Condensable Solar Oven

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Frank Angers is a student in Mr. Case's Engineering Design and Development class at Grand Haven High School, Michigan. He addresses the problem of three billion people worldwide who cook food using primitive methods like simple ovens and open fires, leading to respiratory illnesses causing four million deaths annually. Frank aims to create an affordable, portable solar oven that can be used daily in developing countries, as well as by campers, hikers, and hunters. The Condensable Solar Oven is designed to expand from a ten-inch cube for easy transportation and weighs under five pounds. It features optimized solar reflectors and a removable food basin made of heat-resistant polycarbonate. Manufacturing will use fused deposition modeling, reducing costs by eliminating the need for tooling and simplifying revisions in the prototyping process.