April 18, 2008

By Stephanie Vermillion, Staff Writer, Flyer News

April 18, 2008 – A group of four UD seniors received first place in the 2008 UD Business Plan Competition with an invention that makes sterilizing medical equipment more feasible for less fortunate countries using the least expensive resource: the sun. Lori Hanna, an engineering major, developed the idea to use a solar cooker to clean medical tools during her 2006 volunteer internship with ETHOS, Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-learning.

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