Lori is responsible for sustaining the vision and mission of the company.  Salud del Sol, Inc. is an extension of her undergraduate honors thesis, “Solar Autoclave for Rural Nicaragua.” During the summer of 2006, she participated in the UD ETHOS program and traveled to Nicaragua to work with Grupo Fenix on researching and developing solar box cookers. While there, she was introduced to the idea of a solar autoclave to sterilize medical instruments. In 2007, Lori traveled back to Nicaragua to conduct interviews in health clinics to discover the design requirements for the solar autoclave and conduct initial testing on the existing autoclave prototype.

Lori graduated in December of 2008 with her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton, School of Engineering.  She got married and is now working as an environmental engineer at Tetra Tech, Inc. in Lexington, KY while she continues work with Salud del Sol, Inc.

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Anna is responsible for developing new programs and managing donor and corporate relations.  In May 2008, Anna earned her Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Finance and Business Economics from the University of Dayton, School of Business Administration.  Her honors thesis, “An Application of the Grameen Bank Group Lending Model to Dayton Neighborhoods,” focused on a technology transfer of micro financing as a development economics program.

Anna currently calls Cambridge, Massachusetts home where she continues to work on the development of Salud del Sol.  She especially works with the Innovations in International Health program and D-Lab Health at MIT.

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Lauren is responsible for managing the financial resources of the company.  In May 2008, Lauren earned her Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Accounting and a minor in Spanish from the University of Dayton, School of Business Administration.

In July 2009 she traveled to Nicaragua with Anna, and had the opportunity to meet the women of Las Mujeres Solares, to meet with the students at the UNI,  and to visit a few health clinics that may be interested in conducting pilot studies of the autoclave.  She is currently living in Chicago, working for Rotary International, while continuing to work in the development of Salud del Sol, Inc.

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As Director of Product Research, Daniel is responsible managing the testing and prototyping of our projects.  He graduated from the University of Dayton School of Engineering with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Daniel has traveled extensively, including traveling to Nicaragua to perpetuate the solar autoclave joint venture. Daniel is devoted to doing his part to improve the conditions of life for as many people as possible, wherever he can.  He is currently furthering his studies in Liverpool, where he is working hard on his dissertation in aerospace engineering.

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Matt was part of the design team at the University of Dayton and now assists with product research and development for the autoclave.  He graduated from the University of Dayton with a Mechanical Engineering degree  in December of 2008 and is currently working for Clough Harbour and Associates as an Energy Engineer in Rochester, New York.

Matt is a member of the US Green Building Council, and the American Society for Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers.  Matt hopes to some day be able to travel to Nicaragua but for now will contribute his technical expertise to the project from the States.

Chris was also part of the design team at the University of Dayton.  He provides Salud del Sol with technical design and manufacturing assistance.  He obtained his Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Dayton in December of 2008 and has recently passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam, making him officially an Engineer in Training.

Chris is currently employed as a Mechanical Design Engineer at ACS Industries in Ohio, working on heavy duty equipment attachments.

Paul Hlebowitsh is an undergraduate at MIT studying electrical engineering, class of 2011. His previous work experience includes a summer internship at the Siemens office in Germany designing organic LEDs. His dream is to design medical devices for the developing world. During the last two years, he has worked as an undergraduate researcher at the Innovations in International Health program at MIT, making his dreams reality.

Paul is a key researcher on the R&D team and is responsible for innovating the electrical components of the solar autoclave, including the sterilization indicator.

Kathleen Inman is an undergraduate at MIT studying mechanical engineering in the class of 2013, with the goal of working on medical devices for the developing world. She rowed in high school and currently rows for the varsity lightweight women’s crew at MIT. During school holidays, she travels with her family to participate in medical missions, where she serves as a Spanish-English interpreter for the doctors who travel with them. Katie is a research assistant at Innovations in International Health and uses her background in mechanical engineering to design and test components of the sterilization system.

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