Date of Award
6-3-2016
Document Type
Thesis - SCU Access Only
Publisher
Santa Clara : Santa Clara University, 2016.
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Timothy Healy
Abstract
A large portion of Ghana lacks access to affordable and reliable grid electricity, as well as education in the STEM field. Through our project, which consists of a solar lantern kit, a user manual, and lesson plans, we intend to leverage the assembly of an extremely useful tool to teach high school students about Electrical Engineering. Although the students assembling the lanterns will receive a direct educational benefit from the project, the community will indirectly benefit from the project as well because the lanterns can serve as a reliable source of lighting at night. The lanterns were tested at nine hours of use and charged at thirty minutes in optimal conditions.
Recommended Citation
Huitron, Alejandra and Supan, Nicholas, "Infinity: Educational Solar Lantern" (2016). Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Theses. 25.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/elec_senior/25