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STC supports engineering students at Arizona State University (ASU)

TEMPE, AZ - 01/05/2010 - STC employee, Tyler Bublik, an engineering student and senior at ASU, had to design a project in order to graduate. Tyler chose to build a solar-powered refrigeration unit using a solid-state cooling device.

Tyler received solar modules donated by ASU. STC furnished key parts at cost or loaned them for the project. Some of Tyler's classmates also chose to build solar-based projects and required certain components, such as charge controllers, which were also made available by STC at cost.

Tyler and his project team designed a portable display which included the solar array, charge/load controller, batteries, control circuit and the refrigeration unit all on one frame. To ensure proper design of the system, Tyler had to verify his array size using the Location, Load and Duty Cycle, three key components needed to calculate a viable solution. The donated solar array was sufficient so the project was built up around the array. STC provided space at its facility for final testing and integration prior to delivery to the university.

The project was put in the engineering school courtyard and operated for the day in order to demonstrate its function to the engineering instructors and other interested students. It was a "cool" demonstration of the use of solar for personal comfort in Arizona.

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