EPICS in IEEE · 2013 Malaysia Access & Abilities Developing A Real Time Activity Recognition For Children With Communication and Social Disabilities . 2013 Malaysia Human Services

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EPICS in IEEE Team: Kapil Dandekar (initiative leader) Saurabh Sinha Supavadee Aramvith Maciej Borowka Nicholas Kirsch David Oyedokun Prasanna Venkatesan

[email protected]

http://ieee.org/go/epics-high

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Bio: David Oyedokun

2007: Joined the IEEE Member of Region 8, South Africa Section

2010: Vice-Chair of University of Cape Town IEEE SB Projects Committee (1 EPICS-in-IEEE project)

2011: Chair of University of Cape Town IEEE SB Projects Committee (2 EPICS-in-IEEE project)

2012: Member of the IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT)

2013: Chair IEEE YP South Africa: Southern Region

2014: Member of the EPICS-in-IEEE Committee

Currently employed by the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in Hermanus…..a coastal town known for whale watching :-)

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Bio: Maciej Borówka

2009: Joined the IEEE Graduate Student Member of Region 8, Poland Section

2010: Founder & Chair of AGH University of Science and Technology IEEE SB - till now.

2012: Member of the EPICS-in-IEEE Committee

2012: EPICS High Training, Purdue University, USA

2012: EPICS in IEEE workshops and presentations in several countries across IEEE Region 8 – Portugal, Spain, Poland, Lebanon, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Tunisia and presentation at EPICS Global Virtual Conference – till now.

Currently preparing PhD in Electronics at AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków… Polish historic medieval Town - European Capital of Culture.

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EPICS in IEEE Overview

EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) in IEEE – Organizes university, as well as high-school students to work on

engineering-related projects for local area non-profit organizations. – Empowers IEEE Student Branches and IEEE Young Profesional groups

to work with high school students on EPICS community service-related engineering projects

Establishment of a relationship between the student branches in each of the participating Sections, a local high school (or schools), and non-profit or humanitarian organizations in each venue.

Focus on development – of devices and systems for the benefit of the target audiences of the non-profit community partners.

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EPICS in IEEE Progress

Since 2009, 54 projects have received funding

Involving over 224 volunteers with 440 University Students and 830 (242 female) pre-university students impacting thousands in communities around the world Technical solutions addressing – Human services (17 projects) – Access and abilities (18 projects) – Education and outreach (11 projects) – Environment (8 projects)

30 projects completed

Papers presented at the 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)

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EPICS Project Categories

EPICS and EPICS in IEEE projects fall under four defined humanitarian “categories.”

These categories help students connect engineering skills to humanitarian issues that involve: – Access & Abilities – Education & Outreach – Environment – Human Services

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EPICS in IEEE Around the World

Region 10 Region 9 Region 8 Region 7 Regions 1-6

# of Projects

Argentina 3

Belgium 1

China 2

India 18

Kenya 2

Malaysia 2

Mexico 1

Namibia 1

Nigeria 1

Pakistan 1

Portugal 1

South Africa 6

Tunisia 1

Uganda 2

United States 7

Uruguay 2

Zambia 2

Zimbabwe 1

Total 54

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Joint efforts involved in EPICS-in-IEEE projects

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Non-govt. or Non-profit Org.

University students (SB)

Profit organisation(s)

High schools EPICS-in-IEEE

Affinity Groups (YP, WIE)

Recipient: Local Community

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54 Projects in 18 Countries (1)

Year Country Category Project Title

2011 Argentina Environment Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Recycling Program

2011 Argentina Access & Abilities IP telephony system implementation

2011 Argentina Education & Outreach

Design, development and construction of modular educational kits for teaching electronics in high school level for public schools in the Province of Cordoba

2010 Belgium Human Services

Construction of solar cells to meet basic needs of Bagaya, Senegal

2013 China Human Services

Intelligent Bookshelf Designed For Children And The Disabled

2014 China Human Services

Education and Outreach of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy

2011 India Education & Outreach Video learning for rural schools

2011 India Education & Outreach

Humanitarian computing local solutions for the visually impaired

2012 India Access & Abilities Communicative Hand Glove For Deaf And Mute

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54 Projects in 18 Countries (2) Year Country Category Project Title

2013 India Access & Abilities

Educational Device For The Mentally Disadvantaged and Learning Disabled

2011 India Access & Abilities

Device to assist communication of disabled based on hand gesture recognition

2012 India Access & Abilities Wrist Bands for Hearing Impaired

2012 India Access & Abilities Learning Aids For Visually Challenged

2012 India Human Services

Low-Cost Center-of-Gravity Biofeedback for Stasis Posturing - Smart Mirror

2012 India Access & Abilities

Eye-Gestured Controlled Semi-Automatic Ability Assist with Electro-Occulography Based Human-Wheelchair Interface

2012 India Human Services Indian Rural Cardiac Healthcare

2012 India Human Services Laptop Interfaced Multi-Purpose Probe

2012 India Human Services

Real Time Sign Language Conversion for the Hearing Impaired

2014 India Human Services Albiot: A Non-Chemical Electronic Agile Pest Control Device

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54 Projects in 18 Countries (3) Year Country Category Project Title

2014 India Access & Abilities

Tele-Ophthalmoscopy for diagnosis of eye abnormalities in patiences

2011 India Access & Abilities Green Cart

2013 India Human Services PULSS: Prenatal Ultrasound Scan For Low Resource Settings

2010 India Access & Abilities

Communication Device to Assist Children with Cognitive Disorders

2010 India Access & Abilities Synchronous traffic control system

2013 Kenya Environment Using Renewable Energy To Promote Rural Education

2012 Kenya Human Services

Delivering Educational Content to Visually Impaired Persons Using Low Cost Devices

2013 Malaysia Access & Abilities

Developing A Real Time Activity Recognition For Children With Communication and Social Disabilities

2013 Malaysia Human Services

Development of a Hand-Cycle for Children With Movement Disorder

2012 Mexico Education & Outreach My Robot Friend: Teaching Kids Robotics

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54 Projects in 18 Countries (4) Year Country Category Project Title

2010 Namibia Education & Outreach Mobile science lab for high school In rural area

2011 Nigeria Access & Abilities

Image processing approach to the modeling and design of an intelligent traffic control system

2014 Pakistan Human Services Analytic Application For Baseline Survey 2014

2013 Portugal Human Services EPICS in Portugal

2009 South Africa Environment Western Cape breeze

2010 South Africa Education & Outreach

Computer lab renewable energy audit and alternative energy installation

2010 South Africa Access & Abilities

Photovoltaic powered study lamp incorporating an AM/FM radio and mobile phone charger

2011 South Africa Human Services Air Quality Microsensors for Earth Observations

2011 South Africa Human Services

Modeling and installation of a solar water geyser at Emasithandane children's home in Nyanga

2012 South Africa Access & Abilities

Design, Modeling, Manufacture & Distribution of 100 Portable Refrigerators For Use In Disadvantaged And/Or Rural Settlements

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54 Projects in 18 Countries (5)

Year Country Category Project Title

2012 Tunisia Education & Outreach Acquisition Electronic Card For Educational Experiments

2010 Uganda Human Services

Poverty reduction and environmental conservation through solar powered solutions

2012 Uganda Human Services

Developing, producing and deploying lightning arrestors to curb lightning

2010 Uruguay Education & Outreach Pro E-Scientia

2010 Uruguay Access & Abilities

Elementary energy – Electrical energy to rural elementary school

2009 USA Environment Clean air council – air quality monitoring

2011 USA Environment Wind-powered electrical supply for humanitarian field operations

2011 Puerto Rico Education & Outreach Renewable energy for sustainable development laboratory

2011 USA Environment Air quality monitoring of Marcellus Shale drilling sites

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54 Projects in 18 Countries (6)

Year Country Category Project Title

2013 USA Environment Wireless Sensor Network For The Restoration of Oyster Beds in the Great Bay of New Hampshire

2013 USA Education & Outreach Digital Literacy in Rural India

2010 Zambia Access & Abilities

OpenBTS (Open Base Transceiver Station) implementation In Chikanta

2010 Zambia Education & Outreach Digital teaching units

2010 Zimbabwe Human Services

On-Line monitoring of lightning incidence and severity in rural Zimbabwe

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A closer look at a

few projects

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Education and Outreach: Zambia

Put images, sound files and video clips, at the finger tips of students and teachers.

This will enable them to supplement or replace standard textbooks that are costly and/or out of date and provide inadequate coverage of new research on evolving trends and cutting edge technology.

DTUs will include web-based material covering an array of subjects taught in Zambian Secondary Schools e.g. Mathematics, Science, Art and English etc.

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Environment: South Africa

Conventional air-quality monitoring systems are limited to centralized sites

Limited data for the estimation

of air toxins obtained

Air toxins to be monitored

include O3, NO2, SO2, Pb, PM10

Air-quality microsensors for Earth Observations

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Air-quality microsensors for Earth Observations: Cont’d

Construct a board‐level design, including a conventional off‐the‐shelf air‐quality sensor

Replicate the boards, designatingsuch a board as a “wireless node”

Board‐level development analogous to works done at Drexel complementary (“quick solution”) to the work done by the “partner” undergraduate final year student

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Human Services: Nigeria

Design and implement an intelligent traffic control system using an Image processing approach.

Establish Student-IEEE Members-industry linkage as a means of promoting technological self-reliance and innovations.

$4K

Intelligent Traffic Control System

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Human Services: Nigeria Cont’d

Intelligent Traffic Control System

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Intelligent Traffic Control System: Cont’d

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Access and Abilities: Malaysia

Development of Hand-Cycle for Children With Movement Disorder

The centre is in need of rehabilitation devices for children with movement disorders One of the equipment in-need is the Handcycle Aid in rehabilitating the upper-extremities of such children $2K

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Access and Abilities: Cont’d

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How to apply for EPICS-in-IEEE Funding

Student branches can apply by sending completed application form along with a detailed budget to [email protected].

Applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year.

Feedback within 30 days.

We are currently taking in applications

For more information, please visit www.ieee.org/epics_high.html

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Project Budget

EPICS in IEEE project grants range around $1,000 to $10,000 U.S. dollars.

Any amount may be requested, but must be quantified or justified in the proposal’s budget break down.

Budgets normally outline materials and supplies necessary to accomplish the goals of the project (such as prototypes, or software)

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Budget Example

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US $Consumables - Node construction 7000 "Ordinary" Air-Quality Sensors GSM transceiver Sensitive Si Chips/microsensors* PCB integration Software devt./licencingStationery 300Project board/materials/banner & branding 600Transportation (dissemintation activities) 400Workshops (catering) 1000

9300 US $

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Application form: Contact info

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Application form: NGO details

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Application form: High school collaborator

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Application form: Funds + Budget + Agreement

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Application form: project summary

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Questions

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