MBA project at CERN develops device to bring electricity to refugees

Nine students, from different countries, universities and disciplines, were part of a 12-week “challenge-based innovation” CBI course created by CERN, the home of the Large Hadron Collider, near Geneva, and drawing on its scientists’ expertise. The group, which included MBA candidates from Barcelona’s ESADE business school, aspiring designers from the city’s IED design school, as well as technical students from Italy and Spain (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech), voted to develop a modular, expandable electricity grid.

The idea was to help refugee camps and emergency workers in disaster areas distribute power efficiently and equitably between communal facilities such as schools and hospitals, as well as individuals and families.

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