FALL 2015
2015 DIL Explore and Innovate Awards
EXPLORE
$5,000 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
GRANTS THAT SUPPORTS EARLYSTAGE PARTNERSHIP BUILDING
AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING.
INNOVATE
$25,000 SEED GRANTS TO PILOT
OR ADVANCE A TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATION FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
EXPLORE
INNOVATE
PROJECT
Tea Plantation Water Harvesting
P.I.
Susan Amrose
DEPARTMENT
Civil & Environmental
Engineering
LOCATION
India
Modular Microgrid
Dan Kammen
Energy & Resources
Group
Uganda
Lotto-to-Save
Travis Lybbert
Economies
Haiti
Real-Time Air Sensing
Bhaskaran Raman
Computer Science
India
India Smart Meter Rollout
Catherine Wolfram
Business/Economics
India
Refugee Enumeration
Jesse Driscoll
Political Science
Kenya
Communication, Resiliency, & Isolated
Communities
Eric Brewer
Computer Science
Pakistan
Ethics, Researchers, Sensing
Javier Rosa
Computer Science
Nicaragua
Impacts of Electricity Reliability
Catherine Wolfram
Business/Economics
Tanzania
Scaling of Peer Education
Tapan Parikh
Information
India
Mobile Phone-based Pulse Oximeter
Drew Hall
Electrical Engineering
& Computer Science
India,
Mexico
Matutu Monitoring in Kenya
Fred Finan
Economics
Kenya
Incentives for Safe Urban Sanitation
Isha Ray
Energy & Resources
Group
Kenya
Cool Joule
Duncan Callaway
Energy & Resources
Group
Nicaragua
Counterfeit Seed
Travis Lybbert
Economics
Kenya
Participatory Road Infrastructure Monitoring
Engineer Bainomugisha
Computer Science
Uganda
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