MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Join us and help bring life-saving water to people in disaster areas and the developing world.

GOAL
To create a device that will provide potable water to the developing world and to disaster areas.  It could be used when power and other services are out or in remote places without electricity or other sources of energy.

By opening the design process to any internet user, we hope to create the best device possible that will improve the quality of life to millions who do not have access to clean water.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The project documentation is housed under the ASME Community of Practice called, “Water Purifier Design.”  Access is granted after registration. 

1. Go to the ASME Communities of Practice to register an account and create a profile and a display name. If you already have an account on the CoP, please have your display name handy.

2. Go to https://secure.asme.org/wposdc/agreement.cfm to accept the Water Purifier Confidentiality Agreement.
 
Once we receive your acceptance, we will send you an e-mail to let you know that you have been added to the Community.

Already signed up: If you have already given us your Display Name and we have notified you that you are a member of the Community, you can go directly to the ASME Communities of Practice. 

TEAM MEMBERS
A virtual design team is developing the specifications of the prototype through the Community.  It will be meeting at Western Kentucky University May 15-17 to build the device.

Proposals were received from students interested in being on the team and from potential host institutions. 

ASME Student Members

• William Hagen, University of Miami
• José La Verde, Lunds University in Skane, Sweden
• Javier Lopez, Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela 
• Zach Pearl, Western Kentucky University
• Ken Ruble, New Mexico State University

Project Managers

• Kevin Schmaltz and Robert Choate, both associate professors in the department of engineering at Western Kentucky.

This is a follow-up to the 2007 ASME Student Design Competition.  For more information on the Competitions, click here

Major funding for the Student Design Competition comes from

We look forward to your suggestions and participation in the Human-Powered Water Purifier Design Community!