Purpose
Students in Introduction to Design (Engr215), at Humboldt State University, are working with World Shelters to design and improve upon structures by leveraging the resources of Haiti and World Shelters.
Teams/Projects
JAS piece reduction
- Purpose: Reduce connecting pieces of the existing JAS to a single unit.
- Team: Team ACE
- World Shelters Simple Square
Hurricane resistance
- Purpose: Increase hurricane resistance of JAS Shelter.
- Team: Here on Earth
- WorldShelters Rock Roots J.A.S
Thin wall for JAS
- Purpose: Develop a Lightweight, cheap and thin rigid wall system for the JAS shelter.
- Team: HelpHaiti
- WorldShelters Make it Complete with Papercrete
Rubble2Resource
- Purpose: Find valuable uses (instead of just hauling it away) for the rubble in Haiti.
- Team: Rubblution
- WorldShelters Rubble to Resource
Dirt2Resource
- Purpose: Find valuable uses for the dirt in Haiti.
- Team: Humangineers
- WorldShelters Bags of Shelter
Polypropylene lifespan
- Purpose: Increase lifespan of the polypropylene used in many World Shelters structures.
- Team: PickUpStix
- WorldShelters Titanium Sun Shield
Get Involved
You can leave comments here or check out the projects as they develop at http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/projects/engr215wss10.