Fall 2008 Contributions
Contributions:
- Created a database of Aguaclara Alumni which includes information like current e-mail, mailing address and employer details. This database will be used as part of the newletter which is being prepared by Rachael Moxley and other networking/fundraising purposes
- Transferred and edited the video for Google 10^100th Competition. Actively partcipated in the video theme discussions and uploaded the video on Youtube as part of project submission.
- Researched different governmental and non-governmental grants available for projects similar to Aguaclara. Catergorized them into different sections and created an excel sheet with links to grant website, a brief description and grant deadline information
- Used the grant excel database to get details on two grants, Gund Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio and Carnegie Foundation in New York with immediate deadlines. Prepared and submitted the grant application, project introduction letter along with a Letter of Inquiry.
- Explored the possibility of having a giving link specific to Aguaclara on CEE and Cornell websites. Had a call with Lauren Fielding to discuss the possibility (it's not possible according to current University regulations).
- Found a new grant by Inter-American Foundation aimed towards Latin American Countries. Discussed the grant with Monroe and forwarded the information to John and Tamar for exploring the possibility of submitting an application through APP for building new plants.
- As part of an Outreach meeting, had a conference call with Tamar 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.
- Helped Erica in sending out (scanning and faxing) all the material required for King Hassan grant
- Spoke to Cornell Public Service Center's Community Programs Assistant Director Amy Somchanhmavong about the possibilty of affiliating Aguaclara with PSC (for reaching University student community at large through brochures produced and displayed at PSC Office in Barnes). Collected and prepared the application for affiliation application. Currently in process of submitting it.
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 helped 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 took part in sessions to learn about the demo plant and assisted Michael in developing instructions for using 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. 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 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.
I am currently working on the P3 Award through the EPA and will have that information posted when the submission is complete. However, that is not due until December 23.