Aeolus: Detecting Narcotics-Induced Respiratory Depression
In order to sleep comfortably while recovering from surgery, hospital patients are often given narcotics for pain relief. However, this can cause respiratory depression, where the patients’ ability to breathe is hindered. This can lead to apnea (blockage of airways), respiratory and cardiac arrest, and death. Current approaches to early detection of NIRD chiefly … Continue reading “Aeolus: Detecting Narcotics-Induced Respiratory Depression”
- Team Members: Vinayak Viswanadham, Brian Dick, Yumi Suh, Adrian Tabula
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2014
Sahay
Sahay is an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platform connecting workers in the household informal sector (e.g. domestic help, cooks, drivers, security guards, etc.) in India with employment opportunities. Using the web page, Short Message Service (SMS) system, or Interactive Voice Response (IVR) interface, rural and migrant workers can search for jobs posted on … Continue reading “Sahay”
- Team Members: Priya Iyer, Seema Puthyapurayil, Eric Zan, Timothy Meyers, Ajeeta Dhole
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2014
Dropsense
Dropsense is developing a convenient, affordable hypoglycemia alert system to help diabetics better monitor their glucose levels. The technology comprises a sensor patch, mobile application, and machine learning analytics platform. The non-invasive Dropsense sensor sends data wirelessly to a smartphone, where a mobile app continuously processes the data with the machine learning algorithm to … Continue reading “Dropsense”
- Team Members: Jeremy Fiance, Steve Yadlowsky, Vikram Iyer
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2014
Glucose ENOSE
In 2011, the CDC reported diabetes afflicted 25.8 million people in the United States. This disease can be controlled by strict blood serum glucose level monitoring, but the gold standard fingerstick test is painful and must be done multiple times every day. The team is developing a colorimetric sensor that could provide an inexpensive, … Continue reading “Glucose ENOSE”
- Team Members: Patrick Lyon, Benson Fan, Yayun Chen, Ray Chiu
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2014
The Phoenix Scholars
Due to state budget cuts, many California public high schools have cut their college counseling programs. As a result, many high school students have limited access to information regarding college admissions. This is most prevalent in underserved and impoverished areas of the state. There are many bright and talented students who are capable of … Continue reading “The Phoenix Scholars”
- Team Members: Aiden Nguyen, Kelly Yu, Daniel Dinh, Sean Sun, Leanza Tupfer, Bryan Lao
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2014
BEAM Box: Project-Based Learning
Berkeley Engineers and Mentors (BEAM) is planning a program to develop, test, and implement project-based learning (PBL) curriculum in local schools. PBL is a nation-wide educational movement that aims to expose students to real-world challenges while emphasizing teamwork, communication of ideas, self-discovery, student-initiated learning, and creative approaches to problems. BEAM wants to join this … Continue reading “BEAM Box: Project-Based Learning”
- Team Members: Robert Chen, Michael Fuerte, Animesh Mehrota-Hajela, William Juang, Helen Park, Zach Zeleznick, Matt Zhang
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2014
CloudCreations
CloudCreations will be the platform through which innovative and effective educational tools can work together simultaneously and seamlessly. This platform is for students to collaborate, create, and compete. The collaboration will occur inside and outside the classroom and will be customized for students depending on whether or not they are in class and what … Continue reading “CloudCreations”
- Team Members: Adam Eastman, Andrew Kooker, Kaavya Reddy
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2014
LuxWalk
The three main functions of the LuxWalk application are as follows. First, students can input their origin and destination on an app built into the application to find the safest route to walk, produced through an analysis of past crime data and the degree of street lighting. Second, students can also track the Night Safety … Continue reading “LuxWalk”
- Team Members: Jennifer Fei, Corbin Halliwill
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2014
PowerTower: Empowering Global Communities
PowerTower is an all-in-one compact energy harvesting unit that will provide communities around the world with pasteurized water, electricity for small devices, and instant flowing hot water. Much of the third world is currently living without many of the necessities taken for granted such as running hot water, electricity, or safe water. PowerTower will … Continue reading “PowerTower: Empowering Global Communities”
- Team Members: Jacqueline Nguyen
- Global Poverty Alleviation
- UC Berkeley
- 2014