/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cThe students are doing at this level what SpaceX and NASA are doing at the highest level /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2014 reusing and recycling./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2014 Jacqueline Sullivan, instructor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cAt first, I thought I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019d run a recycling booth by myself and maybe reuse the boat parts or sell them on eBay,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cBut it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s grown beyond me, to multiple departments and a network of volunteers. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s all happened fast and naturally./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
The magic begins as each race ends. Participants who don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019t advance to the final rounds take their boats to a tent where students disassemble each craft with the speed of NASCAR pit crews. They pull out batteries, computer chips and servomotors. Stainless steel screws and hardware are also collected. Whatever is left of the hulls is crushed and deposited into recycle bins./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
The oranges are saved for other races./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
As the day progresses through dozens of races, the lawn around the Reflecting Pond never changes from its original condition: a green carpet, in perfect spring form./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cThe students are doing at this level what SpaceX and NASA are doing at the highest level /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2014 reusing and recycling,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d Sullivan says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cThat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s why I say Mason is my hero./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/nEngineering students construct their vessels for functionality but are also encouraged to show off their creativity in their design. (Photos by Antoine Hart)/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/nA Village Beyond the Tent/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n Clewis watched his first GNOR as a curious freshman. He/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019d been working on his own capstone project /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2014 developing a temperature-controlled fan. During the races, a few of his internal wheels started turning when he noticed boat carnage spilling from trash cans and onto the lawn./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cSome of the parts on the boats were the same parts I needed for my own project,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cI know plenty of students like me who don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019t want to shell out $100 for the same perfectly good batteries, chips and sensors that are being thrown away. Plus, I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019m interested in entrepreneurship and keeping the environment clean. So, I took the basic idea for a recycling booth to Miss Sullivan./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
“That/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s the most rewarding aspect for me: the lasting impact /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2014 a positive, mutually beneficial impact. The campus looks better. Students can access free parts for their projects. Everyone has fun. There is no downside./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d” /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2014 Mason Clewis, student/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
The power of organic growth took root when Sullivan put Clewis and his project partner, Chris Lesniak, in touch with Jim Essad, manager of the machine shop sciences program. When students from Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s Robotics Club found out, they offered to disassemble boats on race day and organize parts for future reuse. Word then spread to College of Engineering and Computer Sciences Facilities Operations Manager Pete Alfieris, who offered recycle containers and golf carts. Don Harper /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201988, manager of the Texas Instruments Innovation Lab, said he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019d gladly take the discarded wood and barely-used hardware for the next cohorts to access for free./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cI never thought so many people would want to be involved,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d Clewis says, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cbut we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019re helping others and there/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s something inherently attractive about that./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/nTwo engineering students visit the recycle tent at the Great Naval Orange Race. (Photo by Antoine Hart)/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/nStudents want to be involved. Faculty and staff want to be involved. In the past 24 months, the savings in money and materials has been incalculable. The cycle feeds itself with the rare combination of sustainability and scale./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cMason started doing the right thing about a need when no one was looking,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d Sullivan says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cNow everyone is looking./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
E-Cycling into the Future/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n Clewis was in the recycling booth again for this year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s GNOR, but with a slightly different purpose: Teaching freshmen how to run the show./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cI won/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019t be here in a couple of years, but someone else will keep it going,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201cThat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s the most rewarding aspect for me: the lasting impact /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2014 a positive, mutually beneficial impact. The campus looks better. Students can access free parts for their projects. Everyone has fun. There is no downside./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/nCreated by Professor Manoj Chopra, the Great Naval Orange Race has been a tradition for engineering students at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ for nearly 30 years. (Photo by Dana Weisman)/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mason Clewis scaled a simple idea for the Great Navel Orange Race into a network that will help students save money and keep Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/u2019s campus beautiful long after he graduates./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":152536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[24,27],"tags":[973,981,54366,2297,40871,4035,4546],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-152503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology","category-student-life","tag-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","tag-college-of-optics-and-photonics","tag-energy-sustainability","tag-innovation","tag-operational-excellence","tag-robotics-club","tag-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152503/n
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