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IEEE Humanitarian Technology Webinar: Presenting Engineering For Change - Aug 2011

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the engineer and the global humanitarian

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Water Energy Sanitation Structures

Agriculture EducationHealthInfo Systems

The Need

Engineers are being called upon to devise cost-effective, appropriate solutions to increase access to food and clean water, effective sanitation, energy, housing, and other basic needs.

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The Engineering Toolbox

Need to contribute to society

Trained to inquire, problem solve and collaborate

Ability to devise technical solutions to meet basic needs

Propensity to innovate

Interest in development efforts to reduce poverty and it’s effects

Engineering students and professionals are driven by:

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Benefit to Society

Impact on communities worldwide

Spread of technical literacy

Trickle up innovation.

Broader world view

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The Gaps

COLLABORATION

Development organizations (NGOs) often need engineering insight but lack access to technical community

CONTENTInformation is anecdotal and disparate, often leading to ‘re-inventing the wheel’. Need for a centralized community of practice as an additional training and validation groundCOMMUNITYEducational opportunities for students and professionals vary regionally. Lack of a centralized hub where knowledge can be captured & leveraged to advance the field

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The Opportunity• Build a “network” that brings volunteer engineers across

professions together to work as virtual teams with local organizations, schools and communities

• Aggregate content and be an open knowledge source for a range of workable solutions for meeting basic community needs.

• Be a resource for developing effective solutions that could be adapted and improved across diverse communities and regions

• Highlight how engineers and the engineering profession play a critical role in addressing quality of life issues

• Virtually connect educators and students to on-the-ground projects and identify opportunities for service learning

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Our Mission

A dynamic and growing community of engineers, technologists, designers, scientists, NGOs and community advocates dedicated to improving people’s lives around the world.

Our mission is to bridge technology and humanitarian development and transform communities using open-source technology.

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Design Principles

Appropriate technology development involves co-creating innovative solutions that are sustainable, affordable and reliable.

1. Develop appropriate solutions, not technologies

2. Consider the context

3. Create transparent technologies

4. Embrace the market

5. Design for DIY (Do It Yourself)

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Develop appropriate solutions, not technologies

Goal: Design meaningful and innovative solutions that are desirable to your constituents and serve their needs.

Techniques:

- Understand communities’ needs, hopes and aspirations for the future: Needs assessment

- Capture peoples’ stories: interviews, video, group-sessions, one-on-one visits

- Research: what other approaches have been effective/ineffective

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Goal: Design solutions that are feasible for the community.

Techniques:

- outline the constraints by considering context (social, technical, economic, cultural)

- get personal experience: spend a week living on $2 a day to begin to understand the trade-offs

- identify patterns and brainstorm ideas

- share ideas with the end users to get frequent feedback/input and incorporate input to co-create and whiteboard solutions

- supplement your team with experts

Consider the context

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Embrace the market& create transparent technology

Goal:

Ensure viability of the solution.

Techniques:

- create, document and share prototypes, test, and iterate

- identify necessary resources to maintain

the solution:

> materials, skills, funds

> is the solution affordable and

economically sustainable?

- measure and monitor the impact

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Design for DIY (Do It Yourself)

Technique:- involving the community in the design

process builds capacity - not just products. - ex. Appropriate Infrastructure Design Group

- The end goal should be to build local

capacity, skills, knowledge, experience and

expertise that allows societies to meet their own needs.

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Solution Development:Case study

Newborn babies often face hypothermia: they are not able to regulate their own body temperature, and can’t stay warm. How to prevent hypothermia in rural clinics in the developing world?

CHALLENGE:

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• Develop appropriate solutions, not technologies:

current approaches and needs (desirable)

Challenges = opportunity!

Existing solutions

Cost: ~$40,000 US

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• Considering the context:

> Constraints:

- Cost

- Training

- Maintenance

Goal: Design solution that is simple to make,

to use, understand and maintain (feasible)

Solution Development

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Appropriate and affordable solution: Viable!Embrace incubator cost <1% of traditional incubator

Final Product

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Tool for success: engineeringforchange.org• Work and connect with peers, organizations “on

the ground” and local communities

• Create workspaces to post challenges, brainstorm ideas and solutions

• Read stories on how technology solutions have improved quality of life

• Connect with a technical mentor

• Learn about educational opportunities

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CONTENT

E4C features an open, innovative, user-friendly online platform that promotes..

COMMUNITY

COLLABORATION

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TOPIC PAGESite organized by topic areas: Health, Energy, Water,

Sanitation, Structures, Information Systems, Agriculture

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SOLUTIONS LIBRARYA free, open source archive of technology

solutions from around the world that can be replicated and adapted across regions

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SOLUTIONS LIBRARYExample: AIDG’s Water Powered Bucket

Generator

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E4C NEWSNew Stories published weekly and RSS feeds

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LEARNING CENTERDesign Principles, educational resources, site how-

to’s

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CONTENT

E4C features an open, innovative, user-friendly online platform that promotes..

COMMUNITY

COLLABORATION

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MEMBER PROFILESMember Profiles that highlight expertise and link

out to individual’s social media accounts

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SOCIAL MEDIAConversations across various channels

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EVENTSMembers Meetings, Supporting AT Programs,

NGO Matching

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CONTENT

E4C features an open, innovative, user-friendly online platform that promotes..

COMMUNITY

COLLABORATION

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E4C WORKSPACEOnline spaces where challenges can be posed and

multi-disciplinary teams can collaborate on new solutions

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Deforestation in rural India due to unsustainable fuel source for cooking…

Considering the context

Identifying community needs:Who cooks mostly?When do they cook? What do they cook?How do they cook it?Who do they cook with?Who manages kitchen equipment?

Currently crowdsourcing alternatives.

PROPOSED SOLUTION:Climate Healers

CHALLENGE:

TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

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In Guatemala, like many places around the globe, thousands of rural families do not have regular access to electricity in their homes….

Family sized wind-mill!

• Generate 10-20 Watts at target wind speed (~15mph)

• Charge car batteries for use with LED lights, radios, and cellular phones

• Occupy a small footprint (~ 2×3 ft)• Manufactured with local materials &

skills in Quetzalenango, Guatemala• $100 US manufacturing cost

TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

SOLUTION:

Catapult Design

CHALLENGE:

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This design is open-source and adaptable

to other regions of the

world

Today: Guatemala

Tomorrow: the World?

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Appropedia is one of the world’s largest wikis focusing on collaborative approaches to sustainability, poverty reduction and international development.

The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) helps individuals and communities get affordable and environmentally sound access to electricity, sanitation and clean water.

Founded in 1966, Practical Action works with poor communities to develop appropriate technologies in food production, agroprocessing, energy, transport, water and sanitation, shelter, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

D-Lab is a program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that fosters the development of appropriate technologies and sustainable solutions within the framework of international development.

Based in India, Honey Bee Network is a crucible of innovators, farmers, scholars, academicians, policy makers, entrepreneurs and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from over 75 countries.

In addition to donated content from EWB-USA and IEEE-HTN, the Solutions Library will feature solutions from several high-profile NGOs

and academic institutions:

Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA) was established at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay in 1985 for the purpose of responding to the technological needs of rural areas..

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Programs to Support Content and Community Growth

• Partnership development working with local NGOs to articulate challenges and with universities to advance curriculum, student projects and ventures for social impact

• Expand E4C’s reach with greater information access and communication exchange (e.g. mobile apps and SMS text messaging capability)

• Continue to build an extensive solutions library with cutting-edge search capabilities and expert & user reviews

• Tell the stories of engineers & scientists and their impactful work on humanitarian challenges through articles, videos and podcasts targeting the public and K-12 students and educators

• New E4C programs: conferences, traveling exhibits, standards development and a fellows program

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The E4C Coalition

FOUNDING PARTNERS:

SUPPORTERS:

Join the partnership & be a part of the vision!

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Transforming communities through the power of engineering.

[email protected]

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Thank-You.

Questions?

Use the question box on your screen to pose a question.

Contact Information:Iana Aranda, E4C

[email protected]