Adrian L. Lu is a licensed mechanical engineer and has practiced acoustical consulting in the built-environment for half a decade. He has collaborated on award-winning projects with industry-leading design and construction firms across the country. Adrian also serves as a director and the Chairman of the Board for the Swaliga Foundation, a science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. Other work from Adrian includes co-founder of Digital Farm Lab, a crowdfunded project for controlled-environment agriculture; collaborator for H2Grow, a construction guide design project with the World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator; and founder of Urban AgTech, a community at the intersection of cities, agriculture, and technology.

Acoustical Consulting

My first love and the beginning of my engineering career. Here is a list of some notable projects I worked on while an acoustical consultant at Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc. My projects focused on the commercial, residential, mixed use, and education sectors.

The Swaliga Foundation

Founded in 2012, The Swaliga Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to cultivate learning globally by inspiring young people to connect their passion to successful careers. This is accomplished through education in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). I serve on the organization’s board as a director and the Chairman.

Digital Farm Lab

What started as a Meetup community named Urban AgTech, evolved into a crowdfunded project to build a Personal Food Computer (TM). The Digital Farm Lab’s mission was to improve food security by bringing agricultural production into the digital age.

H2Grow

As a subcontractor with Isabel Technologies, Inc, I collaborated with the World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator to design a construction guide for building a low-cost hydroponic growing system for refugees in Chad, Africa.