Project Fuji

This semester I've been acting as a recruiter for my senior design class. My job is to research a given project, explain and advertise it in front of the class, and hire a team to carry out the design. During the first week of classes I was assigned to Project Fuji, which is tasked with designing a solar-driven power system for a hospital in Nubia, Sudan.

This is a very exciting project because it will directly affect the lives of 40,00 Sudaneese people. At the moment, people are forced to travel over 200 km for medical treatment, and many die because they can't make the journey. Many people in the region die from scorpion bites because there are no refrigerators which can store the simple antidote.

My presentation to the class was very successful, and many students were interested in joining the team. At the simulated job fair a week later, I hired three very excited individuals who will work with me to complete the design. Their names are Charles Renneberg, Takele Taffesse, and Vladimir Yerokhin. We have a couple of faculty mentors on campus, John Yates and Mat Taylor. Stay tuned for more information about the project. Hopefully, we can get a project website and blog set up for you all to see so you can follow our work.