Browsing by Author "Diehl, Jan Carel"

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    Designing Sustainable Energy for All Sustainable Product-Service System Design Applied to Distributed Renewable Energy
    (Springer Nature., 2018) Vezzoli, Carlo; Osanjo, Fabrizio Ceschin Lilac; Moalosi, Mugendi K. M’Rithaa Richie; Nakazibwe, Venny; Diehl, Jan Carel
    This book reflects the main outcomes of the LeNSes (EduLink II programme, 2013–16 www.lenses.polimi.it) aimed to promote Design for Sustainability focused on sustainable energy access to all, as a crucial issue towards a sustainable society. This book has beneficiated more widely from the contribution of several academics, researchers and designers from the LeNS worldwide network, which today includes more than hundred universities in five continents (www.lens-international. org). In particular from the LeNS Africa network (lensafrica.org.za), which currently involves 15 universities from the whole African continent, aiming to diffuse to designers, academics, professionals and students, the developed knowledge base and know-how on Design for Sustainability. This book aims to share its contents with everyone who is interested to know more about designing Sustainable Product-Service System (S.PSS) applied to Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE), towards sustainable energy access for All. Main contributions came from African and European partners of the LeNSes project, and particularly from Carlo Vezzoli (project coordinator), Fabrizio Ceschin, Lilac Osanjo, Mugendi K. M’Rithaa, Richie Moalosi, Venny Nakazibwe and Jan Carel Diehl, Elisa Bacchetti, Emanuela Delfino, Silvia Emili, Edurne Battista, Mackay Okure, Mary Suzan Abbo, Ephias Ruhode, Andrea Broom, James Wafula, Paulson Lethsolo and Yaone Rapitsenyane. The book is organised to provide an overview of the topic and as well to support the design in practice. For this reason, the book includes strategies and guidelines, as well as a collection of case studies of Sustainable Product-Service System (S.PSS) applied to Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) solutions. Additionally, are presented the method and support tools for designers. The reading of this book can be supplemented by the videos and the slides of the lectures carried out during a set of pilot courses in the various LeNSes African partners universities; they are available on www.lenses.polimi.it, section courses. Coherently, the design tools, as well as the case studies and related guidelines, are accessible from the same website in an open and copyleft logic, i.e. available to be downloaded, adapted and reused in other contexts.
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    The Embodiment of Low-field MRI for the Diagnosis of Infant Hydrocephalus in Uganda
    (IEEE., 2020) Diehl, Jan Carel; Doesum, Frank van; Muhumuza, Ivan; Obungoloch, Johnes; Kabachelor, Edith Mbabazi
    Compared to other parts of the world, the incidence of hydrocephalus in children is very high in sub-Saharan Africa. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) would be the preferred diagnostic method for infant hydrocephaleus. However, in practice, MRI is seldom used in sub-Saharan Africa due to its high prize, low mobility, and high power consumption. A low-cost MRI technology is under development by reducing the strength of the magnetic field and the use of alternative technologies to create the magnetic field. This paper describes the embodiment design process to match this new MRI technology under development with the specific characteristics of the healthcare system in Uganda .A context exploration was performed to identify factors that may affect the design and implementation of the low-field MRI in Ugandan hospitals and Ugandan healthcare environment. The key-insights from the technology- and context-exploration were translated into requirements which were the starting point for the design process. The concept development did have a focus on Cost-effective design, Design for durability & reliability, and Design for repairability. The final design was validated by stakeholders from the Ugandan Healthcare context.