E/ME 105: Product Design for the Developing World

Projects

2008 Projects

• Research Trip Report: Vegetable Carrier/MayaPac
• Midterm Presentation (pdf)
• Midterm Report (pdf)
• Final Paper: Team Mecapal (pdf)

Improved Stove

• Research Trip Report: Efficient Wood Burning Stove
• Midterm Presentation (ppt)
• Midterm Report (pdf)
• Final Paper: PARA HUMO (pdf)

Dehydration Device

• Research Trip Report: Dehydration Devise
• Midterm Presentation (ppt)
• Midterm Report (pdf)
• Final Paper: Fruits of Labor (pdf)

Honey Extraction / Export Business

• Research Trip Report: Bee Export
• Midterm Presentation (pdf)
• Mielino (pdf)

Next-Generation Weelchair

• Research Trip Report
• Midterm Presentation (pdf)
• Final Paper: Next-Generation IMI (pdf)

Portable Water Filter

• Midterm Presentation (ppt)
• Midterm Report (pdf)
• Final Paper: AWA (pdf) AWA Appendix (pdf)

Alternative Refrigeration

• Midterm Presentation (pdf)
• Final Paper: Absorption Refrigeration (pdf)

2008 Winning Projects

E/ME 105 offers an award of one thousand dollars to the best project. Projects with the most advanced prototype, best deployment opportunity, and highest prospect of becoming a successful income generation activity will win. The award is aimed to provide seed money for the project's development.

• PARA HUMO (pdf)
• AWA (pdf) AWA Appendix (pdf)

Projects from 2008 Research Trip

• General Introduction for Technical Project Report (doc)
• Technical Report Guidelines (doc)
• Projects
  • Drip Irrigation
    • Drip Irrigation Research Trip Report (doc)
    • Materials (xls)
    • Pictures (doc)
    • Input from Landivar (doc)
  • Corn Sheller (doc) - "The only E/ME105 product that Guatemalans actually wanted to give us money for"
  • Pedal Power
    • Pedal Power Project (pdf)
    • Pedal Power Lessons Learned (doc)
  • MayaPak Report (doc)
  • IMI Report (doc)
  • Bee Export (doc)
  • Dry Composting Latrines Project (doc)

Project Ideas

• Rainwater Collection
• Vertical Farming
• Agua Pura
• Accessories for Dry Composting Latrines, DCL
• Biogas
• Wheelchair IMI