ESW-CIT – Engineers for a Sustainable World
California Institute of Technology Chapter
Our club will meet every other week at noon in the SFL study room. Our next meeting will take place 2009 Nov. 12 in SFL (room at 2nd floor) at noon. In this meeting, we will discuss a voluntary project in John Muir High School. Students there are building a solar powered Canoe to race in a contest to raise awareness about water conservation.
The biodiesel club is actively working on a reactor to convert used fryer oil into useable fuel. The club is seeking volunteers to perform various tasks, including getting the gas chromotography experimental data. For more information, please contact Seth John at sjohn@gps.caltech.edu or John VanDeusen at jvand@caltech.edu . The club right now meets regularly on every Friday at 10am-noon, but the meeting time is flexible according to the participants.
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:
- Coordinate research opportunities, including new Caltech coursework, in sustainable and socially responsible development.
- Organize forums and workshops on working in developing communities. Provide opportunities for students to participate in engineering development projects both in the USA and abroad.
- Raise awareness of development issues and the critical role of engineers and scientists to engage in socially responsible endeavors.
Richard Nelson, an expert on biodiesel, was talking about biodiesel quality as well as resource assessment on the 2009 Sustainable Speaker Series.
A meeting about the Solar Decathlon 2011 competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy