savonius turbine study

working on the turbine research team as part of a wind-powered desalination project

January 2009 - May 2009, Durham

trebuchet II

a second pass at siege weapon construction

winter 2009 - April 2009, Durham

community garden

helping to start a space for growing food at Duke

December 2008 - present, Durham

microcontroller experimentation

learning C with the ATtiny family of microcontrollers

December 2008 - present, Durham

classwork

projects at Duke that I found interesting

fall 2008 - present

portable refrigeration research

design a portable refrigeration system for medical supply transport

fall 2008 - March 2009, Durham

surveying in the Altiplano

a bridge-assessment trip with EWB

summer 2008, Bolivia

the plywood dug

two canoes from two sheets of ply; design by Hannu

January 2008, Chapel Hill

biomass charcoal

creating a safe cooking fuel from agricultural waste; the team I led compiled some notes here; extensive notes on summer research in Uganda and Dan's group's efforts are on the EWB wiki

fall 2007 - summer 2008, Durham, Uganda

ECG testers

manufacturing over one hundred ECG calibration devices for the developing world

fall 2006 - spring 2007, Durham

water collection for consumption and irrigation

summer 2007 - present, Uganda, Durham

weatherwood cabin

some construction work on my family's small Virginia home

summer 2006, Bedford

trebuchet

building a twenty foot medieval siege weapon

spring 2006, Durham