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| Time | Thursday, October 13, 2016 | |
| 1:30pm – 6:00pm | Registration opens 1:30 – 6:00 pm (Grand Foyer) | |
| 10:00am – 1:30pm | IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) Focus Group 10:00 am – 1:30 pm (Cascade 1 &2) | |
| 2:30pm – 5:30 pm | IEEE HAC Participatory Workshop 2:30 – 5:30 pm (Cascade 1 & 2) | |
| 6:30pm – 8:00pm | MGA Young Professionals Welcome Reception 6:30 – 8:00 pm (Grand 2) | |
| Keynote speaker: “Influence of life quality in developing countries by disruptive & transformational technologies” Dr. Bartosz Wojszczyk – President & CEO, Decision Point Global |
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| Time | Friday, October 14, 2016 | |
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Registration Open (Grand Foyer) | |
| 8:00am – 9:30am | Opening Plenary (Grand 2/3) | |
| Conference Welcome — Joe Decuir (GHTC 2016 Chair) | ||
| Opening Remarks — Mike Andrews (IEEE) | ||
| Opening Keynote: Walt Hubbard, Director of King County Office of Emergency Management | ||
| 9:30am – 10:00am | Break | |
| 10:00am – 11:30am | Parallel technical presentations (Northwest 1-3 and Evergreen 1-4) | |
| Energy track (session A1) – chaired by Mei-Chien Lu |
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| 10:00-10:05 | Energy track opening remarks – session chair | |
| 10:05-10:45 | 1570265777 | Engineering and Socio-Economic Aspects of Sustainable Energy Mehrdad Ehsani and Hussein Mohammad Khalaf Al-Masri (Texas A&M University, USA) |
| 10:45-11:05 | 1570275194 | Concentrating Solar Power Systems with Advanced Thermal Energy Storage for Emerging Markets Mariana Lanzarini Lopes, Nathan G Johnson and Ellen Stechel (Arizona State University, USA); James Miller (Sandia National Laboratories, USA) |
| 11:05-11:25 | 1570283129 | E-Cycle: An Offgrid Solution for Rural Electrification Amritanand S (Amrita Vidyalayam, India); Divya Pullarkatt, Gosh G. and Tinu Vinod (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India) |
| Health track (session A2) – co-chaired by Charmayne Hughes and Alan Mickelson |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570282469 | A Wearable Diagnostic device to combat Children’s Pneumonia Mala Krishnamoorthi, Manoj Kumar Kalaiselvan, Vignesh Ravichandran and Manoj Kumar Baskaran (Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, India) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570275171 | Optical sensing system for detecting water adulteration in milk Aditya Dave and Dishant Banwari (Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, India); Satyammm Srivastava (CSIR CEERI, India); Shashikant Suresh Sadistap (CEERI Pilni & Head, Scientist_EII, India) |
| 10:40-11:00 | 1570270441 | MUMS – Mobile Urinalysis for Maternal Screening Unyoung Kim, Silvia Figueira, Blair Koeneman, Amy Miller, Joseph Neumeyer and Jake Prince (Santa Clara University, USA) |
| 11:00-11:20 | 1570274771 | Micronutrient Deficiencies in the Developing World: An Evaluation of Delivery Methods Dhruv Rao, Connor Higgins, Hartini Margot, Taylor Lyle and Shannon McFalls (The Pennsylvania State University, USA); Eric Obeysekare (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Khanjan Mehta (Penn State, USA) |
| Connectivity & Communication track (session A3) – chaired by Jim Miller |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570281654 | Maintaining both availability and integrity of communications: challenges and guidelines for data security and privacy during disasters and crises Flor Alvarez (Technische Universität Darmstadt & Secure Mobile Networking Lab, Germany); Paul Gardner-Stephen (Flinder University, Australia); Matthias Hollick (Technische Universität Darmstadt & Secure Mobile Networking Lab, Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt, Germany) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570283855 | Mobile Infrastructure for Coastal Region Offshore Communications and Networks Sethuraman N Rao (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India); Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, India); Venkat Rangan (Amrita University, India) |
| 10:40-11:00 | 1570282886 | Development of Mobile Learning Application to Promote World Heritage Site Preservation Awareness: Case of Luang Prabang, Lao PDR Yew Siang Poong, Shinobu Yamaguchi and Jun-ichi Takada (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) |
| 11:00-11:20 | 1570274923 | Developing a Lean Data Management System for an Emerging Social Enterprise Eric Obeysekare (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Anthony Marucci and Khanjan Mehta (Penn State, USA) |
| Disaster Management track (session A4) – chaired by Eric Ma |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570283317 | Development and Deployment of the IEEE MOVE Emergency Relief Vehicle James M. Conrad (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Mary Ellen Randall (Ascot Technologies, USA); Gregg Vaughn (University of Alabama Birmingham, USA); Percy F. Shadwell, Jr. (Shadwell Technical Services, USA); Grayson W. Randall (Ascot Technologies, USA) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570283323 | Technical Capabilities of the IEEE MOVE Emergency Relief Vehicle Grayson W. Randall (Ascot Technologies, USA); James M. Conrad (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Gregg Vaughn (University of Alabama Birmingham, USA); Mary Ellen Randall (Ascot Technologies, USA); Percy F. Shadwell, Jr. (Shadwell Technical Services, USA) |
| 10:40-11:00 | 1570272635 | Thermal Autonomous Housing for the Developing World: A Case Study in Bhuj Emma Nelson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology & MIT Tata Center for Innovation and Design, USA); Leon Glicksman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
| 11:00-11:20 | 1570283307 | Web-based, multi-platform, centralized, offline-compatible supply chain management system for emergency responses Dawei Wang and Yuehwern Yih (Purdue University, USA); John Service, Lionel Lajous and Sarah Robbins-penniman (Catholic Relief Service, USA) |
| Humanitarian Challenges & Opportunities track (session A5) – chaired by Ed Perkins |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570266483 | Humanitarian Engineering Opportunities and Challenges in Rural Dominican Republic: A Case Study of El Cercado Savanna Blair, Danford Jooste, Katie Kuwahara, Devyn Bryant, Christopher Ashkar, Sam Burt and Deanna Wolf (University of San Diego, USA); Joanne Peterson (San Pedro Parish, Dominican Republic); Truc T. Ngo (University of San Diego, USA) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570282844 | Solar based Lemon Grass Essential Oil Distillation for Sustainability and Livelihood in Tribal Community Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University & Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies, India); Sriram Devanathan (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University & Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies, India); Renjith Mohan (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India) |
| 10:40-11:30 | 1570281464 | Panel: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Promise and Practice Sindri Kinnier (Palladium, USA); Adam Curry (BD Technologies, USA); Renee Van de Weerdt (UNFPA, USA); Jonathan Dixon (Palladium, USA) |
| 11:30am – 12:30pm | Panel Session: Building effective distribution channels for humanitarian technologies (Grand 2/3) | |
| Panelists: Emma Colenbrander (co-founder, Pollinate Energy), Steele Lorenz (co-founder and CEO, MyRain), Jodie Wu (founder and CEO, Global Cycle Solutions), Jackie Stenson (panel moderator, co-founder of Essmart) | ||
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Sponsor Speech: Paul Cunningham (HAC) and Kartik Kulkarni (SIGHT)
Lunch (Grand 2/3) |
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| 1:00pm – 6:30pm | Exhibits Open (Grand 1) | |
| 1:30pm – 3:00pm | HAC Public Workshop – Supporting Global Development (Paul Cunningham) (Grand 2/3) | |
| Parallel technical presentations (Northwest 1-3 and Evergreen 1-4) | ||
| Energy track (session B1) – chaired by Mehrdad (Mark) Ehsani |
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| 1:30-1:50 | 1570281051 | A Universal Charge Controller for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources Shammya S Saha, Samantha Janko and Nathan G Johnson (Arizona State University, USA); Robin Podmore (IncSys, USA); Alain Riaud (IEEE Smart Village, France); Raymond Larsen (SLAC National Acccelerator Laboratory, USA) |
| 1:50-2:10 | 1570265042 | Electronic Load Controller Design and Simulation for Remote Rural Communities A Powerhouse ELC Compatible with Household Distributed-ELC Slow Cookers in Nepal Johannes Chan and William Lubitz (University of Guelph, Canada) |
| 2:10-2:30 | 1570282950 | A Limited-Power-Limited-Energy System Design Approach for Remote Areas Syed Abbas (Sunvolts (Pvt) Limited, Pakistan) |
| 2:30-2:50 | 1570281886 | A Systematic Methodology to Transform Campuses in the Developing World into Sustainable Communities Ekanath Rangan and Krishna Das (Amrita University, India) |
| Health track (session B2) – co-chaired by Charmayne Hughes and Alan Mickelson |
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| 1:30-1:50 | 1570274761 | Inexpensive Urinalysis Test Strips to Screen for Diabetes in Developing Countries Nathan Arnett, Alice Vergani and Amanda Winkler (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Sarah Ritter (Penn State University, USA); Joshua Stapleton (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Khanjan Mehta (Penn State, USA) |
| 1:50-2:10 | 1570274808 | Stamping: a low-cost manufacturing method to deposit assays Gabrielle Gundermann (Penn State University & Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, USA); Shweta Sen and Sarah Ritter (Penn State University, USA); Khanjan Mehta (Penn State, USA) |
| 2:10-2:30 | 1570283297 | IoT-enabled Air Quality monitoring device: A low-cost Smart Health solution Akshata Tapashetti, Divya Vegiraju and Tokunbo Ogunfunmi (Santa Clara University, USA) |
| 2:30-3:00 | 1570283247 | Case study: Transforming Healthcare for the Underprivileged using HeMoClo Sudhanshu Pant (Mobilitas Technologies, India) |
| Connectivity & Communication track (session B3) – chaired by Jim Miller |
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| 1:30-1:50 | 1570270374 | Design and Implementation of a Low-cost and Reliable Wireless Mesh Network for First-Response Communications Nestor Michael C. Tiglao (University of the Philippines, Philippines) |
| 1:50-2:10 | 1570283311 | The Balsapuerto Network: A Case Study in Jungle Internet Alan Mickelson (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA); Martin Murillo (Notre Dame, USA) |
| 2:10-3:00 | Special presentation | Panel: Network deployment. Facilitator: James Miller |
| Disaster Management track (session B4) – chaired by Eric Ma |
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| 1:30-1:50 | 1570282927 | The exploration of alternative phone charging strategies for disaster or emergency situations Watcharachai Kongsiriwattana (Flinders University, Australia); Paul Gardner-Stephen (Flinder University, Australia) |
| 1:50-2:10 | 1570282519 | Smart-Phone Battery-life short-fall in disaster response: Quantifying the gap Paul Gardner-Stephen (Flinder University, Australia); Watcharachai Kongsiriwattana (Flinders University, Australia) |
| 2:10-2:30 | 1570283053 | Agile Development of Disaster Information Systems for the Kumamoto Earthquake, How geeks should respond in deadly disaster situations Teruhiro Mizumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan); Takashi Okumura (National Institute of Public Health, Japan) |
| 2:30-2:50 | 1570283583 | Delay and Energy Optimization in Multilevel Balanced WSNs for Landslide Monitoring Balaji Hariharan and Venkat Rangan (Amrita University, India); Simi Surendran (Amrita University, Kuwait); Rekha P (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India); Aryadevi Devidas (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham & Amrita University, India); Maneesha Ramesh (Amrita University, India) |
| Deployment track (session B5) – co-chaired by Jackie Stenson and Roger Johnson |
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| 1:30-1:50 | 1570283141 | Measuring usage and adoption of improved cookstoves in Ugandan households using quantitative and qualitative methods Prithiviraj Sundararaman, Amit Gandhi, Megha Hegde, Kendra Leith, Daniel Sweeney and Daniel Frey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
| 1:50-2:10 | 1570283852 | When Academia Meets Rural India: Lessons Learnt from a MicroGrid Implementation Fabien Chidanand Robert (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India); Ullas Ramanathan and Mukundan Br (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University & Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Application, India); Durga P (Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications, India); Renjith Mohan (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India) |
| 2:10-2:30 | 1570283232 | Electrically Facilitated Solar Cargo Hauler – A Key to Easy and Safe Transportation of Goods without Dependency on the National Grid Audrika Purbasha, Fabiha Khan, Mir S Redoy and A. K. M Abdul Azad (BRAC University, Bangladesh) |
| 2:30-2:50 | 1570280953 | Sustainability Analysis of Off-grid Community Solar PV Projects in Malawi Peter Dauenhauer and Damien Frame (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom) |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Break | |
| 3:30pm – 5:30pm | HAC Public Workshop – Supporting Global Development (Paul Cunningham) (Grand 2/3) | |
| Parallel technical presentations (Northwest 1-3 and Evergreen 1-4) | ||
| Energy track (session C1) – chaired by Michael Brisbois |
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| 3:30-3:50 | 1570281953 | Developing for Developing Nations: Exploring a Low-cost PV System Design Methodology Nishant Narayan, Jelena Popovic, Jan-Carel Diehl and Sacha Silvester (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Pavol Bauer (TU Delft, USA); Miro Zeman (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) |
| 3:50-4:10 | 1570269149 | Why Not Connect? Untapped Power Markets and FACTS for Interconnecting Islanded Microgrids Alexander Anderson (Odin Energy Works LLC, USA); Robin Podmore (IncSys, USA) |
| 4:10-4:30 | 1570255751 | Participatory smartgrid control and transactive energy management in community shared solar cogeneration systems for isolated rural villages Gerro Prinsloo (Stellenbosch University, South Africa); Andrea Mammoli (New Mexico University, USA); Robert Dobson (Stellenbosch University) |
| 4:30-5:30 | IEEE Smart Village Presentation: Energy, Enterprise and Empowerment
Henry Louie |
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| Health track (session C2) – chaired by Richard Fletcher |
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| 3:30-3:50 | 1570265888 | Fighting Weight Problems and Insulin Resistance with the Metabolic Health Monitor App for Patients in the Setting of Limited Access to Health Care in Rural America Zsolt Peter Ori and Ilona Ori (Ori Diagnostic Instruments LLC, USA) |
| 3:50-4:10 | 1570283349 | Large Scale Remote Health Monitoring in Sparsely Connected Rural Regions Rahul Krishnan (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India); Ekanath Rangan (Amrita University, India) |
| 4:10-4:30 | 1570283345 | Improving Health Information Systems in Guatemala Using Weighted Correlation Network Analysis Lee Voth-Gaeddert (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA); Devin Cornell (University of California, Santa Barbra, USA) |
| 4:30-5:30 | 1570273612 | Case Study: Development of a reliable, robust, and scalable oxygen concentrator platform technology to accelerate oxygen delivery in low-resource settings Eugene Saxon (PATH, USA); Grace Wu (Boston University, USA); Alec Wollen, Jaclyn Delarosa, Glenn Austin and Darin Zehrung (PATH, USA) |
| Student Best Paper Presentations (session C3) – chaired by Charmayne Hughes |
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| 3:30-3:55 | 1570281051 | A Universal Charge Controller for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources Shammya S Saha (Arizona State University) |
| 3:55-4:20 | 1570272635 | Thermal Autonomous Housing for the Developing World: A Case Study in Bhuj Emma Nelson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| 4:20-4:45 | 1570275976 | Evaluating upper-extremity (dys)function using inertial measurement unit technology and its applications to resource-constrained settings Alisa Aguirre (San Francisco State University) |
| 4:45-5:10 | 1570274183 | Quantification of a Latex Aggluntination Assay for Bacterial Pathogen Detection in a Low-Cost Capillary-Driven Fluidic Platform Kyle Pietrzyk (Santa Clara University) |
| 5:10-5:35 | 1570282522 | Image Based Spare Parts Reconstruction for Repairing Vital Infrastructure after Disasters Julius Schöning and Gunther Heidemann (Osnabrück University, Germany) |
| Education track (session C4) – chaired by Adil Usman |
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| 3:30-3:50 | 1570282836 | Elevating Visually Challenged Children towards Science and Technology Education through Scaling-up Humanitarian Technologies by networking with higher learning centres, NGOs, and Parent-Teacher partnerships Ranjit Nair (InApp Information Technologies, India); Ramkamal Manoj (Managing Trustee and Chief Mentor Chakshumathi, India); Mani K p (Student IIT Madras, India); Piyush Chanana (GGSIPU, India); Damodaran Kunnummal (INGCORE & Promotion of Renewable Energy, India) |
| 3:50-4:10 | 1570281940 | Tech4SocialChange: crowd-sourcing to bring migrants experiences to the academics André Reis, Jorge Sá Silva, David Nunes, Hugo Aguiar, Hugo Damião Dias and Ricardo Barbosa (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Soraya Sinche and Carlos Herrera (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador); André Rodrigues (Centre of Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra & Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, ISCAC, Portugal); Ashley Figueira, Duarte Raposo, Vasco Pereira and Fernando Boavida (University of Coimbra, Portugal) |
| 4:10-4:30 | 1570283030 | Exploring Problem Definition in Student Global Humanitarian Project Cases in the Literature Matthew Vedrin and Rebecca Hardin (University of Michigan, USA) |
| 4:30-4:50 | 1570282849 | Achieving Critical Mass: Execution of a 5-year strategy to raise awareness levels for engineering as a career option Ranjit Nair (Sokanathapadam, India); Jithin Krishnan (Instrumentation Lab & SCTIMST, India); Namith Najeeb (Thrikkanapuram & Kuttippuram, India); Ajin Baby (COO, India); Shahim Baker (Director, India) |
| 4:50-5:30 | 1570274728 | Case study: Challenge Driven Social Entrepreneurship and High Impact Student Engagement Leslie E. Ruyle (Texas A&M University & Center on Conflict and Development, USA); Magdalini Lagoudas and Rodney Boehm (Texas A&M University, USA) |
| Deployment track (session C5) – co-chaired by Jackie Stenson and Roger Johnson |
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| 3:30-3:50 | 1570282768 | ROGER: Robust and Rapidly Deployable GSM Base Station and Backhaul for Emergency Response Joel Joseph Jr. S. Marciano (University of the Philippines & Wireless Communications Engineering Laboratory, Philippines); Patth Rick Ramirez (University of the Philippines Diliman & Wireless Communications Engineering Laboratory, Philippines); Philip A Martinez (University of the Philippines & Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, Philippines); Mary Claire Barela (University of the Philippines – Diliman, Philippines) |
| 3:50-4:10 | 1570283222 | A Testbed For WiLDNet and White Space Wallace Kenyon and Alan Mickelson (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA); Alexander Anderson (Odin Energy Works LLC, USA) |
| 4:10-4:30 | 1570283861 | Live-in-Labs: Rapid Translational Research and Implementation-Based Program for Rural Development in India Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, India); Renjith Mohan and Soumya Menon (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India) |
| 4:30-5:30 | 1570283085 | Workshop on Technology Governance in Humanitarian Settings Dominik B. O. Boesl (Technische Universität München & KUKA AG, Germany); Martina Bode (KUKA AG, Germany) |
| 5:30pm – 6:30pm | Break | |
| 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Dinner & Awards Ceremony (Grand 2/3) | |
| Region 6 Awards — Thomas Coughlin (Region 6) | ||
| Region 6 HE Award – Thomas Coughlin (Region 6) | ||
| Best Student Papers Awards — Charmayne Hughes (GHTC 2016) | ||
| Keynote Speaker: Alexis Bonnell, Division Chief-Applied Innovation and Acceleration, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID | ||
| Time | Saturday, October 15, 2016 | |
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Registration Open (Grand Foyer) | |
| 8:00am – 9:30am | SIGHT Workshop: Deep Dive into Creating and Sustaining Local Impact, Kartik Kulkarni (session D3, Northwest 3) | |
| Parallel technical presentations (Northwest 1-2 and Evergreen 1-4) | ||
| Energy track (session D1) – chaired by Sarah Ritter |
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| 8:00-8:20 | 1570275007 | Short-term operation of a hybrid minigrid under load and renewable production uncertainty Davide Fioriti, Romano Giglioli and Davide Poli (University of Pisa, Italy) |
| 8:20-8:40 | 1570282683 | Impacts of using microwave oven transformers on micropower distribution grids Richard Sandoval and Patricio Mendoza-Araya (University of Chile, Chile) |
| 8:40-9:00 | 1570274685 | Intelligent Dynamic Grid Forecasting Algorithm for a Grid-Connected Solar PV Based Microgrid Harini Sekar and Rajagopalan Rajashekar (Solarillion Foundation, India); Farhan Faisal (University of Illinois at Chicago & Solarillion Foundation, India); Rohan Ganpati (Anna University, Chennai, India); Vineeth Vijayaraghavan (Solarillion Foundation, India) |
| 9:00-9:20 | 1570283271 | Tool for detecting waveform distortions in inverter-based Microgrids: a validation study Geir Kulia (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway); Marta Molinas and Lars Lundheim (NTNU, Norway) |
| Health track (session D2) – co-chaired by Charmayne Hughes and Alan Mickelson |
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| 8:00-8:20 | 1570272238 | Community-based neurorehabilitation in underserved populations Charmayne ML Hughes and Alisa Aguirre (San Francisco State University & Health Equity Institute, USA); Asif Hussain, Aamani Budhota and Domenico Campolo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) |
| 8:20-8:40 | 1570275976 | Evaluating upper-extremity (dys)function using inertial measurement unit technology and its applications to resource-constrained settings Alisa Aguirre (San Francisco State University & Health Equity Institute, USA) |
| 8:40-9:00 | 1570283281 | Inference System for Osteoporosis Detection Reshmalakshmi Chandrasekharan (University of Kerala, India); M Sasikumar (Marian Engg. College, India) |
| 9:00-9:20 | 1570274903 | Diagnosis of Autism Using an Eye Tracking System Natalia Indira Vargas-Cuentas (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia); Daniela Hidalgo (UPCH, Peru); Avid Roman-Gonzalez (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia – UPCH & IEEE Senior Member, Peru); Michael Powers (CCSN, USA); Robert Gilman (JH University, USA); Mirko Zimic (UPCH, Peru) |
| Disaster Management track (session D4) – chaired by Eric Ma |
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| 8:00-8:20 | 1570296357 | Universal Laws of Disaster Claudio Cioffi-Revilla (George Mason University & Center for Social Complexity, USA) |
| 8:20-8:40 | 1570281283 | WeDoCare: A Humanitarian People-centric Cyber-Physical System for the benefit of Refugees Ashley Figueira, David Nunes, Ricardo Barbosa, André Reis and Hugo Aguiar (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Soraya Sinche (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador); André Rodrigues (Centre of Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra & Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, ISCAC, Portugal); Vasco Pereira, Hugo Damião Dias and Duarte Raposo (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Carlos Herrera (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador); Jorge Sá Silva and Fernando Boavida (University of Coimbra, Portugal) |
| 8:40-9:00 | 1570274855 | A survey on IEEE 802.11-based MANETs and DTNs for survivor communication in disaster scenarios Maria Salamanca and Jorge E. Camargo (Universidad Antonio Nariño, Colombia) |
| 9:00-9:20 | 1570279076 | Disaster Management in India: An Analysis using COBIT 5 Principles Chippi Mohanan and Vivek Menon (AMRITA Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India) |
| Connectivity & Communication track (session D5) – chaired by Jim Miller |
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| 8:00-8:20 | 1570282172 | An Experimental Evaluation of Delay-Tolerant Networking with Serval Lars Baumgärtner (University of Marburg, Germany); Paul Gardner-Stephen (Flinder University, Australia); Pablo Graubner (University of Marburg, Germany); Jeremy Lakeman (Flinders University, Australia); Jonas Höchst, Patrick Lampe, Nils Schmidt, Stefan Schulz and Artur Sterz (University of Marburg, Germany); Bernd Freisleben (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany) |
| 8:20-8:40 | 1570274827 | The Mesh Network for Refugees and Displaced Persons Raghad Al Saadi (LMI, USA); Dave Evans (ASME, USA) |
| 8:40-9:30 | 1570283276 | Demo: Triaging Deforestation Alerts Chris Goodman (Bunjil Forest Watch, Australia) |
| 9:30am – 10:00am | Break | |
| 10:00am – 6:30pm | Exhibits Open (Grand 1) | |
| 10:00am – 11:30am | Parallel technical presentations (Northwest 1-3 and Evergreen 1-4) | |
| Energy track (session E1) – chaired by Pritpal Singh |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570272681 | Insights on Thermal Efficiency Analysis for the Water Boiling Test Cameron Quist, Matthew Jones and Randy Lewis (Brigham Young University, USA) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570276792 | Development of Double Burner Smart Electric Stove Powered by Solar Photovoltaic Energy Bareed Mohammad Nur, Samira Siddiqua, Sanjida Fairuz, Raonaq Jawwad, Sheri Chowdhury and A. K. M Abdul Azad (BRAC University, Bangladesh) |
| 10:40-11:00 | 1570274391 | Energy demands of off-grid ice production Matt Shields, Alexander Bouck and Patrick Duffy (Seattle University, USA) |
| 11:00-11:20 | 1570283229 | Assessing solar lantern usage in Uganda through qualitative and sensor-based methods Amit Gandhi, Daniel Frey and Victor Lesniewski (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
| Health track (session E2) – co-chaired by Charmayne Hughes and Alan Mickelson |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570270179 | Global Social Acceptance of Prosthetic Devices Adam Arabian (Seattle Pacific University & Refugee Open Ware, USA); Dante Varotsis (Hunter College, USA); Caitlin McDonnell (Enable International Haiti, USA); Elinor Meeks (eNABLE Community Foundation, USA) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570283260 | The Role of Health Informatics in Volunteer Supported Healthcare for Underserved Populations Chilukuri K Mohan (Syracuse University, USA); Dayaprasad Kulkarni (Aarogyaseva, India) |
| 10:40-11:00 | 1570283278 | Implications of Baseline Study Findings from Rural and Deep Rural Clinics in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa for the Co-Design of mHealth4Afrika Paul M Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (IIMC / IST-Africa / DSV, Stockholm University, Ireland) |
| 11:00-11:20 | 1570274888 | Mobile Health Adoption in Burundi: A UTAUT Perspective Patrick Ndayizigamiye and Manoj Maharaj (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) |
| Water and Sanitation track (session E3) – chaired by John Prohodsky |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570275238 | Design and Introduction of Pit-Latrine Assistive Devices in Lira, Uganda Harrison Schmachtenberger, Mei-Li Hey and Caleb Avery (University of San Diego, USA) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570254579 | Evaluating Water Infrastructure and Agriculture Practices for Drought Adaptations in East Africa: A Combined Hydrological and System Dynamics Approach Datu Buyung Agusdinata (Arizona State University, USA) |
| 10:40-11:00 | 1570283866 | Micro Water Distribution Networks: A participatory method of sustainable water distribution in rural communities Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, India); Renjith Mohan (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India); Prakash C (Amrita University, India); R Ramkrishnan, Nitin Kumar M, Deepak Brahmanandan, Ananth Kumar and Lalith Prakash (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India) |
| 11:00-11:20 | 1570282636 | Ultrasound assisted Stand Alone Toilet for Rural Areas Prakash Sonwalkar and Dinesh Bindiganavale (Pradin Technologies Private Limited, India) |
| Disaster Management track (session E4) – chaired by Eric Ma |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570274829 | Human power generator: Emergency-disaster management Mahesh PJ (University of Kerala & TKM College of Engineering Kollam, India); Minhas Naheem and Razak Mubafar K (University of Kerala, India) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570272634 | A Multi-agent Simulation Tool for Micro-scale Contagion Spread Studies Daniel B Koch (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) |
| 10:40-11:00 | 1570274930 | 3D Printing for Disaster Preparedness, Making Life-saving supplies On-Site, On-Demand, On-Time Srinivas Saripalle (IEEE, USA) |
| 11:00-11:20 | 1570282522 | Image Based Spare Parts Reconstruction for Repairing Vital Infrastructure after Disasters Julius Schöning and Gunther Heidemann (Osnabrück University, Germany) |
| Humanitarian Challenges & Opportunities track (session E5) – chaired by Ed Perkins |
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| 10:00-10:20 | 1570274951 | mBody Health: Digitizing Disabilities in Sierra Leone Emma Hebert, Spencer McCullough, William Ferguson, Margaret Chan and Arsen Drobakha (The Pennsylvania State University, USA); Sarah Ritter (Penn State University, USA); Khanjan Mehta (Penn State, USA) |
| 10:20-10:40 | 1570283353 | An Aerial Landmine Detection System with Dynamic Path and Explosion Mode Identification Features Shaikh Anowarul Fattah, Mohammad Zakaria Haider, Dhiman Chowdhury, Mrinmoy Sarkar, Rakibul Islam Chowdhury, Md Shariful Islam, Rezaul Karim, Adibuzzaman Rahi and Celia Shahnaz (BUET, Bangladesh) |
| 10:40-11:00 | 1570282756 | Evaluation of Non-Ionizing Radiation Emitted by FM Broadcasting and Free-To-Air TV Systems in the municipality of El Crucero, Managua Julio Cruz and Gabriel Delgadillo (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Nicaragua); Marvin R. Arias (National University of Engineering, Nicaragua) |
| 11:00-11:20 | 1570282001 | History of technology and humanitarian technologies. A case study regarding the design and deployment of humanitarian technologies among rural communities in Colombia Juan Arturo Camargo Uribe (Corporacion Universitaria Minuto de Dios UNIMINUTO, Colombia); Luz Dary Espitia (Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios Uniminuto, Colombia) |
| 11:30am – 12:30pm | Panel Session: Mobile Technology (Grand 2/3) | |
| Moderator: Fredrik Winsnes; Panelists: Cody Finke (CalTech), Richard Fletcher (MIT D-Lab), Tim Burke (Arch Systems Inc.), Sona Shah (Neopenda), Navid Amini (UCLA), Steve Feng (UCLA) | ||
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Sponsor Speech: Maurizio Vecchione (Global Good)
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| 1:30pm – 3:30pm | GHTC Posters Session (Grand 1) – chaired by Suryadip Chakraborty |
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| 1570265528 | Proposal on the affordable and sustainable water supply approaches in disaster response by application of innovative water flocculant Yasuhiro Soshino (Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Japan) |
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| 1570267777 | Sports and Sports Technology as an Enabler of Global Health and Understanding Terrance Malkinson (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada) |
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| 1570273269 | Prototype and Model of Passive Tropical Fruit Dryer Utilizing a Flexible Transpired Solar Collector Samantha Huselstein, Steven J Weinstein and Robert J Stevens (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA) |
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| 1570273345 | A Personal Particulate Matter Exposure Monitor to Support Household Air Pollution Exposure and Health Studies Seung-Hyun Cho and Ryan Chartier (RTI International, USA); Mukesh Dherani (The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom); Terence Tafatatha (Karonga Prevention Study, United Kingdom); Kevin Mortimer (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom) |
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| 1570274801 | New aspects for organic farming practices: Controlled crop nutrition and Soilless agriculture Mahesh PJ (University of Kerala & TKM College of Engineering Kollam, India); Minhas Naheem and Razak Mubafar K (University of Kerala, India) |
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| 1570274938 | Intelligent Control Of Showers In Solar Heating Systems and Gas To Water Economy Camila Rezende and Marina R. P. Oliveira (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Rubia Silva (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Thelma Virginia Rodrigues (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Vitor Souza (IPUC Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais Brazil, Brazil); Waltton Morais (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil) |
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| 1570280621 | Internet of Things: A relief for Indian Farmers Nishant Verma (Reva University & Innohabit Technologies Pvt Ltd, India); Adil Usman (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India) |
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| 1570281700 | Learning strategies in mobile and industrial robotic for people with auditory impairment Tito Alberto Nuncira Gacharná (Universidad ECCI, Colombia); Alba Dalila Angel Rodriguez and Cristian Barbosa (Universidad ECCI) |
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| 1570282249 | Human Tracking System Embedded in Stuffed Animal Miwo Sakai and Masashi Sugano (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan) |
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| 1570283327 | Using Data Assimilation method to predict People Flow in Areas of Incomplete Data Availability Yongwei Xu (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Xiaowei Shao and Ryosuke Shibasaki (University of Tokyo, Japan) |
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| 1570260511 | Implementing Low-Cost Energy Solution to Water Heating in Rural Dominican Republic Lauren Hoffman and Truc T. Ngo (University of San Diego, USA) |
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| 1570263694 | A Low-Cost Real-Time Movement Monitoring System To Evaluate Parkinson Disease Treatment Farid Farahmand (Sonoma State University, USA) |
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| 1570274357 | Service-Learning Outcomes in Psychology and Materials Engineering Courses Jill Manapat (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines) |
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| 1570274773 | Intelligent Irrigation Damaris Sena (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Thelma Virginia Rodrigues (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) |
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| 1570281527 | Long, Thin Continuum Robots for Remote Inspection Operations Ian D Walker (Clemson University, USA) |
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| 1570283225 | Innovative Landing Gear for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Kishore M n, Madhavaram Sai Krishna and Suresh Nagesh (PES University, India) |
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| 1570283238 | A Survey to Identify Requirements for Applying Mobile Technologies towards Improving Services Access in Underserved Communities Donald Ekong and Mary Mathis (Mercer University, USA) |
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| 1570283266 | Engineering principles applied to Pre-University Education Augusto Herrera (UNC – National University of Cordoba, Argentina) |
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| 1570283580 | Assessing the Impact of Information Technology on African Societies: An Investigation into the Impact of Cell Phones on a Community of Practice of Business Women in Nigeria Rose-Margaret Itua (43600 Mission Boulevard & Ohlone College, USA); Karsten Lundqvist (University of Reading, United Kingdom) |
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| 1570283859 | Community Development and Energy equality: Experiences from micro hydro implementation in a Tribal settlement in India Ravindran Nair (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India); Ravishankar N (Amrita University, India); Ilango Karuppasamy (Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, India); Sai Shibu N B (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India); Deepthi B and Nikhila Sanampudi (Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India); Renjith Mohan (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India) |
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| 1:30pm – 3:30pm | SIGHT Posters Session (Grand 1) | |
| 1570282469 | A Wearable Diagnostic device to combat Children’s Pneumonia Mala Krishnamoorthi, Manoj Kumar Kalaiselvan, Vignesh Ravichandran and Manoj Kumar Baskaran (Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, India) | |
| 1570270374 | Design and Implementation of a Low-cost and Reliable Wireless Mesh Network for First-Response Communications Nestor Michael C. Tiglao (University of the Philippines, Philippines) | |
| 1570283232 | Electrically Facilitated Solar Cargo Hauler – A Key to Easy and Safe Transportation of Goods without Dependency on the National Grid Audrika Purbasha, Fabiha Khan, Mir S Redoy and A. K. M Abdul Azad (BRAC University, Bangladesh) | |
| 1570282683 | Impacts of using microwave oven transformers on micropower distribution grids Richard Sandoval and Patricio Mendoza-Araya (University of Chile, Chile) | |
| 1570274371 | Using a Recycled Container to Setup a Community Learning Centre in Rural Cambodia – A Case Study Kenneth Wai Kwan Lo, Stephen Chi Fai Chan and Grace Ngai (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) | |
| 1570283348 | Educational Outdoor Mobile Robot for Trash Pickup Shunmugham Pandian, Kiran Pattanashetty and Kamal Balaji (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing-Kancheepuram, India) | |
| 1570273240 | Community Engagement Assessment of Global Humanitarian-based Projects Randy Lewis, Cameron Quist, Terri Bateman and Carol Ward (Brigham Young University, USA) | |
| 1570282973 | Case study: Technology Transfer for Resource-Constrained Farming Communities: Perspective and Future Direction Pradipta Chandra, Titas Bhattacharjee and Bhaskar Bhowmick (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India); Ranjan Sen (Kapgari Inc., USA) | |
| 1570274888 | Mobile Health Adoption in Burundi: A UTAUT Perspective Patrick Ndayizigamiye and Manoj Maharaj (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) | |
| 1570255751 | Participatory smartgrid control and transactive energy management in community shared solar cogeneration systems for isolated rural villages Gerro Prinsloo (Stellenbosch University, South Africa); Andrea Mammoli (New Mexico University, USA); Robert Dobson (Stellenbosch University) | |
| 1570274841 | Implementation of a low cost aerial vehicle for crop analysis in emerging countries Luis C Velasquez, Juan Argueta, Kevin Mazariegos (Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala) | |
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm | Break | |
| 4:00pm – 6:00pm | Parallel technical presentations (Northwest 1-3 and Evergreen 1-4) | |
| Energy track (session F1) – chaired by Pritpal Singh |
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| 4:00-4:20 | 1570283189 | Solar Electric Ambulance Van Unfolding Medical Emergencies of Rural Bangladesh Rahmeen Tarek, Afra Anjum, Abrar Hoque and A. K. M Abdul Azad (BRAC University, Bangladesh) |
| 4:20-4:40 | 1570268829 | A Novel Methodology for Load Disaggregation and Demand Forecasting Based on Machine Learning Techniques in Rural Off-Grid, Isolated Systems Varun Mehra (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA); Rajeev J Ram (Massachussetts Institute of Technology, USA); Claudio Vergara (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA) |
| 4:40-5:00 | 1570272312 | Technical design of off-grid energy kiosks Matt Shields and Henry Louie (Seattle University, USA); Ben Blainedavis, George Goldsmith and Daniel Nausner (Kilowatts for Humanity, USA) |
| 5:00-5:20 | 1570274363 | Designing a Sustainable Business Plan for an Off-Grid Energy Kiosk in Chalokwa, Zambia J McLean Sloughter and Jenna Isakson (Seattle University & KiloWatts for Humanity, USA); Kim Shields (Boeing & KiloWatts for Humanity, USA); Matt Salmon (KiloWatts for Humanity, USA); Yin Ping Mak and Alexandra Keiko Schleicher (Seattle University & KiloWatts for Humanity, USA); Henry Louie (Seattle University, USA) |
| 5:20-6:00 | 1570281968 | Case study: Effects Of Loadsheding On Energy Utilisation Trends Of Various Domestic Comsumer Groups: A Case Study Of Kitwe, Zambia Robert Ngoma, Abel Tambatamba and Benta Oyoo (The Copperbelt University, Zambia); Henry Louie (Seattle University, USA) |
| Health track (session F2) – co-chaired by Charmayne Hughes and Alan Mickelson |
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| 4:00-4:20 | 1570264408 | A Hand-Cranked, affordable defibrillator for resource-poor settings Sreeram Dhurjaty (Dhurjaty Electronics Consulting LLC & Senior Member, IEEE, USA); Aniruddha Atre (Jeevtronics, Pvt Ltd, India) |
| 4:20-4:40 | 1570281506 | Low-Cost Electrocardiogram Device for Preventative Health Care in Rural Populations of Developing Countries JP Ertola, Silvia Figueira, Meghan Carlsen, Uma Palaniappan and Kelsey Rondini (Santa Clara University, USA) |
| 4:40-5:00 | 1570274933 | Robot-assisted Intelligent Emergency System for Individual Elderly Independent Living Jiang Lu (University of Houston Clear Lake, USA); Lei Wu (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA); Ting Zhang (University of Houston Downtown, USA); Jiaqi Gong (University of Virginia, USA) |
| 5:00-6:00 | 1570280935 | Demo: A Smartphone-Based 96-Well Plate Reader for Cost-effective Point-of-Care ELISA Test Quantification Brandon Berg, Bingen Cortazar, Derek Tseng, Haydar Ozkan, Steve Feng, Qingshan Wei, Raymond Yan Lok Chan, Jordi Burbano and Qamar Farooqui (University of California, Los Angeles, USA); Michael Lewinski (Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., USA); Dino Di Carlo, Omai Garner and Aydogan Ozcan (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) |
| Water and Sanitation track (session F3) – chaired by John Prohodsky |
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| 4:00-4:20 | 1570273883 | Affordable, Rapid, Electrochemical Nitrate Detection towards Point-of-Use Water Quality Monitoring Lillian Tatka and Unyoung Kim (Santa Clara University, USA) |
| 4:20-4:40 | 1570274183 | Quantification of a Latex Aggluntination Assay for Bacterial Pathogen Detection in a Low-Cost Capillary-Driven Fluidic Platform On Shun Pak, Kyle Pietrzyk, Scott Fukuoka, Andy Ly, Andres Maldonado-Liu and Unyoung Kim (Santa Clara University, USA) |
| 4:40-5:00 | 1570282841 | An Acoustic Based Approach for Mitigating Sewer System Overflows Muhammad Safeer Khan (Arkansas Tech University) |
| 5:00-5:20 | 1570283044 | Performance of a Vertical Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland in Treating Biomethanation Effluent Stephanie Wietlisbach (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland); Nikhil Kothurkar (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, India); Kaavya Ram (Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita University, India); Revathy Nair and Sreedhar Harigovind (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, India) |
| 5:20-5:40 | 1570283263 | Plastic Waste Cycle Biomimicry of Natural Nutrient Cycle – an Integrated Technology Case Study Keegan Clarke (St Alban’s College & Sanctus Consulting, South Africa); Christiaan Mouton (St Alban’s College, South Africa) |
| Education track (session F4) – chaired by Adil Usman |
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| 4:00-4:20 | 1570274840 | Didactronic: a low-cost and portable didactic lab for electronics Bernardo Cunha and Priscila Dutra (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Selmar Mendes (PUC Minas – Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Thelma Virginia Rodrigues and Carlos Augusto Martins (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Lorena Nunes and Felipe Machado (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil) |
| 4:20-4:40 | 1570274961 | TextTETEA – An SMS-based Education Service Michael Neumann (Santa Clara University, USA); Keegan Wincewicz (TETEA, USA) |
| 4:40-5:00 | 1570282351 | Teaching Bilingual Workshops on Data Mining in Peru Mila Kwiatkowska (Thompson Rivers University, Canada); Alberto Un Jan (Universidad Norbert Wiener, Peru) |
| 5:00-5:20 | 1570283348 | Educational Outdoor Mobile Robot for Trash Pickup Shunmugham Pandian, Kiran Pattanashetty and Kamal Balaji (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing-Kancheepuram, India) |
| 5:20-6:00 | 1570282973 | Case study: Technology Transfer for Resource-Constrained Farming Communities: Perspective and Future Direction Pradipta Chandra, Titas Bhattacharjee and Bhaskar Bhowmick (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India); Ranjan Sen (Kapgari Inc., USA) |
| Deployment track (session F5) – co-chaired by Jackie Stenson and Roger Johnson |
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| 4:00-4:20 | 1570285573 | Autonomous OCR Dictating System for Blind People Christos Liambas and Miltiadis Saratzidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) |
| 4:20-4:40 | 1570282539 | A Look at Private Sector – NGO Partnerships in the Nexus of Water-Energy-Food-Climate Change Yesim Sireli (UNC Charlotte, USA) |
| 4:40-6:00 | 1570280209 | Panel: Intellectual Property, Innovations and Global Food Security: Feeding the 9 Billion in 2050 Jane Payumo and Ruth Mbabazi (Michigan State University, USA); Katy Graef (BIO Ventures for Global Health, USA); Frank Shotkoski (Cornell University, USA); Jennifer Dent (BIO Ventures for Global Health, USA); Sita Pappu (Washington State University, USA); Karim Maredia (Michigan State University, USA) |
| 6:00pm – 6:30pm | Break | |
| 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Dinner (Grand 2/3) | |
| Keynote Speaker: Dave Cook, Engineers Without Borders-USA 2016 President | ||
| Time | Sunday, October 16, 2016 | |
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Registration Open (Grand Foyer) | |
| 8:00am – 10:00am | Parallel technical presentations (Northwest 1-2 and Evergreen 1-4) | |
| Energy track (session G1) – chaired by Nathan Johnson |
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| 8:00-8:20 | 1570274785 | Optimization of a Solar-hybrid System for the Village of El Rescate, El Salvador Carlos Guadron (Villanova University, USA) |
| 8:20-8:40 | 1570274612 | Assessment of Building Integrated Photovoltaics and other Renewable Energy Technologies for the Residential Sector in Egypt Pritpal Singh and Monica Kares (Villanova University, USA) |
| 8:40-9:00 | 1570285983 | Expanding energy access through the improvement of the Regulatory Framework for Renewable Distributed Generation in Nicaragua Maria Moncada (National University of Engineering, Nicaragua) |
| 9:00-9:20 | 1570290316 | Reducing criminality and saving energy Thiago Matheus Martins de Moraes and Lucas de Paula Santos Petri (Univ Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil) |
| 9:20-10:00 | 1570282271 | Case study: The Effects of Load-shedding on Residential Electricity Consumption: A Case Study of Kitwe, Zambia David Mulongoti (Copperbelt University, Zambia); George Mugala and Buchizya Kumwenda (The Copperbelt University, Zambia); Henry Louie (Seattle University, USA) |
| Health track (session G2) – co-chaired by Charmayne Hughes and Alan Mickelson |
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| 8:00-8:25 | 1570267830 | A SDD and PCM Solution for Vaccine Storage and Outreach Junshan (Michael) Li, Michael Friend, Andrew Miller and Shannon Stone (Intellectual Ventures Laboratory, USA) |
| 8:25-8:50 | 1570283383 | Development of Smart Phone Tools for Printed Diagnostics: Challenges and Solutions Richard Fletcher and Niccolo Pignatelli (MIT, USA); Suparna Ghosh-Jerath (PHFI, India); Adrian Jimenez-Galindo (MIT, USA) |
| 8:50-10:00 | 1570274661 | Panel: Essential and Emerging Technology in Integrated HIV and Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries Pamela McCualey and Sylvia DiPaulo (University of Central Florida, USA) |
| Education track (session G3) – chaired by Adil Usman |
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| 8:00-8:20 | 1570273240 | Community Engagement Assessment of Global Humanitarian-based Projects Randy Lewis, Cameron Quist, Terri Bateman and Carol Ward (Brigham Young University, USA) |
| 8:20-8:40 | 1570274371 | Using a Recycled Container to Setup a Community Learning Centre in Rural Cambodia – A Case Study Kenneth Wai Kwan Lo, Stephen Chi Fai Chan and Grace Ngai (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) |
| 8:40-9:00 | 1570271805 | Case study: Initiating and Establishing a Humanitarian Technology and Engineering Mobile Outreach Centre by IEEE UGANDA SIGHT Herbert Lwanga (IEEE, Uganda) |
| 9:00-10:00 | 1570274906 | Panel: Comprehensive Model for Fostering Humanitarian Engineering Education Using Social Pedagogy Principles and Practice Mohammed Baaoum (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia) |
| Agriculture track (session G4) – chaired by Khanjan Mehta |
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| 8:00-8:20 | 1570274707 | A Sustainable Strategy of Farming in Radioactive Contaminated Farmland: A Case Study in Fukushima Eric Z. Ma (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA); Mansun Chan (The University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) |
| 8:20-8:40 | 1570272867 | Development and Evaluation of Solar Powered Sprayer With Multi-Purpose Applications Yallappa Dengeru, Vijayakumar Palled, M Veerangouda, Sushilendra R (University of Agricultural Science, Raichur, India) |
| 8:40-9:00 | 1570283343 | Small-Scale Solar Pumping Systems in India: Analysis of Three Implementation Models Jonars Spielberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA); Amit Gandhi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA); Sara Pesek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA); Eadaoin Iiten (Technology Exchange Lab, USA); Vandana Pandya (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA); Jennifer Green (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
| 9:00-9:20 | 1570274763 | A Framework for Performance Evaluation of Plucking Activity in Tea Somya Sharma (Innovation Labs, Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India); Sanat Sarangi (Tata Consultancy Services, India); Srinivasu Pappula (Tata Consultancy Services, India) |
| 9:20-9:40 | 1570274841 | Implementation of a low cost aerial vehicle for crop analysis in emerging countries Luis C Velasquez, Juan Argueta, Kevin Mazariegos (Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala) |
| 9:40-10:00 | 1570274908 | Densified Mango Residues as Biofuel from Low-Resource Agricultural Processing Chris Rumple (University of Wyoming, USA); Siri Maley (Penn State, USA); Khanjan Mehta (Penn State, USA) |
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Deployment track (session G5) – chaired by Roger Johnson |
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| 8:00-8:20 | 1570279750 | Making Telecommunications Services Accessible to People with Severe Communication Disabilities Rosanna Yuen-Yan Chan, Junnan Ding and Lam Wang Kong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Gladys Yan (SAHK, Hong Kong); Xue Bai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Xiaojuan Ma (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China); Soby So (SAHK, Hong Kong); Xiangjie Wang and Jessica Chow (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
| 8:20-9:10 | Featured Deployment Workshop | Workshop: Intellectual Property Primer for the Technology Humanitarian Ronnie Stern, Rimon Law, Seattle, WA |
| 9:10-10:00 | Featured Deployment Interactive Session | Interactive session: Taming the Carbon Monster with a fee and dividend approach Kambiz Rahimi |
| 10:00am – 10:30am | Break | |
| 10:30am – 11:30am |
Closing Comments — Dick Wilkins (GHTC 2017 Chair) (Grand 2/3) |
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Conference Reflection Session w/ Track Chairs – Jim Miller |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
GHTC Steering Committee Debrief Meeting (Room TBD) |
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