Medical Drone to deliver the emergency medicine in the mountains of Nepal

• Problem: Lack of reliable connectify & specifications from drone prototype for the use in mountainous regions in Nepal: flight duration, height, payload, robustness
• Solution: R&D from an appropriate conefity protocol/ systems and improvement of the mechanical specs form the drone 
• Partners: Hva, Avans, KPN, Twente, Syfly, NIC
• Impact: Fast delivery of medicine where there are no roads or bad roads in the mountains of Nepal.

• Problem: Lacking resources to Geographic Mapping rural areas 
• Solution:  Development of a drone which is able to acquire very high resolution data and image, also 2D and 3D mapping of geography as fast as possible at the time of need. 
• Partners: Avans & RAN 
• Impact: mapping small area as well as large area with low expenses in order to predict landslides & Floods

• Problem: Lack of expertise in femtosecond 
• Solution: Long term collaboration to conduct R&D 
• Partners: PRI 
• Impact: Establishing a femtosecond optics lab in Nepal is to open several windows of opportunities to work in the area of femtosecond optics, enhance the quality of research in Nepal and consequently develop a highly skilled scientific workforce to work in applications that are relevant for solving their local needs.

• Problem: Hundreds of people are dying on a daily basis because of lack of ICU beds & Oxygen supply, Oxygen plants, concentrators, ventilators are coming to Nepal but without technical after sales support.
• Solution: Technical support/training of 250+ engineers who have volunteered in Nepal for the installation, maintenance & operations of oxygen plants, concentrators, & ventilators.
• Partners: Nepal Biomedical Association[NBA]/ COVID Alliance in    Nepal / Nepal Ventilators Bank / FNCCI Operation COVID Relief Nepal / Covidconnectnepal / Hospitalbeds Nepal / Non-Resident Nepali Association / Kantipur Valley College (KVC) / National Innovation Centre[NIC] / Nepal Health Research Council on board
• Impact: SAVING PEOPLE’S LIVES

Problem: Lack of available masks and other PPE
Solution: Disinfection chamber for masks and other PPE
Partners: Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Impact: UV disinfection chambers

Problem: Lack of available N95 masks
Solution: Developing fabric making machine using local plastic
Partners: Prakash Lab at Stanford University & TU Delft
Impact: masks

Problem: Only 200 ventilators for 28.5+ Million people
Solution: Production with local materials for 2% of the usual cost
Partners: Stanford University & TU Delft
Impact: ventilators

Problem: Bad water quality
Solution: Easy-access water quality testing tool
Partners: Phutung Research Institute (PRI), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA)
Impact: 600 municipalities

Problem: No warning system for floods
Solution: An early warning system with LoRa 2.4 GHZ
Partners: Robotics Association of Nepal, Avans University of Applied Sciences, KPN
Impact: Reduction of 110 deaths per year from flash floods