STEMCAP Class Delivered
“The mission of STEMCAP is to forge multidirectional educational and learning exchanges between Youth-In-Custody, STEM professionals, and art communities.”
In February 2024, as part of the STEM Community Alliance Program, Mahan (left) and Xiang (right) delivered a class titled 'Power Systems and Green Energy' at the Farmington Bay Youth Center to broaden STEM education for the youth in custody.
Power State of the Art in Dennehotso
In March 2021, together with Professor Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani, Dr. Liu drove to the Dennehotso Chapter of the Navajo Nation to investigate their current status of power infrastructure. We organized a workshop with Renae Hoshnic (Legislative District Assistant) and Matthew Austin (then Chapter Manager of Dennehotso) and went on a field trip. The power grid of the entire Navajo Nation is governed by Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA). However, most of the houses (or mobility homes) are not connected. Houses that are not connected to the main grid are connected via extension cords to the nearby houses that are grid-connected. Very few appliances are available in each house.
Sweat Equity Homes Project
In July 2021, together with Prof. Mostafa Saharaei-Ardakani (ECE), Prof. Jianli Chen (Civil), Prof. Shundana Yusaf (Architecture), and the Nááts'íilid Initiative, we conducted the Sweat Equity Homes Project Workshop with the Navajo Nation leadership, Navajo elders, Navajo industries, and Navajo community representatives at the University of Utah Bluff Campus. During the workshop, we tried to figure out the current technical, social, and cultural barriers that the Navajo Nation is facing in its economic development.
