{"id":780,"date":"2009-01-13T09:42:59","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T14:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homepages.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2009\/01\/13\/researchers-plan-for-turning-coconuts-to-car-parts-benefits-those-in-need\/"},"modified":"2009-01-13T09:42:59","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T14:42:59","slug":"researchers-plan-for-turning-coconuts-to-car-parts-benefits-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2009\/01\/researchers-plan-for-turning-coconuts-to-car-parts-benefits-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers\u2019 plan for turning coconuts to car parts benefits those in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/coconuts-jan09.jpg\" alt=\"Coconuts\" align=\"right\" \/>Updating <a href=\"http:\/\/homepages.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2008\/04\/18\/baylor-students-take-a-cue-from-gilligans-island\/\" target=\"_blank\">a story from almost a year ago<\/a>&#8230; Baylor researchers continue to make progress in their efforts to develop low-cost products that can be manufactured from coconuts in poor coastal regions. Most recently, the group (headed by Dr. Walter Bradley, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Baylor) has found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacotrib.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/2009\/01\/05\/01052009waccoconutcars.html\" target=\"_blank\">a way to use coconut husks in automotive interiors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The idea behind it all is to develop technologies and a business model that will not only make a profit, but make a difference in the lives of people most in need, all while being good stewards of the planet. The work has attracted not only the attention of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/28529073\/\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wot.motortrend.com\/6431892\/green\/coconuts-and-soybeans-interior-materials-for-the-car-of-the-future\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">MotorTrend magazine<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.com\/news_sustainable\/2009\/01\/coconut.html\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery Channel<\/a>, but also Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, which named the project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intervarsity.org\/aboutus\/pressroom\/pressRelease.php?id=3794\" target=\"_blank\">one of three winners of the 2008 Bosscher Hammond awards<\/a>. The prizes are given to works that &#8220;encourage the integration of faith, learning, and practice and demonstrate how the academic disciplines and professions can contribute to human flourishing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For a much-longer explanation of the project, including background information and future plans, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asa3.org\/ASA\/education\/views\/coconuts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor researchers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updating a story from almost a year ago&#8230; Baylor researchers continue to make progress in their efforts to develop low-cost products that can be manufactured from coconuts in poor coastal regions. Most recently, the group (headed by Dr. Walter Bradley, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Baylor) has found a way to use coconut husks in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-honors","category-research","category-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}