Sustainable Engineering
As an Environmental Engineering student with a Mechanical Focus, I learn about robots, machines and fluid dynamics at school. However I've always loved the concept of "Sustainability." What is "Sustainability"? In ecological terms, it is the capacity to endure. But in my terms, it is the ability to reduce the environmental impact while increasing our productivity. By emerging myself in different fields including Structural, Chemical and Industrial through these projects, I've learned that the new era of engineering does not have divisions, but a combination of knowledge from all different fields to achieve our ultimate goal-- A Sustainable World. Throughout these projects, I've become an avid leader to maximize work efficiency while providing a great working environment, ultimately delivering excellent results to the client. |
Solar EngineeringA case study on Solar in Multi-Dwelling units.The United States holds approximately 5.6 million commercial buildings and 26.2 million residential renters in multifamily housing. The technical potential for rooftop photovoltaics in San Diego region will be about 4,691 MW (10,224 GWh) by 2020, in which 63% belongs to the residential sector. For comparison, in 2005, San Diego Gas & Electric had a peak demand of 4,058 MW and total sales of 19,214 GWh. Therefore, the technical potential surpasses over 100% of peak demand and represents 53% of total energy need.
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Humanitarian Engineering.The Fiji Kindergarten Project is under the Global TIES program at UCSD that helps combat poverty in developing countries. Our mission is to sustainably bring early education to developing nations around the globe. Our pilot project takes place in Fiji on the island of Taveuni at the Navakawau Village, where we are teamed up with the nonprofits Loloma Foundation and Fiji Kindi Project to implement a sustainable kindergarten constructed out of recycled shipping containers.
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Industrial Wastewater TreatmentThe ultrafiltration system HydraCAP 60 used by the company Skyworks Solutions Inc., Mexicali, shows rapid rate of membrane fouling, requiring the company to frequently change the membranes as the demand of water increases. The goal of the project is to explore different sustainable and affordable pretreatment methods for the pre-existing ultrafiltration system to improve its feed water quality and prolong the lifetime of the membranes.
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Green
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