The Silver Award winners A team of students from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has won Silver Award in the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge 2023-24, UK for solar-powered gear pump for irrigation.
The announcement was made on June 18 during the grand finale of the competition, held virtually from the UK by the organisers, Efficiency for Access Coalition and Engineers Without Borders UK. The result came on the back of two consecutive Gold Award wins by two other IUB EEE student teams in 2022 and 2023 in the same competition.
The silver winning team comprised Celestine Gomes, Sayed Alam and Sabrine Islam. Their innovative project is titled 'design and construction of solar-powered gear pump'. It aims at increasing water flow rates and reducing energy consumption compared to conventional pumps. As a result, the pump can be a sustainable option for irrigation and fluid transfer in remote areas with limited access to conventional power sources.
"Water scarcity is a critical global issue, and our solar-powered gear water pump can be a promising solution for sustainable irrigation and fluid transfer. This recognition will give us a major boost, and we hope to work on scaling up this green solution," said Celestine Gomes.
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