Name: Greg Pfotenhauer

Born and raised in Hartford, Wisconsin, I attended Northland college for two years before transferring to HSU for Environmental Resources Engineering. I like canoeing, rockclimbing, backpacking, skiing, and kayaking. I also enjoy music, and play piano, drums, and guitar.

Interests in Engineering[edit | edit source]

• Wind energy conversion system
• Photovoltaics
• Earth sheltered homes

Experience in Engineering[edit | edit source]

• Spent a week in Siguetepeque, Honduras working with Habitat for Humanity building a house with limited supplies and tools.
• Took a semester on small-scale PV systems at Northland College. Installed a dual-tracking system on the college president's house the final week of the semester.
• Built a number of things for physics projects in high school, including an electromagnet and a small tesla coil.

Interests in Appropriate Technology[edit | edit source]

• Permaculture
• Solar-powered cooking devices
• Bicycles

Experience in Appropriate Technology[edit | edit source]

• Assisted in construction of spiral herb garden at Northland College
• Maintained home composting facilities and gardens growing up in Hartford, WI
• Design and construction of "Pain in the Axle," a pedal-powered generator for use at the hostel in Samoa
• Design and construction of a low cost windbelt made of recycled materials

Portfolio[edit | edit source]

• Final timesheet for ENGR 215 created with Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice Calc
• Electrical schematic of "Pain in the Axle" pedal-powered generator done in AutoCAD as a raw .dwg plotted as PDF and completed GIF modified with GIMP
• Gantt chart for "Pain in the Axle"
• Triad Design's logo created with GIMP

Copyright (c) 2010 Greg Pfotenhauer, Corel Corporation and its licensors. All rights reserved

• Final design document for "Pain in the Axle," created with Microsoft Word
• Memo regarding the submission of the webpage https://www.appropedia.org/Samoa_Hostel_Pain_in_the_Axle