NEWS

NCIIA Advanced Innovation to Venture Workshop (March 2008):

Four team members travelled to Boston to participate in the Northeast AI2V Workshop sponsored by NCIIA and the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center.

NCIIA Advanced E-Team Grant Award (March 2008):

We have been awarded our second NCIIA Advanced E-Team Grant!

Engineers for a Sustainable World Conference (February 2008):

We presented our research at a panel discussion on "Safe Water in the Developing World" at the 2008 ESW Conference in San Francisco.

UC Berkeley Blum Center - Poverty Action Seed Award (December 2007):

We have been awarded a grant from the UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies for "system refinement/adaptation and field testing for proven technologies with potential to lead to significant contributions to poverty alleviation in developing countries." See our listing on the Blum Center Initiatives webpage.

Global Development in Action Symposium Presentation (September 2007):

We presented our research as part of the UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies Student Symposium on Global Development in Action. View our presentation (17.6MB).

Second Bangladesh Visit (July 2007):

At the beginning of July two team members traveled to Bangladesh for two weeks. Our goal was to perform experiments to improve the efficiency of ARUBA. View our trip report (87.6kB).

UC Berkeley Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest - 1st Prize (May 2007):

We have won first prize in the annual Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest for our white paper (427kB), submitted to the Global Poverty Reduction category!

UC Berkeley Big Ideas Website Listing (April 2007):

Our project is listed on the UC Berkeley Big Ideas Website. You can DONATE to our project by clicking on this link.

UC Berkeley Blum Center - Safe Water and Sanitation Initative Grant (March 2007):

We have been awarded a grant for summer travel to Bangladesh by the UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies. See our project here: Arsenic Filter.

Initial Bangladesh Visit (March - April 2007):

We sent one team member on an initial site visit to Bangladesh's Jessore District during March and April 2007. Our goals for this trip included on-site ARUBA testing and identication of a village for further field work. See our trip report (236kB).

NCIIA March Madness Conference (March 2007):

Our team was selected to participate in the 11th Annual NCIIA March Madness E-Team Exhibition. This year's conference was held in Tampa, Florida from March 22-24. See our flier (3.4MB), poster panel #1 (1.2MB), and poster panel #2 (720kB).

NCIIA Advanced E-Team Grant Award (2004):

We were awarded an NCIIA Advanced E-Team Grant.