SurgeCare
The incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) in low-middle income countries (LMIC) is up to six times higher than in developed countries. SSI can be prevented by ensuring that instruments are clean and sterile between procedures. In the developing world, this proves difficult with limited resources. Current methods for decontaminating surgical instruments involve a … Continue reading “SurgeCare”
- Team Members: Tatiana Jansen, Irene Kim, Jovanny Guillen
- Global Health
- UC Berkeley
- 2018
Livestock Disease Diagnosis Kit
Proper disease diagnosis for livestock is essential in determining the suitable treatment, but diagnosis is a challenge for farmers who have limited access to veterinary laboratories and services. To solve this challenge, the Livestock Disease Diagnosis (LIDDIA) team has developed a point-of-care (POC) diagnostic kit to help farmers conduct routine checkups for early and timely … Continue reading “Livestock Disease Diagnosis Kit”
- Team Members: Isaac Oluk, Julius Mugaga, Patricia Nekesa
- Food and Agriculture
- Makerere University
- 2018
ArboSol
Current farming practices are degrading soil at a rate of 75,000 acres per day, with about a third of global soil considered severely degraded and the remaining projected to last only 60 years. By reducing agricultural productivity, soil degradation is responsible for a global annual economic loss of $27.3-billion. ArboSol addresses this problem locally–in California’s … Continue reading “ArboSol”
- Team Members: Casey Finnerty, Daryn Lee, Alison Sime
- Food and Agriculture
- UC Berkeley
- 2018
TRAM project
Smallholder farmers in low resource settings are forced to sell their crops at low prices shortly after harvest to avoid post-harvest losses, which results in low agricultural financial gains and lack of food security among farming households. A proven solution is the use of metallic silos for long-term storage of crops with less than 1% … Continue reading “TRAM project”
- Team Members: Solomon Oshabaheebwa, Catherine Nameyega, Samson Natamba Sande, Isaac Oluk, Lydia Akino
- Food and Agriculture
- Makerere University
- 2018
Solanga
Solanga builds solar powered community centers, or Solanga Hubs, in areas that lack electricity. The Hubs provide people valuable services at affordable prices – such as cell phone charging stations, computers, televisions, well-lit study or social gathering spaces in the evening and electric water pumps. These services are sold on a per-use basis. The Hubs … Continue reading “Solanga”
- Team Members: Samuel Roth, Paige Balcom, Samuel Akindele
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC Berkeley
- 2018
EMPOWER
The rise in home solar generation is reducing emissions from the residential building sector. However, net energy metering (NEM) policies are being phased out in many states, making residential solar projects less attractive from a financial standpoint. EMPOWER is addressing this problem through the development of a modular, affordable, residential energy management system that leverages … Continue reading “EMPOWER”
- Team Members: Ian Bolliger, Alana Siegner, Rinitha Reddy Kothapalle
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC Berkeley
- 2018
Trash to Tiles
Plastic waste. Poor roofing. Unemployment. Poverty. — Four developing world problems with one solution. In sixty years, the world has produced 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic and recycled only 9%. In developing countries, plastic waste is generally burned, releasing pollutants into the atmosphere. Quality roofing material is often unaffordable for many subsistence farmers and … Continue reading “Trash to Tiles”
- Team Members: Paige Balcom, Alexander Wang, Juliana Cabrera, Stephanie Solove, Jeremy Lan
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC Berkeley
- 2018
One Village Philippines
One Village Philippines is a multidisciplinary team of fifteen engineering students within the UC San Diego Global TIES program. This team is working together with the non-profit organization Gawad Kalinga to support its mission of alleviating poverty for communities across the Philippines by providing humanitarian solutions via engineering services. Due to limited lighting, nighttime travel … Continue reading “One Village Philippines”
- Team Members: TszHang (Chris) Lee, Aidin Massoumi, Eric Richards, Daniel Vazquez, Lin Hein, Rogelio De Guzman, Yuka Okina, Daniel Witteman, Taewook Kim
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC San Diego
- 2018
Let’s learn Mixteco
Indigenous communities are an important part of Latino migration to the U.S., but they have been historically overlooked. An estimated 100,000 indigenous people from Mexico, primarily Mixtec, make up the farmworker population in California. A sizeable Mixtec community can be found in Oxnard, Ventura County. There have been attempts by the community to preserve … Continue reading “Let’s learn Mixteco”
- Team Members: Albert Ventayol Boada, Maria Valentina Fahler, John Cano Barrios
- Cities and Communities
- UC Santa Barbara
- 2018