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GHTC 2012: Seattle, WA, USA
- 2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2012, Seattle, WA, USA, October 21-24, 2012. IEEE 2012, ISBN 978-1-4673-3016-9
Energy Paper Session A
- Pedro A. Melendez-Vega, Giri Venkataramanan
:
Aluminum Foil Coils for Human Scale Wind Turbines. 1-5 - Anton D. J. Kaasjager, G. P. G. Moeys:
A Hot Plate Solar Cooker with Electricity Generation - Combining a Parabolic Trough Mirror with a Sidney Tube and Heat Pipe. 6-11 - Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, Lekshmi M. Nair, Meera Viswanath, Shreeja Sugathan:
Pedalite: Lighting up Lives in Un-electrified Villages. 12-17 - Tahsin Faraz
, A. K. M. Abdul Malek Azad:
Solar Battery Charging Station and Torque Sensor Based Electrically Assisted Tricycle. 18-22 - Javier Rosa, P. Achintya Madduri, Daniel Soto:
Efficient Microgrid Management System for Electricity Distribution in Emerging Regions. 23-26 - Abu Asraf Siddique, Abu Hanif Md. Ripon:
An Efficient Photovoltaic Cell Design by Composite of Back Contact EWT Technique and Surface Texturisation. 27-30
Disaster Paper Session
- Daniel B. Koch, Patricia W. Payne:
An Incident Management Preparedness and Coordination Toolkit. 31-35 - Hafiz Abdur Rahman
, José R. Martí, Krishan D. Srivastava:
Road Traffic Forecasting through Simulation and Live GPS-Feed from Intervehicle Networks. 36-40 - José R. Martí, Pranab Kini, Paul Lusina, Antonio Di Pietro
, Vittorio Rosato
, Baptiste Charnier, Kui Wang:
Inter-System Software Adapter for Decision Support by Interfacing Disaster Response Platforms & Simulation Platforms. 41-46 - Kuniaki Uto
, Haruyuki Seki, Yukio Kosugi, Toru Murase, Sigenori Takagishi:
Human Detection Based on Active Infrared Illumination. 47-52 - Yoh Kawano, David Lawrence Shepard, Yugo Shobugawa
, Jun Goto, Tsubasa Suzuki, Yoshihiro Amaya, Masayasu Oie, Takuji Izumikawa, Hidenori Yoshida, Yoshinori Katsuragi, Toshihiro Takahashi, Shigeru Hirayama, Reiko Saito, Makoto Naito:
A Map for the Future: Measuring Radiation Levels in Fukushima, Japan. 53-58 - Iem Heng, Andy S. Zhang, Michael Heimbinder, Raymond Yap:
A Unique Environmental Mobile Device for Detecting Hazardous Chemicals. 59-65
Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunities Paper Session
- Sumonu Lateef Adigun:
Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunities. 66-70 - Bulbul Sen, Ranjan K. Sen:
Socio-economic Development of Extremely Poor Communities in Kapgari Area - Some Experiments and Field Results. 71-76 - Mrunal Gawade, Rajan Vaish, Mercy Nduta Waihumbu, James Davis:
Exploring Employment Opportunities through Microtasks via Cybercafes. 77-82 - Sajan S, Gaur Gopal Ray:
Human Factors in Safe Driving - A Review of Literature on Systems Perspective, Distractions and Errors. 83-88 - Keyur Dhaky, Mehernosh Bulsara:
Software for Tracking Vulnerable Children. 89-92 - Arvinder Kaur, Piyush Madan:
Sahaaya: Gesture Recognising System to Provide Effective Communication for Specially-Abled People. 93-97
Water & Agriculture Paper Session
- Thomas Baginski, Emile Ewing, Thaddeus A. Roppel, Robert Dean:
Sustainable On-site Bleach Generation Utilizing Salt and Sunlight. 98-103 - Min Pack, Khanjan Mehta:
Design of Affordable Greenhouses for East Africa. 104-110 - Eric T. Kaiser, Kimberly Roberts, Jamlong Pawkham, Bunsak Thongdi, Robert Morikawa, Doug Satre:
Healthy Forest, Healthy People: Remote Sensing and Monitoring Support Implementation of Community Forestry in Thailand. 111-116 - Gerardo Di Martino
, Antonio Iodice
, Daniele Riccio
, Giuseppe Ruello, Maria Nicolina Papa, Youssouf Koussoube:
Innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar Products for the Management of Land and Water. 117-121 - Suyash Kumar Chopra:
Leveraging Technological Advances in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Systems Thinking Approach. 122-127 - Justin J. Henriques
, Benjamin T. Foster, William G. Schnorr, Reed Barton:
Implementation of a Mobile Vaccine Refrigerator with Parallel Photovoltaic Power Systems. 128-131
ISCRAM Special Paper Session
- Robin E. Mays, Robert Racadio, Mary Kay Gugerty:
Competing Constraints: The Operational Mismatch between Business Logistics and Humanitarian Effectiveness. 132-137 - Gerardo Di Martino
, Antonio Iodice
, Daniele Riccio
, Giuseppe Ruello:
Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images for Crisis Response and Management. 138-142 - Axel Schulz, Jens Ortmann, Florian Probst:
Getting User-Generated Content Structured: Overcoming Information Overload in Emergency Management. 143-148
Energy Paper Session B
- Bernard van Acker, Cédric Van Acker, Vincent Van Acker:
Flexicurity for Investment Reimbursement of Micro Renewable Electric Energy Systems. 149-154 - Md. Rashidul Islam, Md. Masud Kaisar Khan:
A Review on Energy Scenario and Sustainable Energy Sources in Bangladesh. 155-159 - Md. Rashidul Islam, Shaikat Barua, Regan Barua:
Feasibility Study of Micro-Hydro Power with an Integrated Renewable Model in CHT. 160-165 - Thomas M. Mosier, Kendra V. Sharp, David F. Hill:
Development of a Water Runoff Model for Pakistan: A tool for Identifying and Assessing Micro-hydro Sites. 166-171 - P. Freddy Simon, Balu Anand, A. J. Antony Venus:
Stand-Alone Renewable Hybrid Power Generation System. 172-177 - Sathy Amangalam, G. Balakrishnan:
Dual Powered Bike. 178-180
Connectivity & Communications Paper Sessionamp;
- Justin J. Henriques
, Beaudry E. Kock:
Empowering Smallholders and Local Food Markets with Smartphones and Social Networks. 181-185 - S. Rajashekhar, Gayatri Ayyangar:
Satellite Technology to Reach the Unreached (India - A Case Study). 186-191 - Caryn Chan, Chirag Warty, Richard Wai Yu:
Position Based Directional Ad-Hoc Routing with Space Time Diversity. 192-197 - Olga S. Mill:
Managing IPv4 / IPv6 VOIP Interoperability Using Server-to-Server Approach. 198-201 - Karen M. Davis
, M. Rita Thissen:
Computing Technology in Global Humanitarian Research. 202-207 - Ravi Shankar, Narita:
Online Monitoring System(OMS) - An Online Tool for Centralized Monitoring of NGOs. 208-213
Energy Paper Session C
- Adil Usman
, B. P. Divakar
:
Simulation Study of Load Frequency Control of Single and Two Area Systems. 214-219 - Reza Khorshidi, Faridoon Shabaninia, Mohammad Vaziri, Suresh Vadhva:
Kalman-Particle Filter Used for Particle Swarm Optimization of Economic Dispatch Problem. 220-223 - Lei Lei, Brian Hilton:
Designing a Spatially Intelligent Framework to Improve Public Participation in the EIA Process for Renewable Energy and Power Transmission Projects. 224-229
Humanitarian Applications
- Craig Rominger, Stan Emert, Kenji Ushimaru:
Development of a Sustainable Food Supply Chain by Post Harvest Program - An Approach to a Sustainable Solution to Food Delivery and Waste Problems. 230-236 - Rochelle H. Holm, Elijah Wanda:
The Case for More Water Quality Data: Improving Decision Making in Malawi. 237-241 - P. K. Korrai, M. N. S. Swamy, Korrai Deergha Rao:
Robust Transmission of Watermarked Medical Images over Wireless Channels. 242-246 - Bradley Striebig, Adebayo Ogundipe
, Adib Amini
, Dana Anderson, Leah Haling, Bryan Morrison, Valentina Sanmiguel, Ericka Smith, Daniel Wolfe:
An Interactive Sustainable Infrastructure Design Model for Health Clinics in Sub-Saharan Africa. 247-252 - Gary K. Conkol:
Humanitarian Engineering - Emerging Technologies and Humanitarian Efforts. 253-258 - Takako Hashimoto, Tetsuji Kuboyama, Basabi Chakraborty, Yukari Shirota:
Discovering Topic Transition about the East Japan Great Earthquake in Dynamic Social Media. 259-264
Health Paper Session A
- George D. Sworo, Moshe Kam, Estella J. Juan:
Design of a Telemedicine-based system for Clinic-In-A-Can. 265-270 - Linda Branagan, Lin L. Chase:
Organizational Implementation of Telemedicine Technology: Methodology and Field Experience. 271-276 - Richa Gupta
, Parmod Kumar:
Fuzzy-Genetic Algorithm for Patient Data Processing in Telemedicine. 277-281 - Heather Underwood, S. Revi Sterling, John K. Bennett:
Improving Maternal Labor Monitoring in Kenya Using Digital Pen Technology: A User Evaluation. 282-287 - Muhammad Zia Ur Rahman
, Rafi Ahamed Shaik, D. V. Rama Koti Reddy:
A Non-Linearities Based Noise Canceler for Cardiac Signal Enhancement in Wireless Health Care Monitoring. 288-292 - Alex Gainer, Mary Roth, Philip Strong, James Davis:
A Standards-Based Open Source Application to Gather Health Assessment Data in Developing Countries. 293-298
Energy Paper Session D
- R. Sankar, P. K. Jery Althaf, Sreevas Sahasranamam
:
Low Cost Electrification Using Solar Energy - A Field Work. 299-303 - Henry Louie
, Vincent Van Acker, Steve J. Szablya, Peter M. Dauenhauer
:
Opportunities and Challenges for Micro Wind Turbines in Developing Communities. 304-309 - Kenji Ushimaru:
Sustainable Green Energy Production from Agricultural and Poultry Operations - A Renewable Energy Project for Community Empowerment and Vocational Training in Remote Villages in South Africa. 310-314 - B. Vijayalakshmi, Dhairya Dholakia, Jagadish Babu M.:
Powering the Common Service Centers to Empower Rural Communities. 315-319 - Swapnakumari B. Patil, Anwar M. Mulla
, Shrikant S. Katre:
Green Energy Revolution in Economic Power Generation-Composite MFC. 320-323 - Narima Amin, Richard Langendoen:
Grameen Shakti: A Renewable Energy Social Business Model for Global Replication. 324-327
Education Paper Session A
- Alice Cheng
, Anjana Sinha, Jia Shen, Sally Mouakkad, Lance Joseph, Khanjan Mehta:
Opportunities for Social Innovation at the Intersection of ICT Education and Rural Supply Chains. 328-335 - Min Pack, Khanjan Mehta:
Democratizing Design through the Use of Lego-Inspired Universal Connectors. 336-341
Health Paper Session B
- Emily Battinelli, Kyra Holmquest, Julia Musso, Pritpal Singh, Edmond Dougherty:
Low Cost, Low Power 12VDC Surgical Suction Device for Use in Developing Countries. 342-344 - Liang Zhang, Leonard Y. Nelson, Joel H. Berg, Jason M. Eichenholz, Eric J. Seibel:
Optical Measure of Enamel Health: Ability to Triage High Risk Children in Communities without Dental Practitioners. 345-349 - Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, Ramesh Nammily Nair, Sai Manoj Prakhya
, Mithun Mohan:
'Gest-BOT' - A Highly Convenient Locomotive Solution for the Elderly and Physically Challenged. 350-355 - Beverly D. Bradley, Siwei Qu, Yu-Ling Cheng, David Peel, Stephen R. C. Howie:
Options for Medical Oxygen Technology Systems in Low-Resource Settings: A Framework for Comparison. 356-362 - Lakshika J. Paiva, Naomi Krishnarajah:
Multiple Nutrition Education Strategies as an Approach to Reduce Risks of Unhealthy Diets towards the Reduction of Non-Communicable Diseases. 363-368
Energy Paper Session E
- Daniel Soto
, Vijay Modi:
Simulations of Efficiency Improvements Using Measured Microgrid Data. 369-374 - Nathan G. Johnson, John Glassmire, Peter D. Lilienthal:
Comparing Power System Architectures for Domestic Lighting in Isolated Rural Villages with HOMER. 375-380 - Sabbir A. Khan, Rafiur Rahman, A. K. M. Abdul Malek Azad:
Solar Home System Components Qualification Testing Procedure and Its Effect in Bangladesh Perspective. 381-386 - Nathan G. Johnson, Kenneth M. Bryden:
The Impact of Cookstove Adoption and Replacement on Fuelwood Savings. 387-391 - Yaser Soliman Qudaih, Q. Yamada, Yasunori Mitani, Zia Fawzi, Issam Alqadoumi, Yasser El-farisi:
Anti-Conflict Energy Sources for a Sustainable Energy Future. 392-397
Education Paper Session B
- Assad Iqbal
, Qaim Ali, Daniel Saeed Pirzada:
Productivity Measurement Issues in Education Sector of Pakistan. 398-402 - Hui-Mei Justina Hsu:
The Emergence of Free and Open-Source Software on Campuses in Taiwan. 403-407 - Donald U. Ekong:
Incorporating Service-Learning Projects into a Mobile Programming Course. 408-410 - Yogesh Kulkarni, Shilpa Ballal, Jyoti Gawade:
Technology Transfer to Rural Population through Secondary Schools: The Vigyan Ashram Experience. 411-416 - Marco Zennaro
, Antoine B. Bagula
, Mayamiko Nkoloma:
From Training to Projects: Wireless Sensor Networks in Africa. 417-422 - Gayan Prasad Hettiarachchi, Dilhari Attygalle:
SPARCL: An Improved Approach for Matching Sinhalese Words and Names in Record Clustering and Linkage. 423-428 - Gertjan van Stam
:
Is Technology the Solution to the World's Major Social Challenges? 429-441 - Gertjan van Stam:
Towards an IEEE Strategy in Social Innovation. 442-453

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