Appropriate Technology for the World's People, Design, Spring 2024

Cross listed: UNIV-392/492, PSC-392/492, HNRS-392

MWF 10:10-11:0 in Baker Science, 180-113. Shop sections (Monday 6:10 - 9:00 PM, or Tuesdays 3:10 PM - 6:00 PM) are in Mustang '60 shop, Bonderson, Bld. 197, near the library.

Pete Schwartz, Cal Poly Physics, Pete's Webpage, pschwart@calpoly.edu

Office Hours: TBA

See information from Design (392, Spring 2022), Design (392, Spring 2021), Design (392, Spring 2020), Development (the "development theory class", 391, W2024), and from other previous classes.

Activities are listed on modules by week. Course expectations can be found on Syllabus.

Grade determined by weekly assessments, participation, and projects.

Assessment Solutions:

Description of Fabulous Failures

Course Redesign, June 1, 2022, how would we like the class to be different next time?

Extra Participants
We've had the pleasure to work with the following people who are not enrolled students: none listed at present

Timeline for the class. Activities subject to change. Please check 24 hours before class.

Week 1, April 1	Red Tag, ISEC, Pete's House, Development, Wed: Meet Group Fri: Pete's House
Week 2 April 8	Mon: Pete and the design process, Grp #1 Presentation Wed: Garrett Morris in Nepal, Grp #2 Presentation Fri: Peter Keller and Aid Africa, Grp #4 Presentation
Week 3 April 15	Mon: Graham Roberts and Antarctic Ice Grp #3 Wed: Nathan Bair, Designing with People in Mind, Grp #5 Fri: Grp #6
Week 4 April 22	Mon: Grp #1 Wed: Grp #2 Fri: Grp #3
Week 5 April 29	Mon: Carley Althoff, Journeyman International Wed: Grp #4 Fri: Nick Babin
Week 6 May 6	Mon: Grp #5 Wed: Pete in Jamaica Fri: Grp #6
Week 7 May 13	Mon: Grp #2 Wed: Grp #1 Fri: Grp #3
Week 8 May 20	Mon: Grp #4 Wed: Grp #5 Fri: Grp #6
Week 9 May 27	Tues (Monday's Schedule): Wed: Alex Petroff Fri: Pete in Africa/Nepal
Week 10, June 3	Mon: Wed: Fri: Please enter your thoughts in the discussion board for our Course Redesign
Exam Week. Final Presentations! Cal Poly Exam Schedule	10:10 AM, Friday, June 14. In the Classroom. This is a Potluck brunch. Please bring a culinary creation of your choice. If you don't bring food, you are still welcome (and required) to come.

Website Link	Description of the topic	Members
1. ISEC in Uganda	Improved construction of Insulated Solar Electric Cooking (ISEC, research website), particularly advances in thin-wall concrete construction. Collaborator is Andrew of African STEM Education Initiative (ASEI) and Elwyn, who wants to build a kitchen for a school. Tuesday Shop	Theo B Abe M Kelly H Aubrey Z
2. ISEC in Togo	Building a passive solar food-dryer. Past work with Salma: There was a student project in 392 S2021 , and in 391 W2024. Pete lived and worked with Salma the month of November, 2023, see blog, Monday Shop	Logan W Gina C Molly M Philip M
3. ISEC in Malawi	Exploring construction of Insulated Solar Electric Cookers with Victor, of vocational school Kindle Orphan Outreach near Salima, Malawi. See ISEC efforts in past 392 and 391 classes. See past projects from past years. There was a previous student project in 391 W2024. Pete worked with Victor from January 15 until March 11, see blog, Victor has been tasked with the design and production of a consumer-ready ISEC. Monday Shop	Alycia D Cole G Marilynn V Henry M
4. Musical Instruments in Malawi	Building guitars in carpentry vocational school, Bruno is the carpentry instructor for Kindle Vocational School of Kindle Orphan Outreach where we started a vocational program for electricity and ISEC technology (project #3 above), see blog Jan 14 - March 11. Bruno has begun to build guitars for play and profit. The major challenge is making the string tuning pegs. Although these pegs are readily available for $10 everywhere online, $10 is a considerable amount of money in Malawi, and it's very difficult to import things into Malawi. It's also important this technology be high performance enough to sell and even export guitars. Monday Shop. 1st Presentation	Ben T Jemma S Sophia K Dylan S
5. DC home system, Navajo Nation	Skip the Grid is a Cal Poly student organization out of Construction Management that installs modular home solar electrical systems in the Navajo Nation during spring break. Skip the Grid presently uses expensive consumer systems. We designed a simpler, less expensive system that provides the same services and can be assembled by partners on the Navajo Nation. Tuesday Shop	Jeremy H Graham N James C Sebastian
6. Mitad Injera Making, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Collaborating with SLO’s Ebony Ethiopian Restaurant, and a friend (Betty) from Ethiopia, designed and built an insulated mitad, the device used to cook injera, traditional Ethiopian flatbread made from teff flour. Monday Shop	Michael A Sean M Trystan G John C

Notes on Course Improvement