presented as a physical or digital representation and more than a written explanation or pitch. We expect teams to create solutions for one of the proposed conservation challenges using the equipment provided on-site over rather than bringing a pre-baked solution. * Deadline March 15: ASME ISHOW Innovation Showcase in DC, Kenya, or India<https://thisishardware.org/current-competitions/#11> o [Note mechanical engineering is very broad, so your innovations likely fit!] o The ASME ISHOW is a global competition for "hardware led social innovation" - that is, for innovators creating physical products that will have a positive social, economic or environmental impact. Finalists will be invited to our showcase events in India, Kenya and the USA to pitch their prototypes to industry experts and investors. o Winners share $500,000 in seed grants and technical assistance - including an ASME ISHOW Hardware Review delivered by industry experts. We work with an extensive list of partners to ensure social entrepreneurs get the right advice and support to take their hardware from prototype to market. * Deadline March 21: United Nations (UN) 2nd Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum), May 15-16, NYC<http://eepurl.com/cD4eHn> o The focus for this year are the six SDGs below, and a special emphasis will be placed in learning about those innovations where the Internet may have played a significant role in knowledge sharing and technology transfer. [#1 No poverty, #2 zero hunger, #3 good health and well-being, #5 gender equality, #9 industry innovation and infrastructure, #14 life below water] o Subject to availability of funding, representatives of the selected innovations will be invited to participate in the STI Forum 2017, and exhibit their innovations at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 15 and 16 May 2017. o If you have an existing innovation profile on the Exchange, then please update your profile following these steps... * Deadline April 7: IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), October 19-22, San Jose<http://eepurl.com/cBPwMb> o [Though hosted by IEEE, discipline really doesn't matter. This is one of very few development tech conferences. I have participated for years, and an I2D grantee presented last year. Publishing a refereed conference article is encouraged but optional.] o Now in its 7th year, GHTC is the flagship IEEE Conference focusing on innovation, deployment and adaptation of Technology for Humanitarian Goals and Sustainable Development. GHTC invites presenters to showcase innovation and progress in technology and methodology addressing the socio-cultural and socio-economic needs of vulnerable and resource-constrained end-user communities in developing and developed countries, as well as confronting the challenges of both natural and man-made disasters. o Authors and Presenters must demonstrate a clear understanding of the interrelationship of their work with socio-cultural, socio-economic, policy and environmental factors, and clearly state preliminary, final or expected results and impact. Proposals for Interactive Sessions [Panels, Case Studies, and Workshops] should be designed to stimulate dialogue, knowledge exchange and the co-design of ideas, concepts and implementation plans by conference attendees. Best, Alex Alexander J. Moseson, Ph.D. Managing Director of Global Engineering Programs AlexMoseson(a)purdue.edu +1-765-496-7298 engineering.purdue.edu/GEP<http://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP> LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmoseson> Live calendar availability (free/busy)<http://exchange.purdue.edu/owa/calendar/25e9855235794053a5e6e6e1175dacb3@pu…>

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