IEEE SIGHT Projects

In 2008 the National Telecommunications Secretariat of Ecuador and the Municipality of Nabón signed a cooperation agreement for the implementation, deployment and management of an internet network for 60 educational units, the agreement lasted for 5 years. The community involved has no knowledge of the basic maintenance of the network and as of 2013 the project has not had maintenance, which has caused the Internet network to not work in all the educational units.In an information survey it has been identified that by 2019, only 40 educational units are in operation, of which the Internet network was implemented in 2008. Therefore, this project aims to perform the comprehensive maintenance of an Internet network for 40 Educational Units of the Nabón Canton, benefiting a total of 2,411 students, 142 teachers and 2,482 homes in Nabón. The goal of this project is to allow access to the Internet connectivity of the educational centers of Cantón Nabón in the Province of Azuay, its students and the community in general.

Project Location: Ecuador

SIGHT Group Affiliation: IEEE Ecuador Section SIGHT

The EPICS Natural Disaster Preparedness (NDP) Filtration project team is partnering with faculty of the University of Antioquia to bring potable water to families in the community of Carpinelo 2, in the Comuna 1 of Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia. The community is located in the outskirts of the city, out of the reach of the current sewage and potable water infrastructure. The community utilizes surface water and the overflow of pre-treated water supplied to the larger Medellin water treatment plant. The project seeks to explore and evaluate available filter technology, chose the most cost- effective method considering tools and materials available to the affected community, and educate the families on how to build and maintain household filters using the low-cost, chosen technology. In that way, the families will own the knowledge and skills to build and sustain the filters, which will help extending and sustaining the impact of the project in comparison to just delivering new filters. The project team will deliver an instructional manual and video to help the dissemination of the instructions. Current project funding supports the project team in buying the initial raw materials for building and testing different filters, and buying services to analyze water before and after filtration, thus measuring performance. ADDITIONAL FUNDING may supply the community with raw materials needed to build the filters for more households in the community. The team is currently targeting the first 10-15 families, but the team has received estimates of up to 700 families in need of water filtration in the area. A K-12 OUTREACH element would be performed in the area, as the project team (in collaboration with the University of Antioquia) could extend the education and hands-on building experience to the local community schools; thus, providing a platform to promote interest in STEM related careers.

Project Location: United States & Colombia

SIGHT Group Affiliation: EPICS in IEEE

The IAS Overhead Powerline Safety Awareness Project India (OPSAP India) is a humanitarian program that has been initiated by IEEE members of the Hyderabad IEEE Section along with the IAS/PES/PELS joint chapter in an effort to reduce the number of overhead powerline contact injuries and fatalities.

Project Location: India

SIGHT Group Affiliation: Industry Applications Society: Overhead Powerline Safety Awareness Program

Group Contact/More Information: jnelson@neiengineering.com

The community of Perkin has a population of 400 habitants, they live in extreme poverty and the way they have to survive is through the tourism and the sowing of tomatoes and cabbage, being these activities insufficient to their family economy, resulting in legal and illegal migration to Central America countries and United States. The greenhouse has machinery for conditioning the environment, it is necessary to be able to grow properly fruits and vegetables for the purpose of the greenhouse. the electricity that requires these machines will be provided by a system of power generation through solar panels, which is proposed for a capacity of 3.2 kW, which is designed and will be installed by the team of volunteers from SIGHT section El Salvador.

Project Location: El Salvador

SIGHT Group Affiliation: IEEE El Salvador Section

Group Contact/More Information: rosa.mejia.sv@ieee.org

The project consists of the installation of a 3.9 kW photovoltaic system connected to grid in order to supply a water pump plant that provides water to the Severo López community. The purpose of the project is to reduce the high cost of the electrical energy bill, so the community can offer local training courses instead. This system will be able to generate about 543.11 kWh per month, which means 10% of the water pump system energy consumption. This system consists of twelve 325 W solar panels, three micro-inverters, AC protection and ground grid system.

Project Location: El Salvador

SIGHT Group Affiliation: IEEE SIGHT El Salvador

This project is led by SIGHT Colombia, supported by El Bosque University, where a 4 experts engineering team will help in design phase and voluntary students from the IEEE University branch will make implementation and training phases. The Family and Future program consists of two projects, which point to different SDGs. For the first project, the use of the land arranged in the foundation with an academic and nutritional objective is sought. In this way, the contribution of the following SDGs is pointed out: 2. Zero Hunger, 4. Quality education, 9. Industry, Innovation and infrastructure, 12. Responsible production and consumption. For the second project, water savings are sought, through the management and use of rainwater, pointing to the following SDGs: 3. Health and Welfare, 6. Clean Water and Sanitation, 12. Production and consumption responsible, 13. Climate action. In this way, both projects will be developed in parallel and in the implementation phase, they will be articulated for later in the training phase, work jointly with both, where each of them relies on the other to subsist and give benefit to the institution.

Project Location: Colombia

SIGHT Group Affiliation: IEEE Colombia Section SIGHT

Neopenda is developing a wearable vital signs monitor for newborns, designed for resource-constrained hospitals to help prevent neonatal fatality. The proposed project brings together Neopenda LLC, IEEE Uganda SIGHT, targeted health units in Uganda and other stakeholders in a collaborative partnership, giving voice to millions of newborns in need of advanced care every year, and helping healthcare workers improve response time and reduce preventable neonatal deaths.

Project Location: Uganda

SIGHT Group Affiliation: IEEE SIGHT Uganda

Group Contact/More Information: lwangaherbert@gmail.com