The ECCS is an attempt to address the "root causes" of increased immigration into the United States; poverty, insecurity, and the desire for a better life.  The ECCS is a blending of our humanitarian, environmental, and U.S. security needs, and it's the long term solution to our emigration issues.  While the ECCS is not intended to immediately resolve the issues associated with the influx of migrants currently seeking asylum within the United States, given time, and the placement of enough systems, it will mitigate many of the problems associated with mass emigration into the United States.  Moreover, because an ECCS provides some economic benefits to the colonias within Mexico, it's both protected and maintained by Mexico, thus indirectly providing additional border security at the site of performance.

The ECCS, or Thermal Energy Capture and Conversion System, is a multifaceted system that can transform specific geographically appropriate portions of the border security structure into something that not only maintains U. S. border security, but also provides both humanitarian and environmental benefits to America and Mexico, thus promoting bi-national economic prosperity.  The ECCS produces the power needed to purify water, produce food, educate people, and provide meaningful employment, in essence, the basic needs of all humanity, and what's desperately needed in both countries.

Discover how the ECCS transforms border security into humanitarian solutions.  Watch the video below to see how the ECCS revolutionizes the border landscape.

Our team of academic researchers and graduate engineering students from the ASU Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Engineering Projects in Community Service or (EPICS) program, in collaboration with other public and private research organizations and universities, believe the existing border security structure is functionally inefficient, and can be dramatically improved.  

Our team’s objective is to develop a closed-loop, “linear" thermal energy capture and transport system.  We intend to utilize and augment the structure in of itself to create and capture a continuous flow of high-temperature thermal energy.  Sections of this massive thermal radiator will be transformed into a linear thermal absorber, thus creating a new and continuous source of renewable energy.  A non-polluting, non-carbon based source of sustainable energy to help mitigate the effects of hydrocarbon emissions, and generate other forms of power and biological energy.  This thermal energy stream will then be transformed into other forms of usable power, and/or other forms of biological energy, which can be used to then purify water, generate and transport electricity, produce food and fertilizers, and increase bi-national employment. 

The ECCS requires monitoring of its critical operational systems, and daily maintenance in order to operate at peak efficiency.  Thus, the ECCS contributes to meaningful employment by powering economic activities such as water purification and food production. This creates job opportunities within the community, offering sustainable livelihoods that contribute to local economic prosperity. By intertwining environmental sustainability with humanitarian efforts, the ECCS emerges as a solution that not only enhances living conditions, but also nurtures education and employment, fostering a brighter future for communities on both sides of the border. A bi-national job training facility where people of all ethnicity's can learn new employment skills, by learning how operate sustainable environmental energy production systems.

In terms of education, the ECCS generates the power required to establish educational facilities, providing communities with access to learning resources, classrooms, and technology. This newfound access to education creates opportunities for skill development and knowledge acquisition, empowering individuals to break the cycle of poverty. 

The ECCS incorporates and employs many innovative water purification recycling, and conservation methods or techniques.  The system will also incorporate bio-mass and bio-remediation principles to enhance water filtration and augment energy production.  Since the ECCS is a “closed-loop” water conservation and recycling system, addressing both the water waste and inefficiency, which is inherent in traditional large scale agricultural production methods.  Most of the water used throughout the ECCS system and stations will be recycled and used to increase food production, both agriculture and aquaculture, then bio purified prior to being returned to its original source.