{"96771":{"#nid":"96771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IAC Students Part of Tech Team Awarded $40,000 For Chilean Disaster Response Venture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a post-disaster environment, getting potable water to areas cut off by destroyed roads and infrastructure can be both time-consuming and ultimately fatal for many. A team of Tech students and alumni has developed a system to address those logistical issues in the wake of disaster, and earned $40,000 from Startup Chile to further develop its idea. The team includes two Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts students - \u003Cstrong\u003ETravis Horsley\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Public Policy graduate student and Bachelor of Science alumnus, and \u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa McCoy\u003C\/strong\u003E, a double-major in Economics and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team of students and alumni making up Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics (TOHL) will relocate to the South American country for six months as part of a program initiated by the Chilean government to encourage entrepreneurial activity in its country. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETOHL makes use of coil tubing typically used in oil fields and employs a helicopter to drop and arrange tubing from above, creating a way for water to reach remote places following a disaster. The tubing, measuring about an inch in diameter, stays above ground and the process can result in getting water to a community within 48 hours. It\u2019s durable enough to be used for up to 100 years with oil, though this application shortens its life span. Using a helicopter to unspool the tubing removes the obstacle of roads or paths that may be blocked, washed out or destroyed. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech alumnus Benjamin Cohen will be the first team member to head to Chile in March, with McCoy, Horsley, and fellow alumnus Apoorv Sinha joining in May.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cChile is the perfect place for us [to test TOHL],\u201d said McCoy. The country\u2019s recent earthquakes and forest fires provide the team with an opportunity to test its system in a place that has experienced the disasters that TOHL aims to address.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese natural disasters are what drew Horsley to the project. \u0022My interest peaked after seeing the amount of social, economic and political distress that happen after many natural disasters,\u0022 said Horsley, who returns to Chile after working as a missionary last year at the El Oasis ministry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRight now we want to show that it works, and from that try to partner with [non-governmental organizations] and have the pipe get water to a community that needs it,\u201d McCoy said. They hope to complete a pilot test by April or May and be able to sign on the company\u2019s first customers while in Chile.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETOHL is not the first global health initiative by Tech students to participate in Startup Chile; last June, Tech students and alumni, in conjunction with students from Emory University, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=68520\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewere chosen to participate in the program for their solar sanitation endeavor, Sanivation\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe TOHL team will convene with more than 200 other entrepreneurs from around the globe during the third round of the incubation program.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a post-disaster environment, getting potable water to areas cut off by destroyed roads and infrastructure can be both time-consuming and ultimately fatal for many. A team of Tech students and alumni has developed a system to address those logistical issues in the wake of disaster, and earned $40,000 from Startup Chile to further develop its idea.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETravis Horsley\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Public Policy graduate student and Bachelor of Science alumnus, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa McCoy\u003C\/strong\u003E, a double-major in Economics and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, are two members of this team.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2012-01-25 13:19:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:02","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"78031":{"id":"78031","type":"image","title":"Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics in Lab","body":null,"created":"1449178063","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:43","changed":"1475894691","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:51","alt":"Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics in Lab","file":{"fid":"193851","name":"dsc04290.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc04290_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc04290_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":550327,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc04290_0.jpg?itok=cA8F38p3"}},"78041":{"id":"78041","type":"image","title":"Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics in Lab","body":null,"created":"1449178063","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:43","changed":"1475894691","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:51","alt":"Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics in Lab","file":{"fid":"193852","name":"dsc04300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc04300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc04300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":616747,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc04300_0.jpg?itok=SAAjEtAv"}}},"media_ids":["78031","78041"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/thetohl.com\/","title":"Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics (TOHL)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.startupchile.org\/","title":"Startup Chile"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8102","name":"Chile"},{"id":"18931","name":"Meliccs McCoy"},{"id":"18921","name":"Travis Horsley"},{"id":"17351","name":"tubing operations for humanitarian logistics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}