Dear All, Hope you are safe and healthy. Under the current circumstances I understand you may have other pressing priorities, but in case you are interested - we will be conducting the final selection round for seed grant awards, online on April 2nd from 8:30 – 11:45am. The 8 finalist teams will make their presentations virtually via WebEx. The presentations will be attended by the partners from respective countries and our judges’ panel. The Seed Grant Awardees will be announced on Monday April 6th. Please see the Presentation schedule and WebEx information below: Presentation Time Slot(EDT) Problem Statement Purdue PI & Presenter Partner Org. & Execution region 8:30-8:50 am Solutions for Food Storage & Transportation Eckhard Groll, ME, Coll. of Engineering World Concern, Bangladesh 8:55-9:15am Sensor technologies for real time monitoring of mosquito populations through heat maps Bryan Pijanowski, FNR, Coll. of Agriculture Research & Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH), Govt of Telangana, India 9:20-9:40am Models to predict health behaviors for maternal and child health Nan Kong, BME, Coll. of Engineering Khushi Baby; N-Core Foundation, India 9:45-10:05am Monitoring Air Pollution and Pollution Control Brandon Boor, CE, Coll. of Engineering Social Alpha, India 10:10-10:30am Affordable water meter at scale Guillermo Paniagua, ME, Coll. of Engineering WaterAid, India 10:35-10:55am Desalination of water in arid and semi-arid areas David Warsinger, ME, Coll. of Engineering Moi University; World Concern, Kenya 11:00-11:20am GirlEngage program in Zimbabwe Jennifer DeBoer, ENE, Coll. of Engineering Plan International, Zimbabwe & US 11:25-11:45am Rapid qualitative coding of data to support agile humanitarian prog. Barrett Caldwell, IE, Coll. of Engineering CARE, US WebEx Information Meeting number (access code): 647 230 479 Joining online: https://purdue.webex.com/meet/gupta604 Join by phone +1-415-655-0003<tel:%2B1-415-655-0003,,*01*647230479%23%23*01*> US TOLL +1-855-282-6330<tel:%2B1-855-282-6330,,*01*647230479%23%23*01*> US TOLL FREE Join from a video conferencing system: Dial gupta604@purdue.webex.com<sip:gupta604@purdue.webex.com> You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. Hope you cab join. Please connect with me if you have any questions. Kind Regards, Pallavi Gupta Assistant Director of Programs Shah Family Global Innovation Lab Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships Office: 765-496-7311 | Mobile: 304 545 1525 | gupta604@purdue.edu<mailto:gupta604@purdue.edu> [/Users/gupta604/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/Library/Caches/Signatures/signature_1431777659]
