Turning the page on unsafe drinking water college of. In order to ensure the health and safety of our campus community amid the covid19 outbreak, summer courses are being delivered remotely on all u. The drinkable book has waterpurifying pages new atlas. Thats carnegie mellon chemist theresa dankovich, who created something called the.
Thats exactly what one postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university says shes created. The carnegie mellon stores, featuring clothing, gifts, books, and supplies for the carnegie mellon student. When she set out to create this purifying paper, dankovich, now a researcher at carnegie mellon university, imagined inventing a product that could be used in emergency situations in north america. My daughter tells me that if she attends the program, she will have an advantage in the auditioning process for the carnegie mellon college program. Aug 18, 2015 the drinkable book is the brainchild of theresa dankovich, from carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, who was researching a simple, inexpensive way to sanitize water. The drinkable book looks like a coffee table book, but its actually a fullon waterfiltration system. Leveraging on the bacteriakilling properties of silver and inexpensive copper, a us based researcher has developed a low cost, simple and easily transportable paperbased method to purify drinking water.
Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink. Each sheet in the safe water book is a patentpending folia filter. At id tech, students of all skill levels discover coding. Low cost paperbased method to purify drinking water.
It has tips on how to avoid waterborne disease, and its pages are filter paper, embedded with antimicrobial silver particles. Its the first ever manual that provides safe water. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty. Theresa dankovich, the paper costs pennies to produce per page. The drinkable book can literally save your life discover magazine. Researchers at carnegie mellon and university of virginia developed a special kind of. Student activities carnegie mellon office of admission. If you are interested in future research opportunities, please contact your department of interest. It has one of the best, if not the best theater conservatories in the us. For clean water, take a page from cmu researchers book by. Our summer programs at carnegie mellon have been a pillar of stem education for western pa kids and teens since 2002. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable booktm. The drinkable book cleans contaminated water electric. Advanced placementearly action apea allows students to take two regular freshmanlevel courses for credit from offerings in math, science, engineering, humanities and social sciences.
Carnegie mellon university researcher theresa dankovich is developing filter. Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer to drink, researchers say. Carnegie mellon partners with five different local elementary schools and community centers as programming sites. Recognising that silver is an effective antimicrobial, theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of. Precollege architecture cmu school of architecture. Our 19 ncaa division iii varsity sports compete in the uaa conference, while our 46 clubs and intramural sports allow all students to have the opportunity to compete on the field, in the pool and on the court. Summer precollege programs carnegie mellon university. Carnegie mellon summer school in logic and formal epistemology. If you like being immersed in a population of extremely hardworking and passionate people who love what they do, then carnegie mellon is for you. Summer semester offers a great oppotunity to enroll in carnegie mellons innovative courses and programs in fine arts, business, engineering, technology, liberal arts, and more.
Mellon university, who has developed the drinkable book. Our cofounder, kathryn ingram, is a pittsburgh native who migrated to silicon valley, raising her kids as diehard steelers and pirates fans. Carnegie mellon university precollege programs summer. Earlier this summer, dankovich teamed up with ide bangladesh, an ngo that designs programs to alleviate poverty, to conduct sociocultural research for.
Approximately 25 women at carnegie mellon serve as mentors for more than 70 girls in the pittsburgh area. Angela ng research associate yale child study center. The drinkable book can save millions of lives by providing. Programs college of engineering at carnegie mellon university. Drinkable book turns dirty water clean for a thirsty world.
They wanted to gather feedback on the book from the local populationfor example, whether its important to include more illustrations for users who are illiterate. The drinking paper uses a thick, sturdy sheet of paper embedded with. Each page, costing just pennies to make, is coated with silver nanoparticles that, when used to filter water, can trap a reported 99. The summer undergraduate research experience in statistics provides participants with handson experience working with real data, on real problems, in a stimulating, collaborative, and supportive environment. Sep 21, 2015 researchers at carnegie mellon university, including teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher in the civil and environmental engineering department, are currently working toward finding a solution for these problems through the use of an educational book that doubles as a water filter.
While our campus remains closed and oncampus programming is on hold due to the effects of covid19, there are still ways to experience carnegie mellon online. Angela ng, student, civil and enviornmental engineering, carnegie mellon university. Filter aims to clean worlds drinking water carnegie mellon today. Could this drinkable book provide clean water to the. About our research carnegie mellon school of design. In our graduate programs, masters research often has a social innovation focus. The drinkable book and its every page is impregnated with bacteriakilling metal nanoparticles. Thats the hope of theresa dankovich, postdoctoral research associate in the civil and environmental engineering department of carnegie mellon university.
My daughter tells me that if she attends the program, she will have an advantage in the auditioning process for the carnegiemellon college program. The summer session curriculum is comprised of undergraduatelevel carnegie mellon courses. Mike groeber, mike jackson, paul salvador, tony rollett greg rohrer, liz holm, dave rowenhorst, bob suter, shawn litster, neetha khan, mse. In 2010, the department of philosophy at carnegie mellon university will hold a threeweek summer school in logic and formal epistemology for promising undergraduates in philosophy, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, and other sciences. Researchers at carnegie mellon university, including teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher in the civil and environmental engineering department, are currently working toward finding a solution for these problems through the use of an educational book that doubles. The drinkable book is a good example of science in the service of society.
Drinkable book filters filthy water and makes it safer. To combat the problem and to help educate about the dangers of unsafe water, waterislife teamed up with dr teri dankovich from carnegie mellon to create the drinkable book. Teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an affordable water purification system that whose pages can be used to filter water and kill bacteria. Winter 2016 carnegie mellon school of computer science. Carnegie mellon is a breeding ground for geniuses, future leaders, engineers and business personnel.
Thats carnegie mellon chemist theresa dankovich, who created something called the drinkable book to help. Our precollege program will show you what life at carnegie mellon is all about from work in the classroom to residence hall life and beyond. On sunday, may 17th, after carnegie mellon university holds its virtual conferral of degrees, the school of design will be holding its own graduation sendoff at 11am. Summer undergraduate research experience in statistics. Teri dankovich from from carnegie mellon university introduces the drinkable book an affordable water purification system that whose. This is the kind of book you dont want to put down. My daughter, who is a junior, would like to go to the carnegie mellon precollege program next summer.
Winter 2016 cvr1 the the magazine of carnegie mellon universitys school of computer science winter 2016 issue 10. Low cost paperbased method to purify drinking water ndtv food. She developed page drinking paper, which is a sturdy sheet of paper loaded with silver and copper nanoparticles that kill dangerous microbes living in dirty water. The thistle was founded in 1901, just one year after andrew carnegie founded the carnegie technical schools for the youth of pittsburgh. Carnegie mellon university, july 810, 2015 3d summer school. Vice president of carnegie mellon habitat for humanity. From its inception, the thistle has chronicled the rich history of the university and continue to do so today. In trials at 25 water sources in south africa, ghana, and bangladesh, the paper which. Here are some statistics to both shock and scare you. But this book also acts as a water filtration system, purifying the water in many places like undeveloped countries in asia and africa, where the water can be toxic.
About our programs carnegie mellon school of design. But a new invention called the drinkable book wants to change all that, and it could be the thing to revolutionize water purification and clean water availability for millions around the. The majority of our summer session instructors are carnegie mellon faculty members who would teach those courses during the academic year. The drinkable book in the brainchild of theresa dankovich, from carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, who was researching a. Carnegie mellon university full schedule of classes. Rising high school juniors and seniors may participate in precollege programming at cmu. The drinkable book science updates science netlinks. Precollege architecture is an intensive and immersive summer program at carnegie mellon university that engages high school students in the creative energy and speculative culture of the collegelevel experience in. Angela ng, a carnegie mellon university alumna and fifthyear scholar. My daughter, who is a junior, would like to go to the carnegiemellon precollege program next summer. The drinkable book, by waterislife and dr teri dankovich. Its the first ever manual that provides safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education all in one.
According to the bbc news, the books pages can be ripped out and used to purify contaminated water. Each year 16 male and 16 female theatrical artists are admitted into their preprofessional program with a fairly good assuranc. We are proud to uphold such a long lasting carnegie mellon tradition. Carnegie mellon offers students the opportunity to participate in athletics on a number of levels. This paper is perhaps best known as the technology behind the drinkable book, a collection of page drinking papers presented as a book. The humanitarian group waterislife partnered up with a group of scientists and engineers at carnegie mellon and the university of virginia to create something that serves as both an educational resource for water safety habits and a tool for sanitizing waterand it looks just like a book. Cmu researchers develop the drinkable book water filters. Each paper can be easily torn from the book, placed in a filter holder, and used to clean water whenever needed. Thats the hope of theresa dankovich, postdoctoral research associate in the civil and environmental engineering department of carnegie mellon.
Can bacteriakilling filter paper packaged in the form of a convenient book help people around the globe gain access to clean drinking water. Now a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon university. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon university used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper. Founded in 1900 by andrew carnegie as the carnegie technical schools, the university became the carnegie institute of technology in 1912 and began granting fouryear degrees. As a boy he decided to abandon his parents farming lifestyle for law and banking in the city after reading benjamin franklins autobiography andrew william mellon 18551937, one of the longestserving u. A private, global research university, we stand among the worlds most renowned educational institutions. Theresa dankovich from carnegie mellon, waterislife introduced the drinkable book tm. Summer session precollege programs carnegie mellon. The drinkable book is the brainchild of theresa dankovich, from carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, who was researching a simple, inexpensive way to sanitize water. Undergraduate summer research series at carnegie mellon university.
Aug 19, 2015 the chemist teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon in pittsburgh, pa, has invented something called the drinkable book. A series of noncredit fine arts programs in architecture, art, design, drama and music features instruction from faculty. Summer studies at carnegie mellon university summer. Is this drinkable book the answer to our clean water issues.
Jonathan writes, the drinkable book is a water filter and an instruction manual for how and why to clean drinking water. Summer classes and programming at carnegie mellon university. This breakthrough book about water safety can filter. All local area high school students and occasional middle school students were encouraged to apply by taking the interesting test. Ai in the 1950s, allen newell, herb simon and cliff shaw developed.
Cmu researchers develop the drinkable book water filters by danielle hu. Filtering water by the book impact journalism day 2018. Undergraduate summer research opportunities graduate. Inquiries concerning the application of and compliance with this statement should be directed to the university ombudsman, carnegie mellon university, 5000 forbes avenue, pittsburgh, pa 152, telephone 4122681018. Summer classes allow more flexibility to focus on studies outside the typical fastpaced campus environment, and more interactive learning with a smaller class size.
When someone receives the book, they tear out a filter, place it in the filter box that. The school of design is a leader in the field of design for social innovation research, is a partner with the heinz school at carnegie mellon, is a regular contributor to the winterhouse symposium, and is a member of the desis network. The chemist teri dankovich, a postdoctoral researcher at carnegie mellon in pittsburgh, pa, has invented something called the drinkable book. Each week, smaller teams of mentors travel to the sites to engage and work with the girls. Thats the idea behind the drinkable book, developed by carnegie mellon university postdoc theresa dankovich. Experience carnegie mellon through our fine arts, advanced placementearly admission and national high school game academy summer. Students should expect the same rigorous, collegelevel work that you would expect from a carnegie mellon education.
Thomas mellon 181908, a judge and founder of the mellon bank who married sarah jane negley of pittsburgh. Join us for some special messages from the head of school and program directors, and student speakers. Cmu cee summer 2015 by carnegie mellon university cee. Aug 16, 2015 earlier this summer, dankovich teamed up with ide bangladesh, an ngo that designs programs to alleviate poverty, to conduct sociocultural research for the development of the book. I think engineering is closer to 1520 percenti may be wrong mt acceptance rates are like 5% but stuff like business is real high. Thats why water is life is teaming up with carnegie mellon and the university of virginia set out to find a solution that solves both of these problems. For clean water, take a page from carnegie mellon researchers book. Carnegie mellon precollege programs, pittsburgh, pa. Precollege architecture is an intensive and immersive summer program at carnegie mellon university that engages high school students in the creative energy and speculative culture of the collegelevel experience in studying the discipline of architecture. Carnegie mellon university cmu is a private research university based in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. In 1967, the carnegie institute of technology merged with the mellon institute of industrial research to.
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