Professor Schwartz's mission statement:

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Associated with Insulated Solar Electric Cooking Research, a group of students in Pete’s appropriate technology class are building a lighting system that is charged from a USB port powered by the cooking technologies that other groups are developing. Another USB port will charge cell phones. Working with Kuyere in Malawi. Please see this publication illustrating how important charging capacity is for use of cookers. Last year’s project may be helpful: Cell Phone / Light Charger. Additionally, a group of 4 electrical engineering students wrote a Report on Solar Charging for EE413, an advanced design class. I would like your group to help design these systems and do an economic and environmental analysis of the technology.