The Sanitation Technology Cluster: Partnerships to Address Complex Global Challenges in WaSH

Trent Hall, Room 040

The Sanitation Technology Cluster: Partnerships to Address Complex Global Challenges in WaSH

Trent Hall, Room 040

Brian Stoner, PhD

Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director of Center for WaSH-AID (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Infectious Disease)
Pratt School of Engineering

About the lecture

In 2010 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge (RTTC) to address the growing sanitation crisis in the developing world.  Since the launch of RTTC, over $250M have been invested in the development of new technologies and services focused on establishing a sustainable “sanitation value chain”.  In 2017 a new program, The Sanitation Technology Cluster was launched at Duke University, funded by the Gates Foundation with the charge to build multidisciplinary and multi-institutional partnerships aimed at addressing critical gaps and challenges in the sanitation value chain.  This presentation will highlight some early examples and call for proposals to cultivate partnerships to deliver global sanitation solutions.

Lunch will be provided.

About the speaker

Brian R. Stoner, Ph.D. is Director of Duke’s Center for WaSH-AID, Research Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and visiting Distinguished Fellow in Global Health Technologies from RTI International.  Brian is a materials scientist with expertise in the synthesis, processing, and characterization of materials using electrical, electrochemical and plasma techniques. At Duke University, he leads multidisciplinary programs in Global Health Technologies with an emphasis on integrating expertise across engineering, social science, economics and policy to address complex global challenges. He holds 23 U.S. patents related to novel microelectronic materials and systems, and has authored or co-authored two book chapters and more than 150 scientific publications.