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GHTC 2014: San Jose, CA, USA
- IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2014, San Jose, CA, USA, October 10-13, 2014. IEEE 2014, ISBN 978-1-4799-7193-0
Session A1: Energy I
- Ye-Obong N. Udoakah, Ekpenyong E. Nta, Iyakkenseme E. Okon, Unyime E. Akpabio:
Design of a 1 kva PV system for electrical laboratory in faculty of engineering, University of Uyo, Nigeria. 1-5 - Mahmoud Kabalan, Benaiah Anabaraonye
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Solar photovoltaic versus micro -hydroelectricity: A framework for assessing the sustainability of community-run rural electrification projects. 6-13 - Otward M. Mueller, Eduard K. Mueller:
Off-grid, low-cost, electrical sun-car system for developing countries. 14-17 - Frank Sharp, Dennis Symanski, Mark S. Dudzinski:
Scalable DC Micro Grids provide cost effective electricity in regions without electric infrastructure. 18-24 - Mou Riiny:
South sudan rural electrification project the hybrid mini-grid & PBK project. 25-27
Session A2: Health I
- Vishnu S. Pendyala
A text mining approach to automated healthcare for the masses. 28-35 - Grace Warkulwiz, Laurel Paul, Khanjan Mehta:
Efficacy of knowledge transfer and exchange between CHWs and community members in low resource settings. 36-40 - Gari D. Clifford, Carlos Arteta, Tingting Zhu
A scalable mHealth system for noncommunicable disease management. 41-48 - Greg Wenner, Martin Marino, Eric Obeysekare, Khanjan Mehta:
Making data collection in low-resource contexts intuitive, fun, and interactive. 49-56 - Roshan Issac, Sreevas Sahasranamam
Tele-consulting through rural health centres for tribal community - A case study from Wayanad. 57-61
Session A3: Disaster, Connectivity, and Communication I
- Joan Ventura-Jaume, Laurent Franck, Laurent Girardeau:
A distributed floor control protocol for next generation PMR based on hybrid LTE and satellite networks. 62-69 - Paul Gardner-Stephen
Succinct data: Extreme compression for ODK forms making digital field assessment practical during disasters by minimizing data transmission size and costs. 70-77 - Alexis Kwasinski:
Field technical surveys: An essential tool for improving critical infrastructure and lifeline systems resiliency to disasters. 78-85 - Aaron Opdyke
Building coordination capacity: Post-disaster organizational Twitter networks. 86-92 - Yulong Yang, Michael Sherman
Disaster mitigation by crowdsourcing hazard documentation. 93-98
Session A4: Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunities I
- José Pedro Simão
Remote labs in developing countries an experience in Brazilian public education. 99-105 - Raymond S. Larsen, Derek G. Welbourn, Daniel Wessner, Robin Podmore, Michelle Lacourciere, Anders Boesen Lindbo Larsen, Patrick Lee, Ron Moulton, Seth Myers, Martin Niboh, Patrick Ryan, Michael Wilson:
"Learning beyond the Light Bulb" among Least Developed Countries based on a sustainable PV solar utility model. 106-114 - Andre Kakiuthi, Rafael Tsuji Matsuyama, Fernando Pisani Pimentel, Thiago Matheus Martins de Moraes
Improving science education through new perspectives. 115-119 - Balu Anand, A. J. Antony Venus, Mukundhan Srinivasan, Arun Noel Victor, Madhuri K., S. P. Sree Rakshaa, Vineeth Vijayaraghavan, Kartik Kulkarni:
Local Content Development Framework and Methodology for knowledge and skill development: IEEE Madras Section SIGHT case study. 120-124
Session A5: Water and Agriculture I
- Tariq Mahmood Khalil, Quanbao Zhao, Leena Maqsood:
Energy from anaerobic digesters for water management: A case study of Pakistan. 125-132 - Yung Wong, Shavin Pinto, Yan Tang, Marc Compere
Community development through a sustainable micro-business selling clean water. 133-139 - Idongesit M. Ana, Hannah I. J. Udota, Ye-Obong N. Udoakah:
Malting technology in the development of safe and sustainable complementary composite food from cereals and legumes. 140-144 - Krista Liguori
An Interactive Nutritional Guide to develop low-cost healthy meals while sustaining indigenous foods. 145-151 - Julius Schöning
Real-time communication based on IEEE 802.11b/g for automation of agricultural vehicles. 152-158 - Abel Rodriguez de la Concepcion, Riccardo Stefanelli, Daniele Trinchero:
A wireless sensor network platform optimized for assisted sustainable agriculture. 159-165
Session B1: Energy II
- Vincent Van Acker, Steve J. Szablya, Henry Louie
Survey of energy use and costs in rural kenya for community microgrid business model development. 166-173 - Taufik Taufik
The DC House project: An alternate solution for rural electrification. 174-179 - Courtney Foss, Jared Leventhal, Alan Rolf Mickelson:
Rechargeable lithium ion battery units as supplemental energy in Haiti. 180-187 - Daniel Soto:
Consumer investment in watt-scale energy products. 188-191 - Christoph R. Birkl, Damien F. Frost, Adrien M. Bizeray, Robert R. Richardson, David A. Howey
Modular converter system for low-cost off-grid energy storage using second life li-ion batteries. 192-199 - Mitchell Lee, Gordon Chester Shaw, Vijay Modi:
Battery storage: Comparing shared to individually owned storage given rural demand profiles of a cluster of customers. 200-206
Session B2: Health II
- Jennifer R. Head, Besufekad Getachew, Mitiku Gabrehiwot:
Harnessing local technology: Manufacturing small scale mixers for the fortification of edible oils and wheat flours in northern Ethiopia. 207-214 - Richard J. Anderson, Trevor Perrier, Fahad Pervaiz, Norasingh Sisouveth, Bharath Kumar, Sompasong Phongphila, Ataur Rahman
Supporting immunization programs with improved vaccine cold chain information systems. 215-222 - Virginia Hall, Eric Geise, Nasser H. Kashou
The IncuLight: Solar-powered infant incubator. 223-226 - Sudipto Banerjee, Ali M. S. Zalzala, Laura Zalzala:
Process modeling and evaluation of a pilot healthcare technology solution in slum communities. 227-234 - Nataraj Kuntagod, Sanjoy Paul
Practical challenges for large-scale deployment of mHealth solution insights from a field trial. 235-241 - Molly Eckman, Christopher Gigliotti, Staci Sutermaster
Get a grip! Handgrip strength as a health screening tool. 242-248
Session B3: Disaster, Connectivity, and Communication II
- Gregory Stevens, David Ilba, Stuart Wildy
Low-cost, open-source, collapsible, air-transportable, field-manufacturable telecommunications tower. 249-256 - Abel Rodriguez de la Concepcion, Mazen O. Hasna
Enabling ICT development with low cost high capacity wireless networks in remote and underdeveloped locations an application to public finance management in Comoros Islands. 257-262 - Joel S. Marciano Jr., Calvin Artemies G. Hilario, Mary Ann B. Zabanal, Earl V. Mendoza, Brian L. Gumiran, BenJeMar F. Flores, Mark O. Pena, Kennex H. Razon:
Monitoring system for deep-seated landslides using locally-developed tilt and moisture sensors: System improvements and experiences from real world deployment. 263-270 - Tullio Tanzi, Ludovic Apvrille, Jean-Luc Dugelay
UAVs for humanitarian missions: Autonomy and reliability. 271-278 - David Pastor-Escuredo
Flooding through the lens of mobile phone activity. 279-286 - Prabhas Pokharel, Brett Gleitsmann, Salah Chafik, Candice Heberer, Myf Ma, Chris Tan, Zaiming Yao, Vijay Modi:
Data-driven local planning at national scale: How data collected on mobile phones enable a Conditional Grants Scheme in Nigeria. 287-293
Session B4: Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunities II
- Imran A. Zualkernan
Using tablets and satellite-based internet to deliver numeracy education to marginalized children in a developing country. 294-301 - Jineet Doshi:
ICT based solutions for education in rural India- A case study. 302-306 - Enrique Aguayo-Lara, Livier Hernandez-Hirales:
Changing a life with technology from a classroom. 307-312 - Balu Anand, A. J. Antony Venus, Mukundhan Srinivasan, Arun Noel Victor, Madhuri K., S. P. Sree Rakshaa, Vineeth Vijayaraghavan, Kartik Kulkarni:
Real-world proficiency augmentation among learners through merger of project based learning (PBL) and student social responsibility (SSR): IEEE Madras Section SIGHT case study. 313-317 - Manuel Silvestre, Susana Munoz, Miguel Ángel Rubio:
A successful entrepreneurship formula for solving computer illiteracy. 318-324
Session B5: Water and Agriculture II
- Kelsey A. Czyzyk, Shayne T. Bement, William F. Dawson, Khanjan Mehta:
Quantifying water savings with greenhouse farming. 325-332 - Akash Kumar
Smart irrigation using low-cost moisture sensors and XBee-based communication. 333-337 - Christopher McComb
Identifying technical and economic improvements to the MoneyMaker Hip pump through multi-objective optimization. 338-344
Session D1: Energy III
- Roberto Barraza Garcia
LED street lighting as a strategy for climate change mitigation at local government level. 345-349 - Arif Malik
Evaluation of renewable energy projects using multi-criteria approach. 350-355 - M. Farooq, Adil Salman, Sohaib Ahmad Siddiqui, M. Ibrahim Khalil, Wasim Mukhtar:
Economically designed solar car for developing countries (Pakistan). 356-360 - Amos Veremachi, B. C. Cuamba, Ole Jorgen Nydal, J. Lovseth, Azhar Zia:
Investigating the influence of length and cross sectional area in heat storage thermal stratification. 361-368 - Canras Batunlu
3D thermal model of power electronic conversion systems for wind energy applications. 369-376
Session D2: Health III
- Dmitry Klishch, Sean Horn, Bruno Rocha:
Exo-supportive device for individuals with restricted mobility. 377-381 - Monty K. Reed:
LIFESUIT Exoskeleton Gives the Gift of Walking so They Shall Walk. 382-385 - Ricardo Chavarriaga
Multidisciplinary design of suitable assistive technologies for motor disabilities in Colombia. 386-391 - Jorge Letechipia, Abel Arredondo, Luis Hernández, Aldo Alessi, Andres Torres, Robinson A. Torres, Yeison J. Montagut:
Seating fabrication system for clinical rehabilitation settings in low income countries: The experience of Mexico and Colombia. 392-395 - John Edison Muñoz, Ricardo Chavarriaga
BCI and motion capture technologies for rehabilitation based on videogames. 396-401 - Angelica Rodrigues Araujo, Marcia L. Drumond das Chagas e Vallone, Isabella Cristina Dante Perdigao, Sara Gladys Fernandes Amaral, Thelma Virgínia Rodrigues, Carlos Augusto Paiva da Silva Martins
Technologies for rehabilitation: Problems and opportunities in the Physiotherapy Clinic at PUC Minas - Brazil. 402-407
Session D3: Disaster, Connectivity, and Communication III
- Gerard J. Christman, Brian D. Fila:
Civil information integration and interoperability. 408-411 - Stefan Voigt, Elisabeth Schoepfer, Christoff Fourie, Alexander Mager:
Towards semi-automated satellite mapping for humanitarian situational awareness. 412-416 - Andrew Ilyas:
MicroFilters: Harnessing twitter for disaster management. 417-424
Session D4: Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunities III
- Susmita Ghosh, Bhaskar Bhowmick:
Technological uncertainty: Exploring factors in indian start-ups. 425-432 - Rafat M. Abushaban:
Crowdfunding as a catapult for innovation in the middle east: Obstacles and possibilities. 433-440 - Adetunji Sunmonu, Brain Leke-Betechuoh:
People driven technology solution: A Uganda example. 441-444 - Bulbul Sen, Ranjan K. Sen:
Bottom-up integration of data-aware communities: Some initial work in Kapgari village community. 445-450 - Amy E. Wood, Charles E. Wood, Christopher A. Mattson:
Application and modification of Design for Manufacture and Assembly principles for the developing world. 451-457
Session D5: Water and Agriculture III
- Eobin Alex George, Gaurav Tiwari:
Multi-Stage Organic Water Filter system. 458-461 - Christie Ritter, Mallory Cottingham, Jared Leventhal, Alan Rolf Mickelson:
Remote delay tolerant water quality montoring. 462-468 - Anshul Dhankher, Gryphon Drake, Jinie Haytko, Yatindra Patel, Christine Sidoti, Gihoon Song:
A solar sterilization and distillation unit for water in resource-poor settings. 469-473 - Unyoung Kim, Jessica VanderGiessen, Xavier Savarimuthu
Implementation of electrochemical sensors in arsenic-contaminated areas of West Bengal in India toward rapid and point-of-use detection of arsenic in drinking water. 474-478
Session E1: Energy IV
- Anne Dare, Tiago Forin, Klein Ileleji, Brent K. Jesiek, John Lumkes, Patrick Pawletko:
Community capacity building: Collaborative micro-hydropower design in Cameroon. 479-485 - Cristian H. Birzer
Humanitarian technology research group: Developments at the University of Adelaide. 486-490 - Nicole D. Miranda
Potentials of biogas production and GHG mitigation in Guatemalan dairy farms. 491-498 - Ricardo Anderson, Stascia Gordon, Gunjan Mansingh:
An assessment of the potential impacts of knowledge-driven decision support in social welfare. 499-505
Session E2: Health IV
- Fernando Ramirez-Garibay, Cesar Millan Olivarria, Alejandro Federico Eufracio Aguilera, Joel C. Huegel
MyVox - Device for the communication between people: blind, deaf, deaf-blind and unimpaired. 506-509 - Frano Petric, Kruno Hrvatinic, Anja Babic
Four tasks of a robot-assisted autism spectrum disorder diagnostic protocol: First clinical tests. 510-517 - Silvia Figueira, Kevin Nguyen, Shweta Panditrao:
HearThat? - An app for diagnosing hearing loss. 518-524 - Quinn Tate, Amanda Fujiki
Novel smartphone attachment for ophthalmic and otoscopic exams. 525-527 - Ting Zhang, Jiang Lu, Fei Hu, Lv Wu, Mengcheng Guo:
A sensor-based virtual piano biofeedback system for stroke rehabilitation. 528-533
Session E3: Health V
- John-Thones Amenyo, Sangeeta Jadoonanan, Salim Gnabode, Tahseen Tabassum, Aerren Kublal:
KOM (Keep Out Mosquitoes) project: Anthropo-philic terraforming and manipulation of landscapes for mosquito vector control in malaria disease management and eradication. 534-540 - Richard Ribón Fletcher, Varsha Raghavan, Rujia Zha, Miriam Haverkamp, Patricia Hibberd
Development of mobile-based hand vein biometrics for global health patient identification. 541-547 - Holly Cardillo, Jennifer Kohler, Ellie Kriner, Khanjan Mehta:
Applications of Wood's Lamp technology to detect skin infections in resource-constrained settings. 548-554 - Kelly B. Ebels, Christine Clerk, Chris H. Crudder, Sarah McGray, Kendall Magnuson, Kathy Tietje, Paul LaBarre:
Incorporating user needs into product development for improved infection detection for malaria elimination programs. 555-560 - Kenneth Hawkins, Robert Burton, Paul LaBarre:
Diagnostics to support malaria elimination: Choosing an appropriate biomarker to target the subclinical Plasmodium falciparum transmission reservoir. 561-568
Session E4: Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunitiesnergy IV
- Gayan Prasad Hettiarachchi, Nadeeka Nilmini Hettiarachchi, Dhammika Suresh Hettiarachchi, Azusa Ebisuya:
Next generation data classification and linkage: Role of probabilistic models and artificial intelligence. 569-576 - Natalie Linnell, Silvia Figueira, Neil Chintala, Lauren Falzarano, Vincente Ciancio:
Hack for the homeless: A humanitarian technology hackathon. 577-584 - Thiago Rodrigues Alves, Mario Buratto, Flavio Mauricio de Souza, Thelma Virgínia Rodrigues:
OpenPLC: An open source alternative to automation. 585-589 - John-Thones Amenyo, Daniel Phelps, Olajide Oladipo, Folly Sewovoe-Ekuoe, Sangeeta Jadoonanan, Sandeep Jadoonanan, Tahseen Tabassum, Salim Gnabode, Tanging D. Sherpa, Michael Falzone, Abrar Hossain, Aerren Kublal:
MedizDroids Project: Ultra-low cost, low-altitude, affordable and sustainable UAV multicopter drones for mosquito vector control in malaria disease management. 590-596 - Javier Eduardo Gorostiaga Vargas:
Universal broadband access in developing countries - The case of Bolivia. 597-602 - Ahmed Amer, Phillip Peralez:
Affordable altered perspectives: Making augmented and virtual reality technology accessible. 603-608
Session E5: Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunities IV
- Dhruv Chand, Sreecharan Sankaranarayanan
Project Jagriti: Crowdsourced child abuse reporting. 609-613 - Stuart Ohlson, Robert Melich:
Designing and developing sustainable housing for refugee and disaster communities. 614-619 - Silvia Figueira, Kelsey Dedoshka, Katie Le, Kaitlin Kirasich, Deb Levine:
Youth StreetConnect - Helping homeless young women. 620-627 - Rishikanth C, Harini Sekar, Gautham Rajagopal, Ramesh Rajesh, Vineeth Vijayaraghavan:
Low-cost intelligent gesture recognition engine for audio-vocally impaired individuals. 628-634
Session G1: Energy V
- Manil Poudyal, Alexander Cranney, Matthew R. Jones
Impact of co-firing a traditional Peruvian biomass cookstove with biogas on emissions and combustion efficiency. 635-642 - Cameron M. Quist, Randy S. Lewis, Matthew R. Jones
Utilization of infrared photography to assess heat losses in a Peruvian cookstove. 643-648 - Kendall S. Thacker, McCall Barger, Christopher A. Mattson:
A global review of end user needs: Establishing the need for adaptable cookstoves. 649-658 - Asfafaw Haileselassie Tesfay
Energy storage integrated solar stove: A case of solar Injera baking in Ethiopia. 659-666
Session G2: Health VI
- Laura Zalzala, V. S. Parasaran, Sanjeev Prashar, Ali M. S. Zalzala:
Healthcare geopolitics in urban slums: An empirical study. 667-674 - Mila Kwiatkowska, Les Matthews:
Analysis of informational and technological requirements for the respiratory therapy workshops in Peru. 675-681 - Shyam Swaroop Nigam, Adil Usman
Effective utilization of low cost incineration and its by-products in India. 682-686 - Jonathan Callan, Phillip Sundin, Stephen Suffian, Khanjan Mehta:
Designing sustainable revenue models for CHW-centric entrepreneurial ventures. 687-693 - Jiang Lu, Ting Zhang, Fei Hu, Yeqing Wu, Ke Bao:
Measuring activities and counting steps with the SmartSocks - An unobtrusive and accurate method. 694-698
Session G4: Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunities V
- Adriano Galati, Theodoros Bourchas, Sandra Siby, Seth Frey, Maria Olivares, Stefan Mangold:
Mobile-enabled delay tolerant networking in rural developing regions. 699-705 - Deepak Kumar Vashisth, Himanshu Sharma:
Breaking into the social nervous system: Architecture for reality mining. 706-710 - Nayan Jeevagan, Pallavi Santosh, Rishabh Berlia, Shubham Kandoi:
Project Stay Alert. 711-715 - Nayan Jeevagan, Pallavi Santosh, Rishabh Berlia, Shubham Kandoi:
RFID based vehicle identification during collisions. 716-720
Session H2: Health VII
- Jered Singleton, Dylan Guelig, Josh Buser
Advancing electricity-free molecular diagnostics at the point-of-care: Optimizing the NINA platform for a malaria LAMP assay. 721-725
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