Deepika Kurup: A young scientist's quest for clean water
Deepika Kurup: Jaunos mokslininkės švaraus vandens paieškos
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,
skersai pasaulį,
country of India.
for its scorching heat and humidity.
dėl baisaus karščio ir drėgmės.
is to drink plenty of water.
nuo karščio yra gerti daug vandens.
to only drink boiled or bottled water,
gerti tik virintą ar butelinį vandenį,
and easily get clean, potable water,
ir lengvai gauti švarų, geriamą vandenį,
yra užkrėstas.
išsiaiškinau,
in the busy streets of India,
Indijos gatvėse
ir man,
from streams on the roadside.
prie kelkraščio.
nešvarus liesti,
why these kids lacked water,
vaikams trūko vandens,
is covered in water,
apgaubta vandeniu,
of that is freshwater,
gėlas vanduo
of Earth's freshwater supply
gėlo Žemės vandens atsargų
and economic growth,
ekonomikos augimu,
vis auga,
are rapidly depleting.
yra sparčiai eikvojamos.
World Health Organization,
šaltinio.
is a leading cause of death
yra pagrindinė mirčių priežastis
in developing countries,
besivystančiose šalyse,
vaikų
a water-related disease.
susijusios ligos.
one summer in eighth grade,
aštuntoje klasėje,
to combine my passion
aistrą,
into a laboratory.
į laboratoriją.
my kitchen into a laboratory,
virtuvę į laboratoriją,
and kicked me out.
jie mane „išmetė lauk“.
on water-related research,
kuriuose yra su vandeniu susijusi medžiaga
in developing countries,
šalyse,
gryninimui.
are filled with contaminated water
užkrėstu vandeniu
for six to eight hours.
šešiom valandom.
of these harmful pathogens
and energy-efficient,
ir energetiškai veiksmingas,
when it's cloudy.
debesuota.
the SODIS process faster,
procesą greitesniu,
that speeds up a reaction.
pagreitina reakciją.
this solar disinfection process.
dezinfekcijos procesą.
and strikes a photocatalyst,
kerta fotokatalizatorių,
really reactive oxygen species,
deguonies atmainas,
and hydroxyl radicals.
ir hidroksilio radikalai.
from drinking water.
there are several disadvantages
is currently deployed.
SODIS yra šiuo metu išdėstytas.
the clear plastic bottles
buteliukus
with this photocatalytic coating.
sluoksniu.
on the inside of these bottles,
some of the UV radiation
UV radiacijos spindulius
of the process.
to the plastic bottle,
buteliais,
and people end up drinking the catalyst.
žmonės galų gale geria katalizatorių.
if you keep drinking the catalyst,
katalizatorių,
to continue to replenish it,
to overcome the disadvantages
trūkumus
method of purifying water.
metodą.
science fair project
gamtos mokslų projekto,
for water purification.
vandens gryninimui.
titanium dioxide with cement.
cementas.
into several different shapes,
suformuotas keliom skirtingom formom,
versatile range of deployment methods.
skirtingų naudojimo būdų.
inside water bottles for individual use
buteliuką individualiam naudojimui,
that can filter water for families.
kur būtų galima filtruoti vandenį šeimoms.
of an existing water tank
esamos vandens talpos sienas
over a longer period of time.
ir ilgesniems laikotarpiams.
to a sophisticated laboratory.
laboratorijos.
in pursuing scientific research
gamtamokslinių tyrinėjimų
the global water crisis.
krizę.
just the universal solvent.
universaliausias tirpiklis.
on this science fair project from 2012
projektą,
into the real world.
realiam pasauliui.
I founded Catalyst for World Water,
Pasaulio Vandeniui,
solutions to the global water crisis.
sprendimus globalinei vandens krizei.
can't do much,
daug ko padaryti,
planetoje.
come together to form oceans,
kad formuotų vandenynus,
kartu
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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