nd 2 Annual EPICS Expo

Students’ Engineering Projects for Community Service

During the Second Annual EPICS (Engineering Projects Student teams had the opportunity to network in Community Service) Expo, held on March 4, 2020 at with corporate and nonprofit representatives, , students from San Jose State and received financial grants awarded to help University and Santa Clara University showcased their bring their projects to market. engineering projects created to solve environmental and social problems in and beyond. San Jose State University and Santa Clara

During the Expo, students presented technological University each received $10,000. The grants solutions-based projects designed at the Santa Clara are made possible through the EPICS in IEEE University’s Frugal Innovation Hub and San Jose State program, a priority initiative of the IEEE University’s Makerspace. Foundation. https://epics.ieee.org/santa-clara-epics-expo/

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Speakers

 Dr. Tom Coughlin, IEEE-USA Past Congressional Recognition

President (Master of Ceremony) Congresswoman Anna Eshoo presented a Certificate  Dr. S.K. Ramesh, IEEE Fellow, 2021 IEEE of Special Congressional Recognition presented in President-Elect Candidate, Director of honor of the EPICS Expo that reads: “I commend AIMS2 and Professor of Electrical and your commitment and that of your exhibitors to Computer Engineering at CSU Northridge improving communities throughout California, and  Karen Hardy, Santa Clara City Vice Mayor your many contributions to IEEE’s core purpose of  Erna Grasz, Asante Africa Foundation fostering technological innovation for the benefit of  Jim Fruchterman, BeneTech, humanity.” Tech Matters.org  Dr. Jinny Rhee, Associate Dean of the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San Jose State University  Dr. Ruth Davis, Associate Dean Engineering at Santa Clara University  Samarth Deo chair of EPICS in IEEE

Congressman Ro Khanna representative, Galen Boggs, presented three Congressional Certificates: “In recognition of the passionate engineering students who are developing technological solutions to improve local communities,” to Frugal Innovation Hub of Santa Clara University, EPICS Program at San Jose State University, and EPICS in IEEE. Left to Right: Master of Ceremony, Dr. Tom Coughlin and City of Santa Clara Vice Mayor, Karen Hardy

Left to Right: Dr. Tom Coughlin, Professor Keith Perry, Dr. Ruth Davis, Samarth Deo, and Congressman Ro Khanna representative, Galen Erna Grasz, Asante Africa Foundation Boggs, presenting Certificates of Congressional recognition to EPICS in IEEE, SCU Frugal Innovation Hub, and EPICS at SJSU. IEEE Representatives Students Presentations

Samarth Deo, Chair of EPICS in IEEE; Dr. Tom Students presented their projects by using poster Coughlin, IEEE-USA Past President; Dr. S.K. boards showcasing heir prototypes and conducting a Ramesh, IEEE Fellow/2021 IEEE President-Elect brief PowerPoint presentations to attendees. Candidate; Dr. Mostafa Mortezaie, IEEE Region 6 San Jose State University EPICS Projects Educational Activities Chair; Taylor Winship, Chair of Clara Valley Section; Glenn Friedman, Past Chair of Section; and Daniel Lottis, Automated Water Testing System for Past Chair of Special Interest Group on Aquaponics

Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT), Michael Modern aquaponics provides a technique that Deering and Daniel DeLiberato, Development improves agricultural environmental sustainability Officers at IEEE Foundation; and Ray Alcantara, and to reduce the global impact of food cultivation. Program Manager at EPICS in IEEE. Aquaponics enhances agricultural methods by incorporating aquaculture (fish farming) and Faculty Support hydroponics (soil-less farming). The combined Faculty members from SJSU, Keith Perry and SCU system sustains plant growth through essential Navid Shaghaghi, as well as Allan Baez Morals, the nutrients found in fish waste while the plants serve Director of Programs and Partnership at Frugal as a natural bio-filter to remove any harmful by- Innovation Hub were instrumental in the success of products. A current exhibit of a soilless vegetable this event. garden and a large aquarium housing various

Awards freshwater fish from the first phase of this project is on display at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, CA. San Jose State University students received $10K for three projects. Santa Clara University students received $10K for four projects. The grants, awarded by EPICS in IEEE, were made possible through donations to a dedicated fund administered by the IEEE Foundation. Dr. Jinny Rhee, Associate Dean of the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering accepted the SJSU Award while Dr. Ruth Davis, Associate Dean of Engineering accepted the Santa Clara University Award.

Automated Water Testing System for Aquaponics Team

3D Printer Recycling System for a Makerspace Although 3D printer filament is expensive to buy on the market, it is fairly inexpensive material since it is made from standard plastics such as polylactic acid (PLA) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). These plastics are not difficult to reuse and recycle due to their physical characteristics, yet without the correct recycling process and infrastructure, there is no way for the space to recycle them in house. By using the makerspace resources and equipment available, the EPICS team will construct the infrastructure and Left to Right: Dr. Jinny Rhee (SJSU), Dr. Ruth Davis (SCU), and Samarth Deo, Chair of EPICS in IEEE.

Presentation for 3D Printer Recycling System for a Makerspace machines to recycle waste material from the 3D printers to be reused continuously by the 3D printers, making the 3D printing process in the makerspace much more efficient and affordable. This will be done by separating, cleaning, shredding, and extruding waste 3D printer material back into usable 3D printer filament that students may use for their designs. It will also allow the space to utilize Spartan Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) waste post-consumer plastics such as water bottles, Prototype food containers, and much more, for 3D printer material, which will reduce the amount of money Microcontroller, Spartan ASV will navigate on its that the space spends on new 3D printer material. own without any user inputs. It will come equipped with two camera systems, one for live video

Spartan Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) streaming and the other for images. Further analysis of collected data will be used to spread awareness Analyzing fish populations in rivers and creeks is and take measures to improve the fish populations. vital to maintaining the biological diversity and Santa Clara University EPICS Projects health of ecospheres around the world.

The Spartan Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) Design for Cultural Preservation Center for Nez will traverse the surface of the water to monitor the Perce tribe life cycles of Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the Guadalupe River in San Jose, CA and will The goal of this project is to produce a set of integrate an underwater sonar sensor and camera that preliminary structural plans for the Cultural will capture images of live fish. The Spartan ASV Resource Program in the Cultural Preservation will also capture live video feed with correlated time Center located within the Nez Perce Tribal and geolocations stamps allowing the user to be able Reservation community in Lapwai, Idaho. Ideally, to locate and identify fish carcasses in the river. this Cultural Preservation Center will have office space for approximately 50 to 70 staff members with It will use adaptive sensing and onboard propulsion a conference room in addition to a viewing room for within a specially designed watertight craft. With ethnographic research, lab space for the sonar, GPS, WiFi, battery management, and a archaeological program, and classroom space for language education efforts.

Design for Cultural Preservation Center for Nez Perce tribe presentation

MilkGuard The paper-based breast milk sensor is designed to test for the presence of pathogenic E. coli in donated human breast milk. The goal of this project is to ensure distributed human breast milk post- pasteurization is safe for infants to consume without the use of traditional lab culturing methods.

HA (Hydro-System Automation) prototype

MilkGuard presentation HA (Hydro-System Automation) discussion

HA (Hydro-System Disaster Relief Communications Box. Automation) Global warming poses the greatest threat to humanity and all around the world people experience Hydration Automation is an energy efficient, small the effects of it. There has been a sharp increase in form factor system for automation of irrigation the amount of natural disasters everywhere and so systems. The generous 2019 EPICS in IEEE funding people are constantly put in survival situations. First was used for the prototyping of 3D-printed responders of these natural disasters are the people at weatherproof casings as will be reported in IEEE the front lines that are able to save countless lives. GHTC’s proceedings and for the development of a They need to be equipped sufficiently to make sure communications subsystem. With the 2020 EPICS in as many lives can be saved as possible, including IEEE funding the team will prototype and build the their own. During a natural disaster, one of the most final remaining part of the system. important resources that tends to be unavailable is communication. There are some simple forms of communications, but they all have problems About EPICS in IEEE associated with them. This team is proposing the EPICS in IEEE https://epics.ieee.org/ empowers creation of a prototype of a “Natural Disaster students to work with local service organizations to Communication Box”. Some key features of the box apply technical knowledge to implement solutions include: three different power sources (the device for a community’s unique challenges. In this way, will be able to seamlessly switch between each), EPICS in IEEE not only assists communities in long range connectivity, and ruggedness/weather achieving their specific local community proofing. The team wanted to include three power improvement goals but also encourages students to sources because one of the main problems with pursue engineering for community improvement as a emergency equipment is reliability during the most career. crucial times. There will be a solar panel, hand ______crank, and large back-up battery cell. The device will be able to monitor the charge, the functionality About EPICS at San Jose State University of the power source, and switch between the three EPICS@SJSU http://www.sjsu.edu/epics/ is a service- power sources based on the functional and learning program in the Charles W. Davidson situational conditions. In terms of connectivity, they College of Engineering at SJSU. Multidisciplinary plan on implementing an iteration of a radio and teams of students serve local community partners by some form of messaging. designing and building custom engineering solutions. ______

About Santa Clara University and the Frugal Innovation Hub Sponsored by the School of Engineering, the Frugal Innovation Hub (FIH) https://www.scu.edu/engineering/labs-- research/labs/frugal-innovation-hub/ mission is to engage students and faculty in humanitarian and sustainable projects through partnerships and programs. ______

Disaster Relief Communications Box presentation Donate to the EPICS in IEEE Fund EPICS in IEEE relies on the generosity of donors, ______like you to enhance and expand its program. Please donate to the EPICS in IEEE Fund via IEEE Foundation’s safe and secure online process: 2019 EPICS Expo https://www.ieeefoundation.org/Support_EPICS 2019 EPICS Expo was held in San Jose State University on February 18, 2019 For a brief consultation with a Development Officer and major TV stations had broadcast the of IEEE Foundation, call +1 732.562.5446 or email event. Please see the link below for the [email protected]. Contributions via mail should be 2019 EPICS Expo Newsletter with links sent to: IEEE Foundation, 445 Hoes Lane, to TV broadcasts. Piscataway, NJ 08854. https://www.ewh.ieee.org/council/sfba/d ______ocs/EPICS.pdf For additional information, contact Mostafa Mortezaie, IEEE Region 6 Educational Activities Chair [email protected] ______