Scot Frank
From Solar Cooking
Scot Frank is the CEO of One Earth Designs. Frank’s training is in computer science and electrical engineering (MIT). He has extensive experience with information communication technologies for development, water quality testing, and energy technology design. Frank has taught design courses, led project teams, and built partnerships in the Himalayan region since 2005.
He is well known for his involvement in the design and development of the SolSource 3-in-1, a solar cooker, heater, and thermoelectricity generator. The lightweight device, inspired by Tibetan nomadic tents, is made of yak-wool canvas panels, supported by bamboo ribs, and faced with reflective mylar. Easily disassembled and transported by one person, the cooker can then be quickly reassembled in the field and staked down solidly on the ground to resist the wind.
The new cooker could find widespread application, Frank says, not only in Tibet but in surrounding areas in China, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan. The solar cooker can be made at a cost of about $12, said Frank - less than the current heavy concrete model.
[Text for this page taken from http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=82102.]
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[edit] News and recent developments
- March 2009: One Earth Designs - "Make Magazine"
- July 2008: Utah native utilizing sun's rays in Asia - Deseret News
- June 2008: How MIT made harnessing sun easier in Tibet - Mangalorean
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Scot Frank's photos on Flickr
- Scot Frank's website (contact information)
- One Earth Designs [1]
