March 12 2010March 12, 2010Kwang Y. Lee, Professor and ChairBrian Thomas, Senior Lecturer

Electrical and Computer EngineeringElectrical and Computer Engineering

Baylor Mission Statement: The mission of Baylor University is to educate men and women for worldwideUniversity is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community.

Christian teaching and tradition is that Christians should care for the poor, the weak, and the suffering: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress…” James 1:27

2005 – 2006: Kenya Searching for partners identifying projects Searching for partners, identifying projects Orphanage/School for deaf children

Solar Photovoltaic for lights and TV Rooftop rainwater collection and purification Self‐assigned grade: B+ 

2005 – 2006: KenyaKib N i bi Kibera, Nairobi

Hybrid wind/solar system for home lighting andfor home lighting and public latrine

Owned by community y yorganization

Partners with NGO and U i itUniversity

Self‐assigned grade: C

Local partners imperative but do not guarantee long term sustainability and impactterm sustainability and impact

Financial structure should be put in writing before departuredepa tu e

Private ownership better than public Community owned = nobody ownedy y

Africa is a long way from Texas

2007: Honduras Pico hydro electric power generationy p g

Battery charger Business “recommended” Self assigned grade: B‐

2008: Honduras Awarded $50,000 grant from National Collegiate $ , g gInventors and Innovators Alliance Emphasis on Financial Sustainability Emphasis on Scalability

Proposal Title: “Pico Hydropower Franchising, A T t B d i R l H d ”Test Bed in Rural Honduras”

Influential Book byC.K. PrahaladB i t th Begin to see the impoverished as customers

Perhaps the best way to Perhaps the best way to help is with entrepreneurial focus?

Grameen phone by Muhammad Yunus

IDE and D‐Rev by Paul Polak KickStart by Martin Fisher

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Providing Proven

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Helping People Start A

Micro Franchises

Business Models & Training

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Loaning Money, Financial

Micro EnterprisesSmall

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Giving Money,

Goods or Services Charity

Micro Lending, BankingFinancial Services

Dep

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MeetingBasic Needs Disaster Relief

DevelopmentRelief

Mission Statement: To Provide Energy Delivery Solutions for Human Well‐Being

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BA Entrepreneurship d iEngineering

LecturerEngineering and Business

and Finance, Peace Corps

770 Watts at 48 VDCVDC

63 liters/second

10 ft of “head”

Two, 20 Amp Breakers

Dump Load Controller

Breakers

3 kW InverterAdditional Breakers

Color Branding and Logo Design

Battery bank, 48 VDC, 235 Ah

and Logo Design Culturally 

Appropriate

Madreado TTrees

Load Limiter: Electronically yresetting circuit breaker at each home 

Electricity

Village Franchise

Lender

Utility PaymentsSupport

Village Energy LLC

Donors, Investors

CarbonMarkets

Shared Ownership (Profits!) Increases: Village Income Village Income Regular Maintenance Regular Bill CollectionRegular Bill Collection Theft Prevention

Improves Long‐p gTerm Sustainability

Working with new Rwandan universityMuhabura UniversityMuhabura University Sonrise Primary School Engineering and Entrepreneurship foci

Whole Tree Inc.  Creating technical innovations that utilizeCreating technical innovations that utilize renewable natural resources

Automobile components made from coconut fiberscoconut fibers

Increases demand, and income, of impoverished coconut farmers worldwide

Annual teams of undergraduate and graduate g gstudents volunteer Two week trips between Spring and Summer Accompanied by faculty Not for credit (freshmen to graduates, wide range 

f b l )of ability) About 20% come a second timeS i l P j l Special Projects classes

Unpaid research assistants Motivational stories for incoming freshmen

“My experiences in Honduras have had a huge impact on my My experiences… in Honduras have had a huge impact on my life… In a way it was thrilling to know that something was going to be built based on calculations I performed.  As an added bonus, I had the satisfaction of knowing that our , gproject would change the lives of people that I met while I was there.  I discovered that using the same engineering skills I had gotten so tired of at the library could be incredibly rewarding!”

Lisa Bradbury, Baylor Senior

Moving from one‐time service projects to long‐term for‐profit development modelslong term, for profit development models

Student Volunteers Receive Engineering Experience (ABET: A C D E F)Engineering Experience (ABET: A,C,D,E,F) Global Mindset (ABET: H,J) Exposure to leading edge direction of international development (ABET: H,J)

Requires heavy faculty involvementli i f l k May limit faculty to non tenure track

Senior faculty that can tolerate non‐traditional research agenda (no IEEE transactions on this)research agenda (no IEEE transactions on this)