Connecting UT students with real research on solar-powered water and energy systems.
Two weeks with the University of Dodoma and South Eastern Kenya University on engineering and Solar Water Farm projects in Dodoma, Tanzania and Mombasa, Kenya, then a trek to the Muryachakwe community in Kilifi County, Kenya, installing electricity at a health clinic and a primary school.
17 undergraduates, 3 graduate students, 3 faculty
A week of Solar Water Farm research in Wote, Kenya alongside South Eastern Kenya University students, then a trek near Oloitoktok installing electricity and computer labs for a primary and secondary school.
16 undergraduates, 2 graduate students, 2 faculty
Two weeks of Solar Water Farm research in Wote, Kenya with South Eastern Kenya University, plus a trek installing electricity for a primary school.
~9 undergraduates, 1 graduate student, 2 faculty
A week of Solar Water Farm research in Wote, Kenya, and a trek supporting a local secondary school.
~7 undergraduates, 1 TA, 1 faculty
Solar-powered desalination ranging from community plants producing 70,000+ liters per day to portable emergency units — off-grid, running on solar and battery. Models: Max, Mobi+, Mobi.
Dr. Kumar’s Cockrell lab develops biomimetic membranes inspired by aquaporins — higher flux at lower energy.
Panels, lithium-ion banks, charge controllers, and inverters that bring reliable power to off-grid schools.
How regulation, financing, and local governance decide whether clean-water and solar projects actually reach the communities that need them.
685 million people worldwide still lack access to electricity, and 1.4 billion live in water-vulnerable regions.
South Korea went from among the poorest nations in 1950 to a global tech leader in a generation — powered by education and electrification.