ESW-CIT – Engineers for a Sustainable World
California Institute of Technology Chapter
Our Spring '08 meeting time is Wednesdays at 3pm outside of the Red Door.
The biodiesel club is actively working on a reactor to convert used fryer oil into useable fuel. For more information, please contact Seth John at sjohn at gps.caltech.edu.
ESW-CIT brings together those with interests in international development, scientific problem-solving and partnership with developing communities. Our parent organization is ESW national. The objectives of ESW-CIT are to:
 
Peter Cleary of Lifestraw and Shawne Frayne of Humdinger were among the speakers that came to discuss product development with an eye on impact at socialthe Fall 2007 ESW Speaker Series.
2008 Science for Social Impact Forum
ESW-CIT, in partnership with the Caltech Career Development Center and Caltech Alumni Association, will host the 2008 Science for Social Impact Forum during Spring Quarter 2008. All members of the Caltech community are invited to learn about how scientists can apply their skills to issues of pressing social concern. The Forum will feature a speaker panel of companies and educators that are using science to benefit the environment or the poor in the US and abroad. A networking reception follows.
For more information and pictures of the 2007 SSIF, visit the SSIF home page. If you interested in being on the planning committee for 2008, email Sera Linardi at slinardi[at]caltech[dot]edu.