My father, Pete Trapanese, was an Environmental Engineer. He was degreed in Heat Exchange, Fluid Dynamics, Pumps, Valves, and Turbines, and he was well-versed in both physical and chemical principles as they apply to water purification. He loved the agricultural sciences and environmental engineering, and he was always enthusiastic and driven by the possibilities inherent in those interests. Those who knew of his work in algal production and advanced waste-water engineering often commented that "He was ahead of his time".

 

As I have genuine interest in the same technologies, particularly as they can be coalesced to effect viable solutions to extreme poverty throughout the world, they are related to my homage to his memory as a brilliant, innovative, exceedingly creative engineer, inventor, humanitarian and wonderful father. I have established my organization, Trapanese Engineering 2.0, to honor my brilliantly innovative father’s memory. The “2.0” is not meant to imply “a better iteration”. Rather, it is meant as a nod to my position as not only the second generation American, but the second generation of Trapanese Engineering, as his business was called Trapanese Engineering, Inc. from the early 1980s. Trapanese Engineering 2.0 is the coalescence of our combined interests in Architecture and Mechanical and Agricultural Bio-Engineering.

 

I am in an unusually favorable position to recognize brilliant scientists and inventors who supplement my father’s creative innovations, such that I use the sensibilities that he taught me to select the most efficient applications of a variety of technologies for their integration into the Trapanese Engineering 2.0’s comprehensive, sustainable package of poverty-eradication solutions.

 

In order of implementation into the design, the following is a list of the suppliers and members of my advisory board as they provide the most sustainably advantageous, cost-efficient, innovative products and environmental designs. The following list represents the resources who are instrumental in the development of the pilot facility in Southern Arizona: 

 

• The Shelter: Green Rhino Building Systems (GRBS) was founded by Dan Dwyer in 2006 after his working with Don Grieb, A.I.A., and learning about his patented MacroTherm building system. Dan was chosen by me as architectural and construction consultant for his parallel interest in micro-house construction for poverty eradication and his similar interests in architectural construction material's potential to utilize waste streams. Additionally, he possesses the technologies to utilize inert waste plastics as insulation. The wall thicknesses are preferable to those of his competitors, and the versatility in achieving rectilinear forms as well as precisely-manufactured curvilinear forms broadens the creative applications of many forms that far surpass conventional construction.

 

• The Wastewater Treatment System: Arizona Wastewater Design utilizing AquaKlear Dual-Phase Aerobic Digesters – Mr. Dan Smith and Mr. Jeff Smith, Flagstaff, AZ. Dr. Peter Livingston, a wastewater engineering professor at the University of Arizona, Tucson in the ABE (Agricultural Biosystems Engineering Department) and Owner President of Bosque Engineering in Tucson will be providing consultation on excavation, wastewater design refinement with his particular expertise on agricultural wastewater systems. 

 

• Small-Scale Methane-to-BioPropane conversion utilizes a new gas-plasma process created by Engineer, CEO and Company President, Lauren Scott, of Alkcon, Corp.

 

• Irrigation: Hydroponic, Aquaponic, Agronomic, Animal Watering and Washdown systems will be planned by Lisa Trapanese and installed by technicians.

 

• Plumbing and HVAC: plumbing and home utilities will be effected by local tradesmen per Lisa’s plumbing and HVAC designs.

 

• Algal Production: AlgaeTech, Malaysia

 

• Gasification/Pyrolysis: Superior Gasification, Lees Summit, MO. Alternatively, a fine Gasification/Pyrolysis unit designed and built by the engineering firm, All Power Labs in Berkeley, CA received high acclaim at the 2015 Paris Climate conference, AKA COP21. 

 

• Aquaponics: Aquaponic System Design, will be evaluated and amended by Dr. Chito Sace, PhD, Professor and Extension Specialist of Environmental Science and his grad' students from the University of Arizona, Tucson.

 

• Education: Lisa Trapanese has been a Private Tutor, classroom Teacher and a K12 Home-School Teacher since 1987. She is currently a doctoral student in Education with an emphasis in Learning, Instruction and Innovation. The curriculum has an Instruction Design for eLearning component which has direct application to the educational refinement of this project. The University of Arizona, Tucson's Education Department will be contributing and modifying existing primary and secondary education models, and technical training pertaining to the maintenance of the households, machinery, packaging and small business.

 

• Micro-Enterprise: Beyond subsistence, a successful design implements at least a microenterprise component such that residents produce saleable, hand-crafted items that will ensure residents’ economic viability. The University of Arizona, Tucson's Eller School of Business Management will contribute graduate students to effect suitable business plans unique to the individual requirements for micro-financing and business development.