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Research is conducted each summer by UC Berkeley graduate students working in developing countries under faculty guidance.

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2007 Research

Project Name
Country
Researchers
Schools
Faculty Advisor
1.
Developing the Means for Productive Use of Modern Lighting: How can WLED technology bring high quality, affordable light to India's poor
India

Joshua Apte
Merrian Fuller
Anand Gopal
Katie Lindgren

ERG
Haas

TBD

2.
A Needs Assessment on Sustainable Infant Circumcision for Combating HIV/AIDS in Swaziland
Swaziland
Sheye Aliu
Lori Babcock
Kate Hammond
Karsten Temme
Bioengineering
Public Health
TBD

3.
Investigation of a Microneedle Based Delivery System for Measles Vaccination in Kenya
Kenya
Zachary Lee
Fatima Nawaz
Karl Saldana
Samuel Tia
Bioengineering
Public Health
TBD

4.
Developing a Scalable Model for the Financial Viability of Renewable Energy Systems in Rural Peru
Peru
Luke Dunnington
Niels Tomijima
Paul DeRemer

ERG
Haas

TBD

2006 Research

Note: All Presentation Posters are pdfs

Project Name
Country
Researchers
Schools
Faculty Advisor
1.

Kenya
Tanzania

Jamie Dean
Michale Morgan
Erdem Ovacik
Adam Nguyen
Haas
Policy
Daniel Kammen, ERG

2.
Bangladesh
Sintana Vergara
Nick Spicer
Dan Hymowitz
Sharmin Gani
Haas
Policy
ERG
Daniel Kammen, ERG
Jack Colford, SPH
Isha Ray, ERG

3.
Needleless Jet Injection
for Immunization
Namibia
Korey Capozza
Rich Cohen
Sapun Parekh
Mike Rosenbluth
Public Health
Engineering
Julia Walsh, SPH
Dan Fletcher, Engineering

4.
India
Adit Mane
Shanthi Nataraj
Eva Ros-Guerrero
Nathan Yeh
Haas
Public Health
Economics
Agricultural and Resource Economics
David Levine, Haas
Kirk Smith, SPH

5.
Ecuador
Anat Caspi
J. Tanner Nevill
Nicholas Toriello
Suzanne Welty
Engineering
Public Health
Eva Harris, SPH
Dorian Liepmann, Engineering

6.
India
Prasanth Jeevan
Mayuri Panditrao
Tahir Akbar
Engineering
Public Health
Policy
Art Reingold, SPH
 

2005 Research

Note: All Presentation Posters are pdfs

Project Name
Country
Researchers
Schools
Faculty Advisor
1.
China
Erik Douglas
Julien Decot
Nathaniel Beyor
Stephanie Yeung
Engineering
Haas
Engineering
Engineering
David Mowery, Haas;
Peng Gong, Ecosystem Science

2.
India
Deepak Rajagopal
KJ Yoo
Ayesha Khan
ERG
Haas
Policy
Alex Farrell, ERG

3.
Kenya
Aubree Gordon
Christina Nigro
Paul Poling
PH
SIMS
SIMS
Lee Riley, SPH

4.
Mali
Will Coleman
Naim Darghouth
Dano Wilusz
Jun Xu
Haas
ERG
Policy
Haas
Daniel Kammen, ERG

5.
Mexico
Fermin Reygadas
Margaret Rhee
Micah Lang
Forest Kaser
ERG
Haas
ERG
ERG
Isha Ray, ERG
 

2004 Research

 

Project Name
Country
Researchers
Schools
Faculty Advisor
1.
Uganda
Matthew Kam
Tu Tran
Computer Science,
SIMS
David Levine, Business, and
John Canny,
Computer Science

2.
Ghana
Aaron Chatterji
Omar Bakr
RJ Honicky
Samir Mehta
Business
Computer Science
Eric Brewer,
Computer Science

3.
South Africa
Doris Chang
Lori Chelius
Mona Gavankar
Rashell Young
Business
Public Health
Paul Gertler,
Business

4.
India
Aman Bhandari
Mahad Ibrahim
Sam Keninger
Jaspal Sandhu
Business
Public Health
Engineering
SIMS
Sandra Dratler,
Haas and SPH
Annalee Saxenian, SIMS

5.
India
Barbara Haya
Sujit Kirpekar
Malini Ranganathan
Energy & Resources
Engineering
Alex Farrell,
Energy & Resources

6.
China
Xiaodong Jiang
Lynn Lee
Qiaowei Shen
Sarah Wang
Business
Chemistry
Engineering
AnnaLee Saxenian, SIMS

7.
China
Ilan Gur
Rebecca Jones
Zachary Gentry
Tom Du
Business
Engineering
Richard Newton, Engineering

8.
Brazil
Claudio Ferraz
Rodrigo Fonseca
Joyojeet Pal
Manisha Shah
Agr. Resource Econ
SIMS
City & Reg Planning
Eric Brewer,
Computer Science
 

 

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