Archive for the ECAR & ARUBA Press Category

ECAR and ARUBA Work in Cambodia! (July 2008) ARUBA, ECAR

In July 2008, the student Berkeley Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation (BEAR) team took an ECAR prototype device that they designed as well as some ARUBA to […]

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A Remedy for Deadly Water | By Abby Cohn

A Remedy for Deadly Water | By Abby Cohn

In Bangladesh last year, Johanna Mathieu saw unmistakable signs of the poisoning afflicting the impoverished country. “Everyone would show us their hands,” says the 26-year-old […]

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Third Bangladesh Visit (May-August 2008) ARUBA, ECAR

This summer five team members traveled to Bangladesh to develop a community-scale prototype based on ARUBA and launch a socioeconomic/health study. We found ARUBA treatment […]

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UC Berkeley Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest – 1st Prize (May 2008) ECAR

The ECAR team has won first prize in the annual Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest for our White Paper titled “Arsenic Free Water in Cambodia” submitted […]

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EPA P3 Newsroom (Flash movie – interview)

EPA P3 Newsroom (Flash movie - interview)

Follow this link to watch the interview on the EPA website.

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EPA Announces Student Contest Winners

EPA Announces Student Contest Winners

EPA awarded six student groups last night as part of the People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) competition to produce future environmentally-friendly and profitable technologies. […]

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Sustainable Products & Solutions (SPS) Program Grant Award (April 2008) ARUBA, ECAR

Both the ARUBA team and ECAR teams have been awarded separate Sustainable Products & Solutions (SPS) Program Grantsfrom the Center for Responsible Business at the […]

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USEPA P3 Phase II Award (April 2008) ECAR

The ECAR team was awarded a 2008 P3 Phase II Award: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet […]

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Team Member wins the Daniel Cubicciotti Award (April 2008) ECAR

A member of the ECAR team was honored with the 2008 Daniel Cubicciotti award granted by The Electrochemical Society. The award was granted in large […]

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ECAR on YouTube! (April 2008) ECAR

The student ECAR team (named BEAR, for Berkeley Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation) has been featured in a YouTube Video along with Prof Ashok Gadgil. Check it […]

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NCIIA Advanced Innovation to Venture Workshop (March 2008) ARUBA

Four team members travelled to Boston to participate in the Northeast AI2V Workshop sponsored by NCIIA and the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center.

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NCIIA Advanced E-Team Grant Award (March 2008) ARUBA

We have been awarded our second NCIIA Advanced E-Team Grant!

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Safe Water and Sanitation Initiative Workshop (February 2008) ECAR

The ECAR team gave a presentation (PDF, 832 KB) at a one-day intensive workshop sponsored by the UC Berkeley Safe Water and Sanitation Initiative.

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ECAR Team Partners with UC Berkeley Graduate Class (January 2008) ECAR

The ECAR team has partnered with a UC Berkeley Graduate class titled Design for Sustainable Communities, taught by Prof Ashok Gadgil. A team of four […]

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UC Berkeley Blum Center – Poverty Action Awards (December 2007) ARUBA

The ECAR team has been awarded an Innovation grant from the UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies. The grant is for “initial product/system design […]

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Global Development in Action Symposium Presentation (September 2007) ARUBA

The ARUBA team presented research as part of the UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies Student Symposium on Global Development in Action (PDF, 168 […]

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USEPA P3 Phase I Award (September 2007) ECAR

The ECAR team was awarded a 2007 P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet by the […]

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Second Bangladesh Visit (July 2007) ARUBA

At the beginning of July two team members traveled to Bangladesh for two weeks. Our goal was to perform experiments to improve the efficiency of […]

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UC Berkeley Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest – 1st Prize (May 2007) ARUBA

The ARUBA team has won first prize in the annual Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest for our white paper (PDF, 427 KB) submitted to the Global […]

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UC Berkeley Blum Center – Safe Water and Sanitation Initative Grant (March 2007) ARUBA

The ARUBA team has been awarded a grant for summer travel to Bangladesh by the UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies.

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