BRAINpower
Recent student research projects during spring and summer tackle energy dilemmas, sustainability and more.
As part of a class project, four teams set out in a search for more sustainable ways to generate electricity from ocean waves. One of the teams explored transforming wave motion energy to rotational energy and finally into electrical energy. Seniors Rob Best, Ian Bullock, Marco Fernandez and exchange student Laurent Chris Goudet reported that the tidal turbine prototype (shown right) that they developed was “potentially a great resource for harnessing the renewable, ‘green’ energy of the ocean.”
ENGINEERING Faculty advisor: Charles Thangaraj
Fred Johnson ’11, Erin Partlan ’12, Cidney Scanlon ’11 and Claire Walker ’11 teamed with students from Nanyang Technologi- cal University in Singapore to develop and test effective technologies to treat disease- causing water sanitation issues in Jiaoyuan Village, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China. The HMC team recommended using thermal composting, solar sanitation and natural antimicrobials to kill harmful pathogens. “Our team looked for a solution that the villagers could build and maintain on their own,” said Scanlon. Here, the team collects water from a river in Jiaoyuan during the development of their prototype wastewater treatment system.
ENGINEERING,
global clinic Sponsor: Lien Institute for the Environment/ Nanyang Technological University Faculty advisor: Lisette de Pillis
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