UCSD startup 5/26/2010
ENGINEERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
HOW WE STARTED
Got an email
Few meetings
Lots of ideas
WHAT WE FOUND OUT
Most already on campus (Engineers without Borders, Green Campus, Sustainability Coalition)
Poor publicizing
WHAT WE DID
We joined them
No funding for ourselves
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
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
BIOMATRICA
-Reduces cryogenic freezers-We have become their salesmenSymbiotic relationship where we both benefit from it
GREEN BIKES
Training bikes into generators
Worked with Triathlon team
Project has finished
AIR QUALITY
Creating sensors to monitor particulate matter in the air
WATER EFFICIENCY
Working with facilities on their irrigation
In and around Giesel library
DIFFICULTIES
Funds
Communication with Facilities
Midterms
Persistence
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