THREE COLLEGE WINTER SESSION PROGRAM How can we improve access to clean water?
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Why do we have the Three College Winter Session?• See how the 3 colleges can work
together• Experiment in collaboration• Use the unique skills of each college
of better our work• Tangibly help the world with our
work
Goal of the Program
• Tie in with the BOW sustainability certificate and the Grand Challenge Scholars Program
• How to improve access to clean water
This Year’s Program
The Team
Wellesley Kavya Akash (coordinator) Xinyi Yan Asha Albuquerque Gabriella Perez Villalobos
Babson Latifat Owolabi (coordinator) Sean Prentis
Olin Juliana Nazare (coordinator) Amos Meeks Ivy Santos Andrea Cuadra
How we were able to help the Zimba Doser team:• Approximate market size• Provide background research to aid expansion
plans and partnership• Analyzed user base and provided approaches
to understand users’ need in India• Provided alternate revenue generating ideas• Designed a performance measurement systemAny questions about deliverables, we would be happy to answer during Q&A
Deliverables
• Everyone has specialized training to offer
• Many Olin ideation processes can be adopted to this project
• Best experiences are from discussions that this project facilitated
Lessons Learned
Huge success this year!What we would like to change:• Not just research (sitting on
computers)• Letting professors know that we are
here• Working on a closer-to-home project• Less burden on the coordinators
Program for next year
• Student run, with more lead time for coordinators
• Ideas for projects:• Product development• Consulting for a local start-up or NGO• Consulting for a green energy start up or NGO that
is not local• Designing something for the three schools• Improving something in the community • Continuing to work with the Zimba Doser team
Plan for next year
• Allows students to get to know individuals from each college
• Able to work on something that maters
• Learning how to work with people with different backgrounds
• Exploring topics that are not typically covered in school
Why the program should endure
Administration: Adele Wolfson, Colleen Crawford, Joanne Kossuth
Professors: Max Kressy
Students:
Laura Stupin and the Zimba Doser Team
Acknowledgements
• Kevin Simon (Olin ’11)• Kate McConnell (Wellesley ’13)• Emily Shakleton (Olin ’13)• Aiswarya Kolisetty (Olin ’13)• Trevor Hooton (Olin ’14)• Sonia Agrawal (Babson ’12)• India Affordable Design and
Entrepreneurship Team