Human and Animal Health Monitoring: Enhancing Quality of Life and Security Through Research in Distr

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Human and Animal Health MonitoringEnhancing
Quality of Life and Security Through Research in
Distributed, Reconfigurable Sensor Networks

• EPSCoR Review Panel
• Lawrence, KS June, 2005

Gurdip Singh (KSU, PI) Daniel Andresen, Sudharman
Jayaweera, Kamesh Namuduri, Bala Natarajan, Mark
Spire, Steve Warren
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Where Health Care is Headed
Telemedicine
Internet
Patient-Centric Care Model
EPRs
e-Appliances
Home Nets
Novel Devices

• In-person visits ? telemedicine ? smart sensors

Physician Station
Monitor
Assess
?
Treat
Patient Station
Courtesy Dr. Richard Re, Ochsner Clinic

• Virtual medical systems distributed,
  networked devices
• Drivers lower care cost, improved quality,
  better access

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Key Trends

• Human animal care model
• Reactive/episodic ? preventive/predictive
• Closed-loop systems beyond telemedicine

• Human animal monitoring systems shared
  requirements
• Low-cost wearable remote sensors
• Health prediction based on trend data
• Subjects may be unable to interact
  intelligently with devices
• Secure electronic medical records

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Our solution
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Model Wearable Human Monitoring System
Medical Component Design Laboratory Kansas State
University
National Science Foundation CAREER Program
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And for animals
RF Shield Box
3-Axis Accelerometer

• Gather primarily environmental/ behavioral data
  while researching heart rate respiration
  technology
• Features
• More capable processor
• 256 MB compact flash card (65 hours of storage)
• Power-saving mode
• Smaller/cheaper/more accurate accelerometers
• Core body temperature with Digital Angel
  implantable chips

GPS
Digital Angel Reader Board
Compact Flash Memory
Ambient Temperature Humidity
Reader/Antenna
Implant Form Factor
http//www.nationalband.com/chip1.pdf
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Testing Version 4
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Cadena A tool for designing large scale,
real-time, high assurance software systems
DARPA PCES Program

• Scalable for systems with up to 1000 components
• Extensive modeling capabilities
• High Assurance for safety critical systems

System Modeling
Target Tracking (Demonstration at White Sands
Missile Range, NM in April 2005)
Model Analysis and Verification
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Proposed Activities

• Technical challenges
• Smart, reconfigurable sensordevelopment
• Software robustness
• Sensor selection placement
• Data interpretation

• Robust packaging (weather animal behavior)
• Security (e.g., information control ?
  patients/owners)
• Data integrity (e.g., subject As data logger
  cannot store subject Bs data)
• Energy-aware wireless communication
• Non-Technical
• Economic feasibility
• Popular acceptance

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Broader impacts

• Integration of research and education
• RET
• Embedded Systems CRCD
• Biomedical inst. Class
• New wireless sensor courses
• IGERT
• REU
• Recruiting minorities
• RET
• Robot outreach
• Open House

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Activities in support of IGERT Initiative

• Topic - Intelligent Systems A cross-disciplinary
  platform for designing wireless sensor networks
  for monitoring living systems, micro-climates and
  environment.
• Proposal Planning grant funded by NSF EPSCoR
  (PI Namuduri)
• Planning Workshop to be held in Fall 2005
• Meeting with NSF program Manager for
  Bio-Engineering Dr. Bruce Hamilton on June 15th,
  2005
• Proposed conference session on Biosensors and
  Biosensor networks at IEEE Consumer
  Communications and Networking 2006, Jan 2006
• Collaborators (15 faculty from KSU, KU, WSU
  ECE, Biological Sciences and Chemistry
  Departments)
• Development of curriculum, research links with
  industry, recruitment programs and outreach
  activities.

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Activities in support of ERC
Research Program

• Develop complex systems
• that require multi-institution,
• inter-disciplinary research
• Design and test proof of concept
• systems

Technology transfer

• Establish links with industry
• Create an industry advisory
• Board
• Ability to spawn a new
• Industry/ product line

Educational Outreach
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NSF-RFP and us - A great choice!

• Support for Strength based Research
  Collaborations (SBRC)
• Focus on engineering challenge with
  regional/national importance with social and
  economic value
• Increases our national competitiveness
• Sustainability
• Clearly stated goals, implementation mechanisms
  and project milestones
• Built on prior EPSCoR and NSF support

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NSF-RFP and us A logical Choice!

• Collaborative efforts
• Role of this proposal in the context of EPSCoR
  like programs in the jurisdiction Kansas Bio
  Science Initiative
• Animal Sciences Hot Team enable Kansas to
  become the global hub for advancement of animal
  health and food safety. Includes animal health
  monitoring technologies as a major component
• Telemedicine Business Plan Envisions a
  fully-integrated, statewide telemedicine
  infrastructure based on a real-time tele-health
  sensor information network for collection of
  personal health information, as well as a secure
  medical records system.
• Examples of Infrastructure Improvements
• Support for faculty
• Partnerships with universities and industry (TI,
  iNTERFACEWARE, Cerner and Sandia and Los Alamos
  National labs)
• Cyber infrastructure for collaboration between
  KSU and WSU
• Outreach Activities
• Mentoring of Junior Faculty (Kansas RFP)
• Submission of large NSF grants (IGERT within 3
  years ERC)

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KSU Targeted Excellence (TE) Project

• Work towards establishing a Center for Sensor
  Networks
• Cross disciplinary 5 Engineering Departments,
  College of Veterinary Medicine, Agronomy,
  Chemistry

• Sensor Network application areas
• Bio-Surveillance
• Radiation Detection
• Precision Agriculture

Complimentary Projects

• 1.5 M over three years starting July 2006
• Additional program support (faculty lines,
  facilities) from Dept Heads and Deans
• Contingent on acquiring matching funds for
  infrastructure development

Equipment Acquisition
EPSCoR Project
Sustainability/Maintenance
TE Project
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Our Vision
Proactive Health Care Systems
Trend Analysis/ Prediction
Animal Health Surveillance Systems
National Model for Health Monitoring,
Standardization
Educational Infrastructure
Multi-Institutional Research Teams
Existing Strengths