News & Events Events RSC School Seminar - Dr. Maiken Ueland (University of Technology Sydney) Title: Sniffing out disaster victims schedule Date & time Date/time 11 May 2023 12:00pm - 11 May 2023 1:00pm person Speaker Speakers Dr. Maiken Ueland next_week Event series Event series RSC Seminar Series contact_support Contact Malin FinellRSC Adminrsc.admin@anu.edu.au Content navigation toc Description Image Sniffing out disaster victims Abstract The risk of global mass disaster events is increasing due to climate change and acts of terrorism. The most critical action following these events is locating victims. Current detection methods have several limitations such as cost, limited operational time and deployment constraints in hazardous scenarios. As an alternative, an electronic nose capable of locating victims by targeting volatile chemical components emitted from the human body was developed. This talk will present the device and the theory behind its use. Several tests using the device will also be presented including use in simulated disaster events using donated human remains at the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER). Further development of the device may result in a new technology approach that will improve mass disaster recovery on a global scale and provide significant benefit to human welfare. Location Building 136, Level 3, STB S1 Upcoming events in this series 1 Aug 2024 | 12 - 1pm RSC School Seminar - Prof. Zongyou Yin (ANU) Title: Microenvironment-Tunable Nanocatalysis & AI Functional Materials View the event