Engineers for a Sustainable world
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Transcript of Engineers for a Sustainable world
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UCSD startup 5/26/2010
ENGINEERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
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HOW WE STARTED
Got an email
Few meetings
Lots of ideas
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WHAT WE FOUND OUT
Most already on campus (Engineers without Borders, Green Campus, Sustainability Coalition)
Poor publicizing
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WHAT WE DID
We joined them
No funding for ourselves
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1ST MEETING
First meeting was a bit hectic
Room for 40 people, 60 people showed up
Kept about 35 people
3 keynote speakers – Biomatrica, Faculty Advisor, Chris Prelitz
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RESULTS
Have about 40 members or so
Currently 4 different projects
-Biomatrica
-Green Bikes
-Air Quality
- Water Efficiency
In the process of acquiring two more: compost team, and underwater component for tracking sea urchin travel with Scripps Institute of Oceanography
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BIOMATRICA
-Reduces cryogenic freezers-We have become their salesmenSymbiotic relationship where we both benefit from it
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GREEN BIKES
Training bikes into generators
Worked with Triathlon team
Project has finished
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AIR QUALITY
Creating sensors to monitor particulate matter in the air
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WATER EFFICIENCY
Working with facilities on their irrigation
In and around Giesel library
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DIFFICULTIES
Funds
Communication with Facilities
Midterms
Persistence