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Fall 2008 Contributions

This semester, I created a pamphlet that is next to the AguaClara poster by the Engineering Admissions office. I also created an opening page letter for our solicitation packet and met with and created a proposal to Mike Walter for the BEE department to add AguaClara to their list of approved courses.
As part of the outreach team, I worked to create a PowerPoint and present a teach-in to the class. I have met to film clips intended for use on the Google 10 to the 100 project. I have also taken part in sessions to learn about the demo plant. I have also been organizing and adding to the wiki.
Also as part of the Google 10 to the 100 project, I filled out the submission form that had various questions about our idea. In an effort to spread our video and get more views, I sent it around to many people I know including a contact at the Water Authority in Nassau County on Long Island. I also put a link to the video on our Facebook page.
In an effort to recruit new members during pre-enrollment, I helped to hang fliers throughout the engineering quad. I hung fliers in both Hollister and other buildings. I also contacted the Society of Women Engineers to get a note about joining AguaClara in the weekly SWEmail for the weeks near pre-enrollment.
I took part in designing AguaClara t-shirts including coming up with ideas and colors for the shirt. As part of an Outreach meeting, I sat in on a conference call with Tamar where we were able to get ideas for grants to fill out. As a result of this conversation, we applied for a grant called the King Hassan II Great World Water Prize. I talked to Professors Leonard Lion and Francis Vanek to get letters of reference and worked with Tamar and John to get letters of reference from people in Honduras as well.
Tamar also suggested searching for other grants on Google. I spent some time looking for possible grants and conferences. I found the P3 award through the EPA.