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    • pitchBiodiesel@MIT has developed a new filtration system to make oil collection, transport and processing easier for the cooperative. With an improved filtration system, the cooperative can avoid selling the waste vegetable oil they collect to middlemen who filter the oil and collect most of the profits. We expect this project to also have indirect effects on the community as its success would inspire increased participation and awareness of bio-diesel from waste oil, unlocking its potential further use in communities that can reap the most benefits from it.
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    • whoweare**Angela Hojnacki** (hojnacki@mit.edu) is a junior at MIT, studying Mechanical Engineering and Urban Studies and Planning, with focuses in energy and environmental issues. She is currently the president of Biodiesel@MIT and is a member of the Green Grease Project. She works as a contact between the group and Roxbury Green Power. **Scott Landers** (scottl@mit.edu) - Scott Landers is a sophomore in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His main passion is energy studies. Having lived on a family farm in Texas for 20 years, Scott is well experienced in Agricultural practices, specifically the harvesting of oil based crops like soybeans. He is committed to developing alternative energy practices and eventually installing a canola-based biodiesel reactor on his family farm. After graduation, he will serve a term in the Peace Corps to further his commitment, as he says, “to get my hands dirty and change the world.” **Anvisha Pai** (anvishap@mit.edu) is a freshman at MIT, studying either Chemical or Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Energy Studies. She is especially enthusiastic about energy and development issues. On campus, she is a member of the Undergraduate Association Committee on Sustainability, Engineers without Borders and the Energy Club. **Kyle Gilpin** (kwgilpin@mit.edu) is a PhD student in Distributed Robotics Laboratory at MIT. He holds BS and MEng degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Kyle works to improve communication and control in large distributed robotic systems. He serves as Vice President and Production Manager of Biodiesel@MIT.
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    • description<h2>Use Engineering to Improve Life in Developing Regions in Sustainable Ways</h2> <h3>Problem</h3> <p>Engineering issues in developing regions are complicated to resolve.&nbsp; The complexity may result from multiple factors, including:</p> <ul> <li>Differences in culture and understanding</li> <li>Lack of infrastructure, materials, and local expertise</li> <li>Issues associated with political, economic, social, educational, and other related aspects</li> </ul> <p>At the same time, humanitarian engineering projects themselves may contribute to, or exacerbate, the problems they attempt to solve if they are too narrowly defined or too short-term to address the issues in a complex, collaborative manner that focuses on community buy-in of lasting solutions.&nbsp; Developing regions are full of clever engineering &ldquo;solutions&rdquo; that don&rsquo;t work, representing wasted resources and postponement of real progress.&nbsp; Worse still, lives may be endangered by changes that represent partial solutions &ndash; for example wells drilled to supply drinking water that contains naturally occurring arsenic.</p> <h3>Context</h3> <p>The opportunity for engineers to collaborate with communities to develop solutions in developing regions is pressing &ndash; and may be rising.&nbsp; Almost half the world&rsquo;s population &mdash; over three billion people &mdash; live on less than .50 a day. &nbsp;According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.&nbsp; More than 80 percent of the world&rsquo;s population live in countries where income differentials are widening.</p> <p>Technologies that stimulate local economic activity can contribute to income generation at the bottom of the economic pyramid and help to close the gap.&nbsp; Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. &nbsp;Educational technologies, simple lighting systems, communication technologies and other engineering products can expand literacy, a basic tool of economic progress.&nbsp; Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are 640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3), 400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5), and 270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7).</p> <p>Engineers can make a difference in one community across any of these dimensions, and set the stage for greater change as their efforts scale.</p> <h3>Solution</h3> <p>Propose a plan that involves MIT engineering students and their teammates in providing a sustainable solution to an engineering problem in a developing region.&nbsp; Teams will be awarded up to ,000 to support the pilot phase of their work.</p> <p>The MIT School of Engineering &ldquo;Global Villages&rdquo; model involves building MIT students&rsquo; engineering and leadership skills through their collaborative work with local communities to produce sustainable solutions in the developing world, working within a 3-5 year time frame.&nbsp; The solution does not have to involve a 3-5-year commitment by the same students, but it should outline a plan for involving MIT engineering students in the various solution stages over that time period.</p> <p>The solution should work on two levels:</p> <ul> <li>Propose how the team will address a specific issue in a specific community</li> <li>Based on the first level, identify an approach that can be used in the School of Engineering&rsquo;s Global Villages program by other teams for other communities</li> </ul> <h3>Judging Criteria</h3> <ul> <li>Projects respond to authentic community needs, identified by engaged community partner(s) who represent local capacity for project success</li> <li>Winning teams and projects will have a core of engineering students representing different engineering disciplines, which may then build into a broader interdisciplinary team</li> <li>Engineering students on the team contribute substantially to the innovative aspects of the work</li> </ul> <h3>Project Sustainability and Follow-Up</h3> <p>The MIT Public Service Center and the School of Engineering will seek to support and maintain relationships with teams&rsquo; community partners The PSC and SoE will maintain up to date information about winning teams and community impact on their websites as a means to engage new support, document project progress, connect program participants, and facilitate knowledge transfer.</p> <p>The PSC and SoE will encourage knowledge transfer through presentations and student-to-student exchange during workshops pre and post trip</p> <h3><em>About the Global Villages Project</em></h3> <p><em>The SOE Global Villages program seeks to advance the following goals:</em></p> <ul> <li><em>Foster relationships between departments in the School of Engineering that support the development of creative, cross-disciplinary solutions</em></li> <li><em>Enable MIT students to learn to design innovative solutions that respond to real-world issues and circumstances Advance student development of inter-cultural understanding, communication skills, and leadership</em></li> <li><em>Help students experience first-hand the ways in which engineering impacts society and the world.</em></li> </ul> <p><em>The Global Villages program emphasizes sustainable solutions through knowledge transfer, including student-to-student mentoring, so that projects can grow from year to year. When appropriate, the program serves as a platform on which MIT community members can transfer novel technologies into new contexts.</em></p> <p><em>The Global Villages program encourages &ndash; but is not limited to &ndash; pilot projects in collaboration with the MIT School of Engineering, the MIT Public Service Center (PSC), D-Lab, MISTI, and other MIT programs, that can then be scaled up to work with communities around the globe.</em></p>
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    • descriptionRGP collects waste vegetable oil from local restaurants, and recycles the oil as a green fuel source for biodiesel production. RGP is an economic development project of the Boston Workers Alliance.
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          • areas_of_interestThe things that interest me most are energy, sustainability, and water. Specifically biodiesel and water resource management. However, I work on a range of projects, the most recent of which is GrubCycle. Organic waste is a huge problem in the slums or Nairobi, Kenya, so GrubCycle aims to create a market for recycling this waste by turning it into a value-added product. We use black soldier fly grubs to digest 50 to 80 percent of the waste. Once the grubs metamorphosize into prepupae, they are self-selecting and can be harvested. After harvesting them, they are then sold to local vendors who will process them as a source of protein in animal meal.
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        • areas_of_interestI am interested in alternative energy, especially biodiesel and waste-to-energy projects. I love traveling and learning about new cultures and (trying) to learn new languages. I am interested in appropriate design and international development, as well as film production. I also enjoy writing.
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