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Caltech ESW

Caltech ESW. History. Started in 2004 in conjunction with E 105 Product design for the developing world Professor Ken Pickar Intelligent Mobility Speaker Series Sustainable development Alternative Career Fair. Officers. President: Fei Yang Vice president: Richard Wang

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Caltech ESW

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  1. Caltech ESW

  2. History • Started in 2004 in conjunction with E 105 • Product design for the developing world • Professor Ken Pickar • Intelligent Mobility • Speaker Series • Sustainable development • Alternative Career Fair

  3. Officers • President: Fei Yang • Vice president: Richard Wang • Secretary: Cole Hershkowitz • Treasurer: Hoi Yee Nam • PR/Webmaster: Michael Cheng

  4. Problems • Trouble with officer transitions after original officers left/graduated • Large decrease in speakers invited, events, etc • 2007-2008 • Mainly an organizational issue

  5. A new start! • All new officers this year • Ambitious plans to revitalize the organization • Increase number of speakers per term • Find regular volunteer activities to engage members • Recruit/retain active members (especially freshmen)

  6. Current projects • Speakers • Professor Richard Nelson: biodiesel • Professor Sossina Haile: fuel cells • Professor Adlai Wertman: social entrepreneurship

  7. Current projects • Volunteer projects • Solar Cup: John Muir HS • Biodiesel Club: Seth John • Solar Decathlon

  8. Current projects • Solar Cup • Solar-powered canoe (with batteries) • Endurance and sprint races • High school competition in SoCal

  9. Current projects • Biodiesel Club • Working reactor: biodiesel produced already • Used vegetable oil from Chandler • Some technical/legal issues • Test purity: gas chromatography-mass spectrometry • Certification? • Campus fleet

  10. Current projects • Solar Decathlon • Build an attractive, efficient, solar-powered house • Zero net metering (does not draw off the grid) • Solar-powered (off-the-shelf panels) • 20 university teams • Competition on the Mall every two years for 3 weeks • Proposal decision: December 11th

  11. Solar Decathlon 2009 winners

  12. Solar Decathlon 2011 • Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) • Known for innovative/daring designs • Full support of their faculty and administration • Project/design classes in support • Caltech • Support of our president and faculty • Organizing project classes for students

  13. Questions?

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