Team PumperNickel Tracy Pizzo MBA 2 Non-profit experience Worked in developing countries Can start a...
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Team Team PumperNickelPumperNickel
Tracy Pizzo
•MBA 2•Non-profit experience•Worked in developing countries•Can start a fire without matches (yeah, it’s cool)
Jim Culkar
•MBA 2•Engineer of all kinds (ME, EE, ME again)•Went to Myanmar •PPT Genius (he’s a consultant . . .)
Alissa Burkholder
•ME•ME Undergrad•Went to Myanmar •Knows her way around power tools•Can do some mean hip-hop
Mark Bianco
•ME•ME Undergrad too•Loves to build, and he can build anything•He’s a Reality TV Star – with a fan club
Our Point of ViewOur Point of View
Landed small-plot farmers need a Landed small-plot farmers need a cheaper pump so they can get a better cheaper pump so they can get a better
pump.pump.
Team PumperNickel:Team PumperNickel: It will take some bread, It will take some bread,
but not much…but not much…
It’s What the Farmers It’s What the Farmers NeedNeed
When we mentioned When we mentioned there was a team there was a team looking at a $5 pump - looking at a $5 pump - boy did they light up! boy did they light up! They all said a lower They all said a lower cost pump would be cost pump would be fantasticfantastic
They have seen first They have seen first hand how cash hand how cash strapped families are strapped families are and how much they and how much they want our pumps but just want our pumps but just can't afford the $13can't afford the $13
Meet our UserMeet our User
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Where We’ve BeenWhere We’ve Been
Water DisplacementWater Displacement Rope and “Washer”Rope and “Washer” ““Starter” Diaphragm Starter” Diaphragm
pumppump Plastic StudyPlastic Study Economic ResearchEconomic Research
Our Future ExplorationsOur Future Explorations
Is a bamboo piston viable? What about a Is a bamboo piston viable? What about a bamboo diaphragm? bamboo diaphragm?
Can we build a one piston pump?Can we build a one piston pump? Honing in on blow molding and injection Honing in on blow molding and injection
moldingmolding ““Degrading” test of rope and washerDegrading” test of rope and washer
Vulnerability – potential pitfallsVulnerability – potential pitfalls
Rope and Washer not high enough quality to last even Rope and Washer not high enough quality to last even one season – how long will it take for the rope/cloth to one season – how long will it take for the rope/cloth to degrade?degrade?
There isn’t enough bamboo, and it isn’t strong enough There isn’t enough bamboo, and it isn’t strong enough to be the pump bodyto be the pump body
Blow-molding or injection molding is just too expensiveBlow-molding or injection molding is just too expensive We can’t lift the water enough to make any of our We can’t lift the water enough to make any of our
solutions viable for most farmerssolutions viable for most farmers We’re missing major “social input” – what do the We’re missing major “social input” – what do the
farmers want this to look/feel/act like? Is cheap farmers want this to look/feel/act like? Is cheap sufficient?sufficient?