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The document summarizes IEEE Canada's Humanitarian Initiatives Committee (HIC) and its activities. It discusses how the HIC was established to support participation in the Humanitarian Technology Challenge and explore sustained humanitarian initiatives. The HIC now aims to assist IEEE sections with humanitarian projects using its framework. Current activities include a student design competition, outreach at conferences, and defining an open source hardware platform. The HIC also collaborates with other groups on projects related to reliable electricity and data connectivity. Members are encouraged to get involved through various participation opportunities.
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- 1. IEEE Canada Humanitarian Initiatives Local Engineering Achievements Glenn McKnight and Alfredo Herrera November 17, 2010 Peterborough, On “Advancing Technology for Humanity”
- 2. Three-year project, launched in 2008 Partnership between United Nations Foundation and IEEE: bring a more systematic approach to applying technology to solve world problems Focused on three challenges: • Reliable Electricity • Data Connectivity of Rural District Health Offices • Individual ID Tied to Health Records Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC) Project Framework Definition Challenge Formulation Solution Formulation Product Develop. Deploy. & Eval. Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 2012201120102008 2009
- 3. 3 Humanitarian Technology Challenge Events 1 - 2 June 2009 Challenge Conference, Washington, DC Exposure of project to larger field of stakeholders 153 attendees total; exceeding expectations 60 of the 153 from outside the US Approximately equal mix of humanitarian and technology representatives Presentations by humanitarians experienced in implementing technology in developing countries Finalized documentation of the three selected challenges, ratified by working groups in a pre-conference meeting of 45 volunteers 26 - 28 October 2009 Solution Development Workshop, Washington, DC Series of working sessions focused on defining plans for field tests of solution ideas Approx. 70 people participated, exceeding expectations (reps from 15 countries) Two panels with five NGO representatives, addressing the realities of field test implementations and field test funding and partnerships. Basic plans established for four field tests: Providing an integrated power-on-demand electricity supply & mgmt. System Establishing a network of 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz Wi-Fi data communications links among small rural outposts Identifying patients by facial characteristics in a clinical setting Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) linked to medical records 02/06/10 3
- 4. 4 Lessons learned during HTC The quantity of resources needed to solve world problems is greater that those available to any individual or even organizations. Many of the best solutions come from the places where there are the most needs. Without partnerships a viable idea may never be realized; as the HTC personal ID working group found out when they lost contact with the clinic they were planning to partner with in Africa. Geopolitical unrest can prevent a project from being deployed; as the HTC Data Connectivity working group found out about their planned field trial in Asia. A solution is not limited to a technological device or method, but should focus on people and community solutions to avoid being labelled as “cool ideas” looking for a problem to solve.
- 5. 5 A World Problem is A problem which has a global scale, affecting a very large part of the world directly or indirectly (people, animals, plants) Or a smaller scale problem which occurs many different times an places in the world, affecting different areas differently but with similar "local/regional scale mechanism”
- 6. 6 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R8 and R10 are now the two largest IEEE Regions R9 – 15,401 R8 – 67,221 R10 73,662R1 to 6 – 209,857 R7 – 16,259 R1 – 37,050 R2 – 32,137 R3 – 30,557 R4 – 23,204 R5 – 28,765 R6 – 58,144 IEEE Membership per region (2008)
- 7. 7 Deploying Technology for Humanity The total land area is 13,056 million hectares. Divided up equally that would be 2.1 hectares for each person. However population is not evenly distributed. "Secure access to land remains essential for diverse land-based livelihoods and is a precondition for sustainable agriculture, economic growth and poverty reduction." Oxfam, 2006 www.worldmapper.org
- 8. 8 Technology for > 6 billion people (‘02) The size of each territory shows the relative proportion of the world's population living there. "Out of every 100 persons added to the population in the coming decade, 97 will live in developing countries." Hania Zlotnik, 2005. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Secretariat www.worldmapper.org
- 9. 9 A World Problem: Disasters Territory size shows the proportion of all deaths caused by disasters, which overwhelm local resources, that died there 1975-2004. It includes outbreaks of infectious diseases not normally found there. Disasters overwhelm local capacity, causing destruction and suffering, and necessitating a request for outside help. Disasters include droughts, epidemics, volcanoes, storms, fires, and events caused by accidents or indirectly caused by wars. www.worldmapper.org
- 10. 10 A World Problem: Violent Deaths Territory size shows the proportion of violent deaths worldwide that occurred there in 2002. War deaths are not shown here. The violent deaths shown here are homicide (murder and manslaughter), but exclude deaths due to war. www.worldmapper.org
- 11. 11 A Tech Problem: Electricity Access This map shows where people who have electricity supplied to their homes; it includes electricity sourced from a public grid or self-generated. This map shows access, not the quantities of electricity used. Note that 7 of the 10 territories with the lowest access to electricity are in South eastern Africa. www.worldmapper.org
- 12. 12 A Tech Problem: Cellular Subscribers (’02) Number of subscriptions to cellular telephones around the world increased 100 fold between 1990 and 2002. The ITU expects the number of mobile cellular subscriptions globally to reach five billion in 2010, driven by advanced services and handsets in developed countries and increased take-up of mobile health services and mobile banking in the developing world. www.worldmapper.org
- 15. Canadian Humanitarian Initiatives Committee Initially established to: • support participation in the Humanitarian Technology Challenge • explore interest in a sustained humanitarian initiatives committee. Now: standing committee supporting IEEE members in Canada that are participating in Humanitarian initiatives or building relationships that will enable our members to fulfil IEEE’s strategic vision. Need of a systematic approach to solve world problems Desire to demonstrate expertise & relevance of IEEE to positively impact humanity Using HIC framework to assist sections on humanitarian initiatives
- 16. 16 Projected benefits of HIC strategy Respond to the growing need, voiced by members, to address world problems in a tangible manner Enhance sense of belonging and pride in being members; benefiting membership development and member retention Provide members opportunity to use professional skills outside current job, as a career development path Provide opportunity for members to participate in Humanitarian/Social Entrepreneur industry: “to do well while doing good” Provide the continuity needed by sections to improve proficiency in humanitarian work
- 17. 17 Current HIC Framework Website and Virtual Community to pull together information scattered on many IEEE pages: • http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/r7-hic/ • http://ieeecanadahic.ieee.sixent.net • Offering web presence for members involved in humanitarian work Creating capacity and nurturing the networks of skills/people Facilitating sharing of resources like document templates, best practices, and lessons learned Collecting, classifying, and distributing information or assistance to support humanitarian initiatives, new ventures and collaborations Two anchor activities: • To raise awareness: CCECE (http://www.ieee.ca/ccece10/) • To agree on new initiatives: EPEC (http://www.ieee.ca/epec10/)
- 18. 18 Current HIC activities HIC collaborative work: • HTC Data Connectivity: Martin Murrillo, Pedro Sanchez • HTC Reliable Electricity: Glenn McKnight, Alfredo Herrera • Partnerships: EWB Canada, FBSC, WE CARE Solar • Donors: IEEE Canadian Foundation, Engineering for Change, IEEE Foundation, IEEE Ottawa Section Helping HTC Proof of Concept Test (PCT) of WiFi link for small rural outposts: pilots in South America; planned pilots in Asia. First HIC student design competition improving WE CARE design To show how IEEE funding sources can be obtained To engage members at section level in humanitarian initiatives Define Open Hardware model for IEEE humanitarian initiatives To gain mindshare with agencies, NGOs and public
- 19. 19 IEEE Canada HIC student competition
- 20. 20 Current HIC activities http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/r7-hic/initiatives/student-design-competition-2010-2011/ The competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a Canadian college or university: • Teams are required to have a mentor • Mentors can be a professor from the institution where team is enrolled • Teams can alternatively have a mentor from industry • Teams will have a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 members • There is no limit on the number of teams from a given institution • There are no entry fees • Proposal submission: Friday January 7, 2011 • Three top teams invited to CCECE 2011 for tutorial and awards • Cash prizes: first, CND$1000; second, CND$700; third, CND$300
- 21. 2-3 surgical LED lights for 12 hours Cell phones and/or walkie-talkies 8 AAA headlamp batteries Laptop computer Portable ultrasound 80W System 40W System Forty Watts of PV
- 22. 22 Current HIC activities http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/r7-hic/initiatives/student-design-competition-2010-2011/ Partnering with WE CARE Solar to improve their platform: a cost- effective, portable, immediately operational, plug and play solar electric system that fits in a suitcase. Developed with group of Berkeley students in 2008. Participants will be asked to study this system and to propose ideas that will improve it, extend it or innovate it. For example: • Simplify installation • Create collection of DC devices • Enable use of Li-Ion battery • Enable use of electric tool batteries • Optimize charge controller • Improve serviceability and cost • Improve enclosure • Innovate connectorization
- 24. 24 Recent HIC activities – completed and next Done: ‒ Had booth at EPEC 2010, presented paper ‒ Become familiar with IEEE funding sources ‒ Reaching out to Canadian sections, monthly meetings in Ottawa ‒ Paper created for the Open Source Business Review on Open Hardware To Do: ‒ Promote student competition, awards at CCECE 2011 ‒ Tutorial at CCECE 2011 ‒ Define Open Source Hardware platform for IEEE projects ‒ Submit proposal for sections congress Goals: • Show how humanitarian projects that can be organized and funded at the MGA region/section level (grassroots). • Contribute to IEEE objective of showing expertise and relevance to positively impact humanity http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/r7-hic/ alfredo.herrera@ieee.org
- 25. 25 IEEE Humanitarian initiatives other than HIC (PES-CSI)
- 26. 26 Electricity for > 1 million in Haiti: www.CommunitySolutionsInitiative.org
- 27. Mobile Module ConceptMobile Module Concept 2727
- 30. 54 V 54 V LVD 14 V LVD control 54 V x 20x 20
- 31. 31 Potential for partnership between IEEE Canada HIC and PES-CSI
- 32. CSI: Wind Turbine Task Force Project Update Co-Chairs: Henry Louie, PhD Carmen Cejudo 4 October 2010
- 33. About Us • Formed in Summer of 2009 • Joint project between IEEE Power & Energy Society and Engineers without Borders Seattle Chapter IEEE PES Puget Sound Professional Chapter EWB
- 34. Concept • Determine the feasibility of small-scale wind turbines for electricity generation in rural communities • Constructed in-country, using local labor and material if possible • Opportunity for a micro-business
- 35. Concept • Feasibility Considerations: Cost Availability of materials Availability of labor/expertise Sustainability (maintenance) Comparison with other energy sources (PV, etc)
- 36. Approach • Review existing “home made” wind turbine designs • Construct according to design • Document construction process • Identify areas for improvement • Test and model • Deploy
- 37. Wind Turbine Design • Selected “Homebrew Wind Power” by Dan Bartman and Dan Fink as base design ( www.otherpower.com) • Blades based on Hugh Piggott’s “A Wind Turbine Recipe” (http:// scoraigwind.com/books/books.htm)
- 39. Implementation • Assemble a committed group of volunteers with variety of backgrounds Practicing engineers Carpenters, Machinists Instructors Academics Students
- 41. Electrical Components • Create 1 stator, 2 rotors • Stator: • Nine, 70 turn coils of 14 AWG wire • Wired as a three phase generator with 3 coils per phase • Construct mold • Cast stator in vinyl ester resin source: www.otherpower.com
- 42. Electrical Components • Rotors: Two 12” diameter, ¼” thick steel discs 12 NdFeB (“rare earth”) magnets per rotor Magnets attached using aluminum template Create mold Cast in vinyl ester resin source: www.otherpower.com
- 43. Progress to Date: Electrical
- 44. Progress to Date: Blades • Saw, chisel and sand three wooden rotor blades • Blades must be tapered on both sides source: www.otherpower.com
- 45. Progress to Date: Blades • One complete • Two half-done
- 46. Progress to Date: Metal • Machine and weld frame and tail components • LOTS of WORK! source: www.otherpower.com source: www.otherpower.com
- 47. Costs • Not finalized as of yet • Notable costs (approximate) Magnets: $185 Wire: $50 Spindle: $70 Resin: $60
- 48. Remaining Challenges • Tower structure • Suitable test location Potentially at a Puget Sound Energy wind farm in Central or southern Washington • Develop EM model of generator • Identification of trial deployment Chikuni, Zambia • Identifying where suitable wind resources are
- 49. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Henry Louie, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 901 12th Avenue, Bannan 219 P.O. Box 222000 Seattle, WA 98122-1090 www.seattleu.edu Tel: (206) 398-4619 Fax: (206) 296-5962 louieh@seattleu.edu COLLEGE OF
- 50. 50 What can you do? Join one of the on-going IEEE humanitarian projects Participate in the HIC student design competition Participate in IEEE president’s Change the World competition Form a humanitarian committee in your section Contact the HIC to learn more Visit/use the HIC webpage and virtual community Donate to the IEEE Canada humanitarian fund http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/r7-hic/ Coordinator alfredo.herrera@ieee.org
Notes de l'éditeur
- Connecting humanitarians and technologists together, with suppliers and funders, to develop implementable and sustainable solutions; over 600 people currently access our online collaboration system - Spigit Four field tests of solution ideas defined by volunteer teams Involvement of all 10 IEEE Regions and 22 Technical Societies & Councils Project-managed by IEEE, under auspices of Steering Committee Two events held in 2009: a Conference and a Workshop Identified through focus groups, and documented, 37 areas where technology could be applied to solve humanitarian problems
- 13,056 million hectares Scope: Population > 6 billion (‘00)
- A hectare is 100 metres by 100 metres. 200 territories shown.
- Territory size shows the proportion of all people with some electrical power in their homes living there.
- IEEE Canada is the Canadian arm (as Region 7) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as well as the constituent society of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for the technical fields of electrical, electronics, and computer engineering. IEEE Canada operates some 20 sections (local organizations) arranged in 3 areas (Western, Central, and Eastern Canada), as well as over 50 student branches in universities and colleges, operates two annual conferences hosted in different cities across Canada, publishes an electronic newsletter, a general interest magazine, and a technical journal, maintains a web site containing publication archives, a digital library of specialized lectures, and a showcase of Canadian engineering achievement (developed as a milennium project), recognizes the individual achievements of its members through an extensive program of awards, promotes student growth and development by providing scholarships and grants through the IEEE Canadian Foundation, provides resources (experience, funding, contacts, and so on) to assist members in upgrading their knowledge base, professional skills and networking capabilities - please see the various sections of this web site for more information and how you can become more involved in what our people do.
- IEEE Canada is the Canadian arm (as Region 7) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as well as the constituent society of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for the technical fields of electrical, electronics, and computer engineering. IEEE Canada operates some 20 sections (local organizations) arranged in 3 areas (Western, Central, and Eastern Canada), as well as over 50 student branches in universities and colleges, operates two annual conferences hosted in different cities across Canada, publishes an electronic newsletter, a general interest magazine, and a technical journal, maintains a web site containing publication archives, a digital library of specialized lectures, and a showcase of Canadian engineering achievement (developed as a milennium project), recognizes the individual achievements of its members through an extensive program of awards, promotes student growth and development by providing scholarships and grants through the IEEE Canadian Foundation, provides resources (experience, funding, contacts, and so on) to assist members in upgrading their knowledge base, professional skills and networking capabilities - please see the various sections of this web site for more information and how you can become more involved in what our people do.
- Initiatives include relief assistance during natural disasters like ice storms and floods, socioeconomic development abroad, and also awareness initiatives at a in our communities. Driving Need (pull from outside of IEEE) Humanitarian relief and socio-economic development are ever present complex undertakings in constant need of a framework to bring together humanitarian organizations, first responders, technical experts, policy makers, corporations and philanthropic groups to address critical issues Desired Outcome (push from within of IEEE) Creation of group focused on humanitarian issues; expressed at various levels, for example sections conference in Quebec city Reaching new demographic by raising awareness of the expertise and relevance of the IEEE to positively impact humanity Opening opportunities for members, adding value to membership Enabling Framework (hub, launch pad, clearinghouse) Assisting sections to become proficient in humanitarian initiatives Creating systematic approach for humanitarian use of technology Collecting, classifying, and distributing information or assistance to support humanitarian initiatives, new ventures and collaborations in which Canadian IEEE members are involved
- Launch the idea, build organizational capacity, and achieve impact.
- Laura Stachel: “I first learned about these realities while doing doctoral research in 2008. In response, I worked with a group of Berkeley students to create an cost-effective, portable, immediately operational, plug and play solar electric system. These easy-to-use systems combine the power of the sun are being used by health facilities around the world. One switch and the sealed battery begins storing energy collected from the sun, another switch turns on the LED lighting system. The suitcases can power cell phones, walkie-talkies, computers loaded with medical text books, portable ultrasounds, even blood-bank refrigerators….They are rugged and last for more than ten years, with a retail cost including distribution of around $1000.”