Mathematics is Focus of Two Grants C A M P U S C U R R E N T & Partners C o l l e g e N e w s


Generosity and Innovation Mark Spring Events Global Clinic Projects


Global Clinic Supported by Vickery Gift The Vickery Family was recently honored for its $1 million contribution to the Harvey Mudd College Global Clinic Program. John Vickery ’91, son of the late Robert and Joan Vickery who bequeathed the generous endowment, and his wife, Yasemine, accepted an award on his parents’ behalf at an event on campus June 7. Robert J. Vickery was an aerospace engineer and Joan Vickery was, arguably, one of the world’s


finest mathematicians in software development. The couple said they were proud that their son, John, flourished in the intense and incredible atmosphere of Harvey Mudd College. They loved the Clinic Program and watched how it helped their son put his education into practice. It was witnessing this transformation that inspired them to give so generously to the Global Clinic Program. They knew that their gift would help talented students realize their potential. Robert Vickery passed away in 1996 and Joan Vickery passed away last year. In an interview with the Claremont Courier, John Vickery remarked, “I am absolutely thrilled


that my family is able to do this. I do remember the things I got out of my Clinic experience; it changed my life.” Global Clinic Director Lisette de Pillis remarked that the endowment will help support the


recruitment of more students into the Global Clinic program. “This year alone three projects are being funded. Without the gift, we would not have been able to run more than one project.” The Department of Engineering began the Global Clinic Program in 2005 to prepare students to


function as innovative engineers and scientists in a global context. Built upon HMC’s internationally recognized Clinic Program, the Global Clinic supports long-term sponsored engineering and science projects in which teams of HMC students collaborate with teams of students from partnering schools in Central and South America, Asia and Europe.


HMC Lauds Water Reclamation Innovator Water reclamation, or the reuse of highly treated wastewaters, potentially can provide new supplies equal to approximately 50 percent of Southern California’s water consumption. The novel technology MicroMedia Filtration (MMF) has developed could help the region move closer to this goal. MMF was one of two companies honored for exceptional energy-saving devices


at the 17th Annual TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation Awards co-sponsored by TechAmerica, the nation’s largest technology trade association, and Harvey Mudd College. MMF received the HMC Green Engineering Award for its wastewater treatment and renewable energy technology. A leader in the field of water reclama- tion, MMF has created an innovative three-part process: Solids Separator, which removes suspended solids from the raw stream, the Modular Filter, a continu- ously cleaning media filtration system, and the Energy Conversion System, which transforms fresh solids into various energy end products. The result is a modular, expandable, economical and environmentally friendly method for creating reus- able water that consumes less than one-fifth the electricity of conventional systems. Teridian, a semiconductor company, received an Award of Merit for its com- puter chip which measures energy consumption data in real time.


2009-10 Waste heat reclamation via a small- scale organic rankine cycle University of Iceland


Development of a low-cost, rapidly deployable system for monitoring volcanoes Earth Observatory of Singapore/ Nanyang Technological University


Wastewater treatment in rural China Lien Institute for the Environment/ Nanyang Technological University


2010-11


Developing small-scale thermal energy storage Birla Institute of Technology, India


Protein separation techniques, applications in cancer research National University of Singapore and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Singapore


Techniques for small-scale food canning & processing National University of Singapore and Operation Hope Foundation, Singapore and Indochina


Physics Professor Richard Haskell and Ken Stedman, president and chief technical officer of MicroMedia Filtration, Inc.


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