Deepika Kurup: A young scientist's quest for clean water
Deepika Kurup: Egy ifjú tudós kutatómunkája a tiszta vízért
Water is the basis of life, and too many people around the world suffer from waterborne illnesses. Deepika Kurup is working to change that. Full bio
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travel across the world,
elutazunk a Föld túlsó oldalára,
country of India.
for its scorching heat and humidity.
és páratartalom országa.
is to drink plenty of water.
egyedül az ad, ha rengeteg vizet iszom.
to only drink boiled or bottled water,
vagy palackozott vizet igyam,
and easily get clean, potable water,
tiszta ivóvízhez jutok –,
in the busy streets of India,
India forgalmas utcáin láttam,
from streams on the roadside.
társadalmi igazságtalanság
why these kids lacked water,
ezek a gyerekek vízben,
is covered in water,
of that is freshwater,
of Earth's freshwater supply
kevesebb mint 1%-a érhető el
and economic growth,
és a gazdasági gyarapodás
are rapidly depleting.
gyorsan fogynak.
World Health Organization,
is a leading cause of death
in developing countries,
öt év alatti korosztályában.
naponta 3 000 gyermek hal meg
a water-related disease.
one summer in eighth grade,
egy nyáron hazaérve elhatároztam,
to combine my passion
into a laboratory.
my kitchen into a laboratory,
alakítottam át laborrá,
and kicked me out.
jó szemmel, és kiraktak onnan.
on water-related research,
elolvastam víz témájú kutatásokról,
in developing countries,
a fejlődő országokban
are filled with contaminated water
töltenek meg szennyezett vízzel,
for six to eight hours.
kiteszik őket a napra.
of these harmful pathogens
and energy-efficient,
használható és energiatakarékos,
when it's cloudy.
akár két napig is eltarthat.
the SODIS process faster,
that speeds up a reaction.
ami felgyorsít egy reakciót.
this solar disinfection process.
and strikes a photocatalyst,
és nekiütközik egy fotokatalizátornak,
really reactive oxygen species,
oxigénformák jönnek létre,
and hydroxyl radicals.
és a hidroxilgyökök.
a baktériumokat,
from drinking water.
és egy csomó szennyezőanyagot.
there are several disadvantages
is currently deployed.
a fotokatalitikus SODIS-t alkalmazzák.
the clear plastic bottles
with this photocatalytic coating.
mint pl. a titán-dioxidot
on the inside of these bottles,
a belsejét bevonják vele,
some of the UV radiation
of the process.
to the plastic bottle,
and people end up drinking the catalyst.
és végül megisszuk a katalizátort.
if you keep drinking the catalyst,
megisszuk a katalizátort,
to continue to replenish it,
folyton meg kell újítani,
to overcome the disadvantages
költséghatékony
method of purifying water.
módszert hozzak létre.
science fair project
TDK-projektnek indult,
for water purification.
víztisztításhoz.
titanium dioxide with cement.
into several different shapes,
különböző alak adható,
versatile range of deployment methods.
inside water bottles for individual use
that can filter water for families.
ami családoknak szűri meg a vizet.
of an existing water tank
lakossági víztartály belsejét is
over a longer period of time.
to a sophisticated laboratory.
hogy a korom eltántorítson
in pursuing scientific research
tudományos kutatói szándékomtól,
the global water crisis.
a víz-világválságot.
just the universal solvent.
on this science fair project from 2012
into the real world.
átültessem a gyakorlatba.
I founded Catalyst for World Water,
a "Katalizátor a világ vizéért" elnevezésű
solutions to the global water crisis.
megoldásának katalizálására.
can't do much,
egyedül nem sokat tehet,
come together to form oceans,
óceánt alkotnak, hiszem,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Deepika Kurup - Inventor, student scientistWater is the basis of life, and too many people around the world suffer from waterborne illnesses. Deepika Kurup is working to change that.
Why you should listen
Deepika Kurup is a scientist, speaker, social entrepreneur and student at Harvard University. She has been passionate about solving the global water crisis ever since she was in middle school. After witnessing children in India drinking dirty water, Kurup developed a water purification system that harnesses solar energy to remove contaminants from water.
Recognized as "America’s Top Young Scientist" in 2012, Kurup won the grand prize in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. In 2014 she was honored with the "United States President's Environmental Youth Award" and represented the United States in Stockholm, Sweden at the international Stockholm Junior Water Prize. Most recently Kurup was named one of the Forbes' "30 Under 30: Energy" and was the National Geographic Explorer Award Winner in the 2015 Google Science Fair. She attended the 2016 (and 2013) White House Science Fair. Currently she is CEO and founder Catalyst for World Water, a social enterprise aimed at deploying the technology she developed in water-scarce areas.
Along with research, Kurup is passionate about STEM education, and she feels that STEM education has the power to revolutionize the world. In her free time, she enjoys giving talks and writing articles to encourage students all around the world to pursue science, technology, engineering and math, and to increase awareness of the global water crisis. She has been invited to speak at schools, international conferences and the United Nations.
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