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May 11, 2007 Vol. 77, no. 13S
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From left, Eng. Physics senior Frank Dollar, ChemE senior Elena Perez
and ME senior Artemio Navarro celebrate their Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers’ Academic Olympiad win in January. The three
beat teams from across the nation in a game showstyle competition
that tested their knowledge of everything from statics to organic
chemistry to Hispanic history. PHOTO COURTESY OF HES |
Senior
moments from Engineering News
Class of 2007 takes the proverbial spotlight
and makes College headlines
A remote Chilean village without reliable water got help from CEE
seniors Ben Huie, Lauren Huey, Tim Roller, Matt Vaggione
and James Stuekerjuer-gen this semester. The team analyzed alternative water
systems for the village in CEE 180 Engineered Systems. “It feels
good to be doing something real that will improve people’s lives,” says
Vaggione.
EECS senior Jeff Chou is an actor and producer for Theatre Rice, an
Asian American theater group that performs improv, sketch comedy and
other modern pieces. “It’s about breaking down external
walls and finding out what makes you, you,” Chou says.
In the new DeCal course, “Technological Innovation for Underserved
Communities,” students are researching ways to filter arsenic
from drinking water in Bangladesh and redesigning Darfur cook stoves
so they use less fuel. Started by Berkeley’s chapter of Engineers
for a Sustainable World, the course was cofacilitated by CEE senior
Kate Ming.
BioE senior Charles Yong created “Below the Mean,” a comic
strip about Cal student life, which debuted in the Daily Cal in January.
ME seniors Mary Asperger and Jim Gariffo are helping to create the
Internet-based Total Environmental Assessment Rating, which analyzes
products like microwaves for their environmental footprint. “The
small decisions consumers make can have a fairly big impact when enough
people do it,” said Gariffo. “Maybe someday this will have
an impact on global warming.”
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