Sustainable Energy for Education

(SEE)

Daniel Alvarez Brandon Tran Leah Murff Charles Arnold U2 - ECEN U3 - ISEN U3 - ECEN U2 - MEEN

Project Need & Design Requirements•Renewable Lights for villages•Objectives

–Increase lumens by 50%–lights run for 6 hours(6pm-12am)–Decrease price (<$200)–Sizing chart–Propose a new system

•Impact of solution–children, shelter, community

Design Concepts Generation

Design Concepts Evaluation

• 5 Concept Evaluations–Solar Panel Angle–Solar Panel Type–Battery Type–Type of Bulb–Size of Shelter

Baseline Design

Baseline Design

Future Work

• Implement Designs in Burkina Faso• Compete at an Enactus Competition• Complete GoFundMe goal

https://www.gofundme.com/solar-lights-for-burkina-faso

Educational Outcomes• What the team learned

–how to work together effectively with diverse academic backgrounds

–importance of off-the-grid sustainable energy in rural areas of the world(power lines)

–lights, solar panels, how goals can change• How does this help in engineering?

–tailoring objectives to changing goals–becoming leaders in future projects(working in groups)

–Learning and applying different aspects of engineering