Colleagues, In September 2015, UN member countries will adopt a new set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) that will transform the world by 2030. They will guide global efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, ensure healthy lives and quality education, empower all women and girls, ensure access to water and sanitation and access to affordable, sustainable energy for all, build resilient infrastructure and promote sustainable industrialization. I2D was launched in March this year to facilitate ENGR faculty and students interested in R and D and translational impact in these areas. Since Spring 2015 a group of interested faculty in ENGR have been meeting on a monthly basis with other colleagues on campus (from Center for Global Food Security, Global Sustainability Institute, Burton Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship etc.) to discuss funding opportunities with USAID and other Foundations. One of the recommendations from faculty was to use these meetings to learn more about what each other's interests are in this area. I am glad to announce the fall semester schedule for the I2D Lab regular meetings. Several ENGR faculty have agreed to talk about their ongoing R and D in low and middle income countries in areas as diverse as Water and Sanitation, Energy, Labor saving innovations, Global health, Information and Communication Technologies. All meetings will be held from 12:00 to 1:30pm in WANG 2501. Lunch will be provided for all meetings. To ensure sufficient quantities, please RSVP to Tami Sells (tsells@purdue.edu<mailto:tsells@purdue.edu>). We are still looking for speakers for some slots this semester, if you are interested please let us know. A schedule of presentations follows and is attached. I hope to see you at the meetings! Meeting format: 12:00pm I2D Lab announcements - funding opportunities, upcoming campus visitors and events, etc. 12:15pm Specific project presentations and discussions from ENGR faculty (titles below) 1:00pm Roundtable updates from all in attendance Wednesday, September 2 Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management Chad Jafvert & John Howarter, Medium capacity slow sand filters & Smart phone-based spectrophotometer+turbidity meter for water testing Thursday, September 17 Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis You-Yeon Won, Development of a cost effective treatment for neonatal RDS in low-resource countries Tuesday, September 29 John Lumkes, Practical Utility Platform (PUP) To be announced Wednesday, October 14 Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth To be announced Tuesday, October 27 To be announced To be announced Wednesday, November 11 Chad Jafvert & John Howarter*, Medium capacity slow sand filters & Smart phone-based spectrophotometer+turbidity meter for water testing Yuehwern Yih, Humanitarian response and supply chain management Thursday, December 10 Jacqueline Linnes, Point-of-care detection of neonatal sepsis Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering skills curriculum and digital materials for out of school youth _____________________________________________________