Graduation of openwashdata academy

ds4owd - data science for openwashdata

Lars Schöbitz

ETH Zurich

Adriana Clavijo

ETH Zurich

Dec 18, 2025

Welcome

Agenda

Time	Duration	Title	Speaker
02:00	15 min	Project reviews, certificates, post-course survey, data publication	Lars Schöbitz
02:15	05 min	Welcome	Elizabeth Tilley
02:20	05 min	Water inequalities across CPLP member states	Sílvia Paiva
02:25	03 min	1 Comment / Question & Speaker change
02:28	05 min	Air quality trends in the last decade	Mario Gavidia-Calderón
02:33	03 min	1 Comment / Question & Speaker change
02:36	05 min	Climate Variability in Kisumu County: An Analysis of Rainfall, Temperature, and Humidity (2021–2024)	Elisha Ochieng Okoth
02:41	03 min	1 Comment / Question & Speaker change
02:44	05 min	Water Insecurity Experiences Among Rural Households in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran	Ali Yousefi
02:49	03 min	1 Comment / Question & Speaker change
02:52	05 min	Faecal sludge truck logistics analysis in Kampala, Uganda	Jos van der Ent
02:57	03 min	1 Comment / Question & Speaker change
03:00	05 min	Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Indicators in North African Countries	Farah Arbi
03:05	03 min	1 Comment / Question & Speaker change
03:08	05 min	Evaluating the performance of fecal sludge treatment technologies in Rohingya refugee camps	Mejbah Uddin Chowdhury
03:13	03 min	1 Comment / Question & Speaker change
03:16	14 min	Closing	Lars Schöbitz

Capstone project reviews

• Reviews completed end of January 2026
• Reviews are relatively minimal and support your needs (there is no pass/fail)
• Please ask for specific advice if you would like help
• Open an issue in your project repository to ask questions
• Tag instructors: @seawaR @larnsce

Graduates Recognition

We will showcase course graduates on the openwashdata website:

• All completed projects will be featured
• Link to your report, GitHub profile, LinkedIn, ORCID
• Visit: openwashdata.org/pages/academy/graduates

Data Package Publication

For students with primary data in their capstone projects:

• We support data publication following open science workflows
• Create FAIR data packages with proper documentation
• Learn more: github.com/openwashdata/fairenough

Class Statistics

Repositories with Issues by Module

Student Retention Curve

Issues by Module and State

Distribution of Submissions

One last your turn

Your Turn: Survey & Newsletter

• Complete the [post-course survey: https://forms.gle/cahqbLBoGt4eKu7K8 (5 minutes)
• Subscribe to the openwashdata newsletter: https://buttondown.com/openwashdata for future updates

06:00

Project Highlights

Sílvia Paiva

Water inequalities across CPLP member states

https://ds4owd-002.github.io/project-iamsilvia/

Mario Gavidia-Calderón

Air quality trends in the last decade

https://ds4owd-002.github.io/project-quishqa/

Elisha Ochieng Okoth

Climate Variability in Kisumu County: An Analysis of Rainfall, Temperature, and Humidity (2021–2024)

https://ds4owd-002.github.io/project-ElishaOkoth/

Ali Yousefi

Water Insecurity Experiences Among Rural Households in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran

https://ds4owd-002.github.io/project-yousefia601/

Jos van der Ent

Faecal sludge truck logistics analysis in Kampala, Uganda

https://ds4owd-002.github.io/project-yozgoesdigital/

Farah Arbi

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Indicators in North African Countries

https://ds4owd-002.github.io/project-FarahArbi/

Mejbah Uddin Chowdhury

Evaluating the performance of fecal sludge treatment technologies in Rohingya refugee camps

https://ds4owd-002.github.io/projectfstp-mejbahce1991/

Closing

Any last comments or questions?

Thank you!

Thanks!

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