Appropriate Technology for the World's People, Design, Spring 2022

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

MW 4:10-5:30 in Baker Science, 10-220, Erhart 220. Shop sections (Monday 6:10 - 9:00 PM, or Tuesdays 8:10 AM - 11:00 AM) are in Mustang '60 shop, Bonderson.

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

Office Hours: I rarely have students from this class in office hours, likely because we have ample opportunity during shop sections. This is my only class this quarter, so we can decide as a class which office hours will serve us best.

See information from Design (392, Spring 2021), Design (392, Spring 2020), Development (the "development theory class", 391, Fall 2021), 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,	Red Tag, ISEC, Pete's House, Development
Week 2	Mon: Nathan Bair, Designing with People in Mind, Grp #1 Presents Wed: John Stump: Bringing a Product to Market, Grp #2 Presents
Week 3	Mon: Pete and the design process, Grp #3 Presents Wed: Alex Berrera: US Peace Corps Recruiter, Dominican Republic, Grp #4 Presents
Week 4	Mon: Amy Degenkolb and Postpartum Hemorrhaging, Grp #5 Presents Wed: Peter Keller and Aid Africa. Grp #6 Presents
Week 5	Mon: Deepak presents about solar cooking and the Ashram, Grp #7 Presents Wed: Pete in Fiji
Week 6	Mon. May 2, Pete in Jamaica, Grp #2 Wednesday, Sara Lopus Social Justice, Climate Justice MIT, Grp #3a
Week 7	Mon. May 9, Garrett Morris in Nepal, Grp #3b Wed. May 11, Ajay Chandak, Grp #4
Week 8	Mon. May 16, Grp #5 Grp #6
Week 9	Mon, May 23, Grp #7
Week 10, No classes Monday, Memorial Day	Mon. May 30 (Holiday) Wed. Final presentation for Group 5: Chicken Incubator in Jamaica
Exam Week. Final Presentations! Cal Poly Exam Schedule	4:00 - 7:00 PM, Monday, June 6. Location Dexter Lawn

Website Link	Description of the topic	Members
1. ISEC in Uganda	For the past 5 years, we've been developing Insulated Solar Electric Cooking (ISEC, research website). We've received a grant from UKAid to support construction in local communities globally. You will work with Andrew & Moses of African STEM Education Initiative (ASEI) and Peter Keller and Christine Kariuki of Aid Africa. See ISEC efforts in past 392 and 391 classes. See past projects from past years. Mentors include Martin (Ghanaian graduate student at EIU), and Katarina (Learning Assistant and ISEC research student). Monday Shop	Bee DN Bre E Connie H Chad D
2. Fog Harvesting	Our project is inspired by millions of years of botanical evolution, motivated by sustainability principles and a passion to empower individuals and communities to capture water, from water vapor in the atmosphere that is in the form of fog . Subsequently this water can be used in homes, for irrigation of plants, and for native forest restoration.	Isabelle C Andrew P Krisha K Garrison R
3a. Village to house the unhoused	Group 3A will collaborate with Hope's Village of SLO and the Central Coast unhoused community to create a virtual model in SketchUp of a future tiny home village in San Luis Obispo, CA.	Amelia A Kalynn H Daniela A Thaina B
3b. Village to house the unhoused	Hope's Village of SLO is interested in building a community of tiny houses for the presently unhoused (they don't yet have the political backing or land to make this happen) ... possibly modeled after Dignity Village in Portland. Could we find a way to make that work in the Central Coast? NPR: Tiny houses for the homeless. Group 3a is working on Vans for Veterans, designing bilevel vans. Shop on Tuesday.	William T Zoe C Madeleine S
4. Building with Mushrooms	The Source Farm is an intentional EcoVillage in East Jamaica that is developing ways to build dome houses. We are exploring ways to build things (possibly houses) using mycelium. Monday Shop	Noah B Melissa E Emma S Sophie D
5.Improved Efficiency with in Jamaica	The Source Farm is an intentional EcoVillage in East Jamaica that is developing ways to naturally grow and process food. There are several challenges they are considering: 1) Incubators for Chickens that do not use so much electricity (very expensive in Jamaica) (And you may be communicating with Dr. Jacobs of University Kentucky) 2) Hot Food Merchandisers that are insulated and run on solar electricity 3) ISEC and Solar Home Systems Your contact person in Jamaica is Nicola Shirley-Phillips <nicola@thesourcefarm.com> Monday Shop	Jacob K Sophia M Andrew R Peter V
6. Building blocks from Ag Waste	Ben Korman Patented a technology that presses rice straw (and other agricultural waste) into building blocks using pressure, heat (the lignin migration temperature is about 320 F, 160 C), and a little MDI (Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) to bind the agricultural fibers. STAK BLOCK Summary.pdf, and they recently applied for this Climate Smart Commodities Grant and a lot of their technology can be found by searching Cal Poly's digital commons for Oryzatech Stak Block. One challenge is the present binder: we would like to not use MDI for environmental/safety reasons, but past students have had some success using baking soda. Salma in Togo is interested in developing and disseminating this technology. Please see the project from last fall's class: Rice Straw Blocks Tues Shop	Jake S Juan F Sahra Z
7. ISEC in West Africa	For the past 5 years, we've been developing Insulated Solar Electric Cooking (ISEC, research website). We've received a grant from UKAid to support construction in local communities globally. You will work with any of the following: Bidjanga (Cameroon), Salma (Togo)... and maybe Luke (in Jamaica). See ISEC efforts in past 392 and 391 classes. See past projects from past years. Mentors include Martin (Ghanaian graduate student at EIU), and Katarina (Learning Assistant and ISEC research student). Monday Shop	Kevin Z Hunter W
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Direct DC Solar Electrical Power	What needs to be done to build small DC electrical capacity in low income communities? You will work with Alexis Zeigler of Living Energy Farm read more here.

Notes on Course Improvement