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Engineers for a Sustainable World’s UCSD chapter students pose for photographers at UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering, for the “First Launch Ceremony” of the SunEdison awarded grant project called the “Solar Slider”, used to charge campus electric vehicles and personal electronics.
Wipomo sponsored the unveiling of ESW’s “Solar Slider” electric vehicle and charging station at UCSD. The “Solar Slider” popped pop-corn and cotton candy for students between classes, to demonstrate solar power generation and energy storage, in a park setting.
Below are two abstracts for projects he is presenting at ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15, Houston, Texas. (See Track 6, Section 6-9-2 ‘Distributed Generation and CCHP’)APPLICATION OF AN ADVANCED SIMULATION MODEL TO A MICRO-CHP ORC-BASED SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-LOW GRADE HEAT RECOVERY Davide Ziviani, Asfaw Beyene¹, and Mauro Venturini²This paper presents the …
One way to get better fuel economy is to optimize driver performance with a OBD-II dashboard mounted driver behavior coach, code named, the “Eco Orb”. Ron Gremban and Charlie Johnson quietly prepared their electronic control system for a crowdfunding campaign that could be a “first of it’s kind”, to be used in tandem with their …
Led by SDRES board member and UCSD Engineering professor, Kurt Lund, PE, the Engineer’s for a Sustainable World design and build the cage to be mounted on a trailer, to raise and deploy a 2kW DC solar array. Our advisor Kurt, a professional engineering consultant, graciously opened his garage, tools and skill up to us …
Because there are dual fuel sources in a Plug-In Hybrid vehicle, you wouldn’t expect it’s possible to run out of both, but it’s easier than you think. Results can vary drastically based on your personal driving habits and how often you plug-in. For example, my Toyota Prius Plug-In gets anywhere from 500 – 1000 miles …
The Engineers for a Sustainable World “Solar Tree Project” initial design document lists Charlie Johnson as an advisor, on behalf of Wipomo and as an elected board member of the San Diego Renewable Energy Society (SDRES). ESW Solar Tree Poster
Given that the near and long term trends favor rapid adoption of wireless power in transportation and charging personal electronics, what do we know about EMF as it relates to health and safety? (See our Grants section for Wireless Power applications in San Diego.) At low energy wavelength, microwaves can pass right through a human body to …
Joseph Ocampo takes the Green Island project to radio on CarTalk, to promote sustainability education for renewable energy and electric vehicles at UCSD. With help from Kurt Lund (SDRES, UCSD PE) and Charlie Johnson (SDRES, Wipomo), the Engineer’s for a Sustainable World take a victory lap for their grant awarded project for on-campus off-grid, solar powered, …
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The Engineer’s for a Sustainable World (ESW) chapter at UCSD was awarded a grant by SunEdison to build a “Green Island” off-grid electric vehicle and personal electronics charging station, to be used to by the students and staff, as part of a renewable energy education campaign to support UCSD’s campus green initiative.Charlie Johnson, on behalf of Wipomo, …
Wipomo project leader Ron Gremban, tested, evaluated and documented a Plug-In Hybrid Conversion product for an international manufacturer in advance of submission to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for Aftermarket Plug-In Hybrid Certification.
Wipomo, LLC began with a vision of solar powered electric vehicles, wirelessly charged at home, at work and through the roads.