EPICS in IEEE
Team:
Kapil Dandekar (initiative leader)
Saurabh Sinha
Supavadee Aramvith
Maciej Borowka
Nicholas Kirsch
David Oyedokun
Prasanna Venkatesan
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epics-high@ieee.org
http://ieee.org/go/epics-high
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 servicerelated engineering projects
Establishment of a relationship between the student branches in each
of the participating Sections, a local high school (or schools), and nonprofit 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
# 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
Regions 1-6
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Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
Joint efforts involved in
EPICS-in-IEEE projects
Non-govt. or
Non-profit Org.
University
students (SB)
EPICS-in-IEEE
High schools
Profit
organisation(s)
Recipient:
Local Community
Affinity Groups
(YP, WIE)
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54 Projects in 18 Countries (1)
Year
Country
2011 Argentina
2011 Argentina
Category
2011 India
2011 India
Education &
Outreach
2012 India
Access &
AbilitiesPage
2010 Belgium
2013 China
2014 China
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Recycling Program
Environment
Access &
Abilities
Education &
Outreach
Human
Services
Human
Services
Human
Services
Education &
Outreach
2011 Argentina
Project Title
IP telephony system implementation
Design, development and construction of modular
educational kits for teaching electronics in high school
level for public schools in the Province of Cordoba
Construction of solar cells to meet basic needs of Bagaya,
Senegal
Intelligent Bookshelf Designed For Children And The
Disabled
Education and Outreach of Electrical Engineering and
Renewable Energy
Video learning for rural schools
Humanitarian computing local solutions for the visually
impaired
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Communicative Hand Glove For Deaf And Mute
54 Projects in 18 Countries (2)
Year
Country
2013 India
2011 India
2012 India
2012 India
2012 India
2012 India
2012 India
2012 India
2012 India
2014 India
Category
Project Title
Access &
Abilities
Access &
Abilities
Access &
Abilities
Access &
Abilities
Human
Services
Access &
Abilities
Human
Services
Human
Services
Educational Device For The Mentally Disadvantaged and
Learning Disabled
Device to assist communication of disabled based on hand
gesture recognition
Human
Services
Human
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Services
Real Time Sign Language Conversion for the Hearing
Impaired
Wrist Bands for Hearing Impaired
Learning Aids For Visually Challenged
Low-Cost Center-of-Gravity Biofeedback for Stasis Posturing
- Smart Mirror
Eye-Gestured Controlled Semi-Automatic Ability Assist with
Electro-Occulography Based Human-Wheelchair Interface
Indian Rural Cardiac Healthcare
Laptop Interfaced Multi-Purpose Probe
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Albiot: A Non-Chemical Electronic Agile Pest Control Device
54 Projects in 18 Countries (3)
Year
Country
2014 India
2011 India
2013 India
2010 India
2010 India
2013 Kenya
Category
Project Title
Access &
Abilities
Access &
Abilities
Tele-Ophthalmoscopy for diagnosis of eye abnormalities in
patiences
Human
Services
Access &
Abilities
Access &
Abilities
Green Cart
PULSS: Prenatal Ultrasound Scan For Low Resource Settings
Communication Device to Assist Children with Cognitive
Disorders
Synchronous traffic control system
2012 Kenya
Environment
Human
Services
Using Renewable Energy To Promote Rural Education
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
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My Robot Friend: Teaching Kids Robotics
54 Projects in 18 Countries (4)
Year
Country
2010 Namibia
2011 Nigeria
2014 Pakistan
2013 Portugal
Category
Project Title
Education &
Outreach
Mobile science lab for high school In rural area
Access &
Image processing approach to the modeling and design of
Abilities
an intelligent traffic control system
Human
Services
Analytic Application For Baseline Survey 2014
Human
Services
EPICS in Portugal
2009 South Africa Environment Western Cape breeze
Education & Computer lab renewable energy audit and alternative
2010 South Africa Outreach
energy installation
Access &
Photovoltaic powered study lamp incorporating an AM/FM
2010 South Africa Abilities
radio and mobile phone charger
Human
2011 South Africa Services
Air Quality Microsensors for Earth Observations
Human
Modeling and installation of a solar water geyser at
2011 South Africa Services
Emasithandane children's home in Nyanga
Design, Modeling, Manufacture & Distribution of 100
Access &
Portable Refrigerators For Use In Disadvantaged And/Or
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2012 South Africa Abilities
Rural Settlements
54 Projects in 18 Countries (5)
Year
Country
Category
Project Title
2010 Uganda
Education &
Outreach
Acquisition Electronic Card For Educational Experiments
Human
Poverty reduction and environmental conservation through
Services
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
Wind-powered electrical supply for humanitarian field
Environment operations
2011 Puerto Rico
Education &
Outreach
2011 USA
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Environment
Air quality monitoring of Marcellus Shale drilling sites
2012 Tunisia
Renewable energy for sustainable development laboratory
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54 Projects in 18 Countries (6)
Year
Country
2013 USA
2013 USA
2010 Zambia
2010 Zambia
2010 Zimbabwe
Category
Project Title
Wireless Sensor Network For The Restoration of Oyster
Environment Beds in the Great Bay of New Hampshire
Education &
Outreach
Digital Literacy in Rural India
Access &
OpenBTS (Open Base Transceiver Station) implementation
Abilities
In Chikanta
Education &
Outreach
Digital teaching units
Human
On-Line monitoring of lightning incidence and severity in
Services
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
Air-quality microsensors for Earth Observations
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
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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
Intelligent Traffic Control System
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 selfreliance and innovations.
$4K
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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 epics-high@ieee.org.
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
Consumables - Node construction
"Ordinary" Air-Quality Sensors
GSM transceiver
Sensitive Si Chips/microsensors*
PCB integration
Software devt./licencing
Stationery
Project board/materials/banner & branding
Transportation (dissemintation activities)
Workshops (catering)
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US $
7000
300
600
400
1000
9300 US $
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
Please contact us anytime:
davoyedokun@ieee.org
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maciejborowka@ieee.org
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