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Transforming Innovation into Climate Solutions

Martin Suarez BS/MS Mechanical Engineering Student @ Northwestern.

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Engineer with a passion for renewable energy and sustainability

Let's create a sustainable world together

Engineers for a Sustainable World

Automated aquaponics system

A closed loop where fish waste feeds the plants and the plants clean the water, automated so it runs without daily hand-tuning.

Automation
Sensing
Food systems

Evanston Youth Climate Action Fund

Selected to map urban heat islands

10 environmental monitoring stations.

My research

Currently developing and scaling chemical carbon capture

Copper hydroxide complex

Copper complex with CO2 captured as bicarbonate

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My Favorite Projects

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Corner-Mounted Savonius Wind Turbine

Corner-Mounted Savonius Wind Turbine

Designed to mitigate and harness Pedestrian Level Wind (PLW) to reduce wind tunnels and produce renewable energy.

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Check Progress

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13gGGFJOn8KzLHGHgXjVsXO9oGBXtMkRF7ZYaDgNIy-E/edit?usp=sharing

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AutoAquaponics with ESW@NU

AutoAquaponics with ESW@NU

Closed-loop autonomous aquaponics system with live fish and consistent agricultural output.

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Check Progress

https://autoaquaponics.org/

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Reversible Chemical Carbon Capture

Reversible Chemical Carbon Capture

Harnessing the power of metal complexes to study a ligand scaffold with one of the fastest recorded carbon capture rates at the molecular level.

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Check Progress

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NOB5Y2Ququw806CmznVgg4qpHZZy0e4o/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108206482772399038940&rtpof=true&sd=true

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Environmental Monitoring with the City of Evanston

Environmental Monitoring with the City of Evanston

Leveraging existing climate datasets to identify vulnerable and control locations where environmental monitoring stations will be deployed to provide higher-resolution ground-level data.

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Check Progress

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eU6xjkdP0gadG0txR5mC16ftd7-qCwiWg1U0MwhKiOw/edit?usp=sharing

My Philosophy

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From Molecules to Systems

My innovation strategy revolves around understanding the critical molecular components and interactions behind a greater climate resilence system.

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Designing Within Reality

My projects must work within the boundaries of human and environmental constraints for pragmatic deployment.

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Innovating for Impact

My work and projects shouldn't solely exist to be admired within a vacuum, but instead to positively impact the world.