| Name |
Title |
Summary |
Learning
Objectives |
| Thomas Decker |
Appropriate
Technologies in Developing Countries |
I
would present on the technologies available throughout the world that help
developing countries attain clean water, improved sanitation, and overall
better living conditions. I would also present on how I taught this material
to other students and the workshops that I held to teach the construction of
certain technologies |
*
Learn how to go about learning how to design, construct, and implement
appropriate technologies in developing countries.
* Get experience in the sorts of technologies that can be used to solve the
issues that developing countries experience.
* Could also spur ideas for current or future EWB projects. |
| Alex Debarnardo |
Arsenic
and Bacteria Removal Through Slow Sand Filters and Eichhornia crassipes |
Unsafe
drinking water is defined as inconsumable water containing biological or
chemical pollutants that often cause illness and disease in developing
nations. Pathogenic bacteria and
arsenic are two common contaminants in water that cause avoidable
illnesses. Slow sand filters are
a proven and simple technology that relies on straining and attachment to a
previously formed biofilm to remove microorganisms. Water hyacinths have been
shown to absorb arsenic from water at high rates, and the water hyacinths can
potentially be used to reduce arsenic concentration from water.
The objective of the project is
to design and test a slow sand filter incorporating Eichhornia crassipes
(water hyacinths) that can remove both bacteria and arsenic from water. In the past, we tested a slow sand
filter of our own design for elimination of bacteria, and it achieved removal
rates above 99% in testing conditions.
We have now introduced modifications to the design to incorporate
either live hyacinths or dried plant material. We are testing these two new
designs together with two control filters that do not include plants.
The project will have three
stages: evaluation of the effect of plant material in the bacterial removal
effectiveness of the filter, assessment of the behavior of a similar ion
(phosphorus) in the filter, and finally assessment of arsenic removal. To ensure sustainability, we will look
to micro finance this project so that filters will be implemented in a
developing country with high arsenic pollution. |
1.
Learn about slow sand filter construction.
2. Learn to analyze filter efficacy/ filter monitoring.
3. Learn about plant- independent slow sand filters.
4. Learn about micro-financing for sustainability. |
| Arthur J. White, |
Best
Practices for Photovoltaic Community Empowerment |
EWB-USA's
Energy Standing Content Committee develops documentation and best practices
for energy projects in the developing world. Members of the ESSC will present
a live presentation at each EWB-USA 2012 regional conference on the subject
of photovoltaic solar power systems. The presentation includes as built
photographs and design schematics of photovoltaic systems installed by
EWB-USA chapters in developing communities as well as screen shots of owners'
manuals and specification sheets for electrical components (panels,
betteries, inverters, etc.) which are used in solar PV applications. In each
region, presenters will bring printed handouts, including a comprehensive
overview of solar photovoltaic applications in the developing world,
including recommendations to EWB-USA project teams developed by the Energy
SCC. |
1.
Understanding of principles of solar energy
2. Introduction to key components of PV systems
3. EWB-USA minimum requirements for solar PV projects in developing
communities
4. Best practices for community interaction before, during, and after
project installation. |
| Joshua Knight |
Best
Practices of EWB-USA Projects |
This
year’s presentation from the EWB-USA Project Management Team will go
over several practical tips on how to make your EWB-USA project more
sustainable. As an engineering
organization, it is easy to focus only on the technical aspects but we want
to make sure that teams think beyond the technical aspects and develop a
thoughtful approach that also considers the social, cultural, and financial
aspects of a successful project. |
•
Learn how to increase project sustainability.
• Learn to increase technical sustainability.
• Learn to increase sustainability from a cultural perspective.
• Learn to increase sustainability from a financial
perspective.
|
| Kelly Barb |
Biosand
Filters: Design, Implementation, and Education - La Ceiba, El Salvador |
We
will present our chapter's biosand filter project in La Ceiba, El Salvador.
This will detail our design process, implementation process, and the
monitoring results we have experienced to date. We need access to a computer
and a projector. |
*
biosand filter designimplementation
* how to educate the community about their use and maintenance
* learn about obstacles and successes related to this type of water project |
| Lisa Hofgesang |
Community
Involvement on Opposite Ends of the Spectrum |
While
working on projects in two countries, EWB-NEU has experienced different
challenges are working with two different communities on similar water
projects. EWB-NEU proposes to compare and contrast the projects to highlight
how each situation is different, and so must be approached differently. The
focus of this presentation will be community involvement and NGO partnership
but will also cover various aspects of EWB-NEU’s projects, including
local culture, local government, geography, availability, and
sustainability. |
*
Better understand the importance of community involvement and NGO partnership
on various ends of the spectrum based on our experiences.
* Learn from our projects' good and bad examples of community involvement
* Be better able to work through ones in their own projects. |
| Medard Gabel |
Designing
a World that Works for All |
“To be truly radical is to make
hope possible, not despair convincing.” This presentation is about
transforming the world. It is about present-day, affordable and
environmentally sustainable technology and policy that can transform a world
that has more than a billion people living in brutal poverty, to one where
the basic human needs and rights of everyone are met. And, met not in a way that allows
everyone to live in a world of the bare-minimum, but in a world of abundance,
security and creativity. The
presentation is about making hope— that the world can be make to work
for everyone— not only convincing, but also an economically rewarding
path for business, government and individuals. It makes clear that meeting
the needs of 100% of humanity does not involve redistribution or violent
political revolution, but rather engineering and the deployment of the latest
least-cost technology. I could also cover the role that students and
Engineers Without Borders could play in accelerating this global
transformation. |
•
Learn about the keys to furthering the developing world.
• Learn about patterns of globalization.
• Learn about technology and business and their roles in sustainable
development.
• Analyze past and future patterns of development. |
| Ethan LaRochelle and Dan Saulnier |
Do
I have what it takes to be a mentor? Yes! |
This
short presentation will be followed by a discussion of what it takes to be a
mentor. If you’re a professional that wants to help student chapters
thrive, or an active mentor looking to share your war-stories, this is the
session for you. |
•
Learn what is involved in being an EWB mentor.
• Learn what accreditations are necessary to be an EWB mentor.
• Learn the benefits of being an EWB mentor.
• Learn how to become and EWB mentor.
|
| |
Dulce
Vivir |
We’ll
be presenting about the history of our project and how doing a large scale
project has changed our views about engineering as well as how we had to
adjust our attitudes as things were achieved or delayed. |
We
want people to be aware that taking on a large scale project is feasible,
fundable, and possible in general. We want to exhibit the group growth that
was experienced, as well as educate people on ways to overcome the obstacles
that come with a large scale project. |
| Adam Brostow |
Energy
Savings from Supplying Drinking Water at Two Pressure Levels - a Retrofit in
El Salvador. |
Our
project is a retrofit of existing water systems in the village of Las
Delicias, El Salvador. The existing system consists of a submersible pump, a
booster pump, two storage tanks at relatively high elevation (the third tank
is supplied by a spring), and gravity distribution piping supplying water to
over 3000 people. The village, located on the flank of a volcano, cannot
afford the energy bill. Our team concluded we can save energy required to
pump water or, conversely, supply about 30% more water for the same price, by
adding another tank at intermediate elevation. The tank, already constructed,
will supply about 50% of the houses located at lower elevation.
The existing booster pump will be retrofitted with a VFD (variable
frequency/speed drive) to pump at two different discharge heads (to fill the
existing two tanks and the new tank) while keeping constant flow, in pace
with the submersible pump.
The idea of storing water at more than one elevation and/or using a VFD may
be applicable to other water projects. We also want to solicit
feedback.
|
1.
Learn about water pumps with VFD
2. Learn about water pumps at multiple elevations
3. Learn to make efficient water pumps
4. Learn to build off existing infrastructure |
| Rosemary Powers |
EWB-USA
101 |
EWB-USA
supports community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating
with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects,
while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders. This
presentation will provide an overview of the organization, resources
available for the members and managing EWB-USA Chapters. |
•
Learn how to organize your chapter
• Learn how to manage new members.
• Gain an in depth view of resources available to EWB members.
|
| Sky Morehouse |
Expectations
for a lead mentor |
Sky
Morehouse has functioned as lead mentor for 2 EWB assessment trips to the
Northwest region of Cameroon, Africa.
This presentation and related discussions will revolve around the
place of the lead mentor, the trip, local contact interaction,
accommodations, safety, community approach, technical evaluation relating to
the perceived and identified needs, resource sourcing, work while on site,
and project follow up. The Bome
Valley Cameroon Project will be used as the case study. The goal of the presentation is to
provide the participants a basis of expectation for the lead mentor. |
|
| Nicole Ostrowski |
Fundraising |
The
purpose of this session is to cover a variety of topics related to
fundraising for EWB student and professional chapter projects. We will cover
managing relations, types of fundraising and strategies and utilizing social
media to your advantage. The session will then delve into forum discussion
where members can toss around ideas and difficulties their particular chapter
has experienced. |
*
Attendees will be made aware of EWB-USA rules and other important information
regarding chapter fundraising
* Attendees will understand the necessity of budgeting for EWB-USA
projects
* Attendees will be made aware of potential laws and regulations pertaining
to fundraising within their cities and campus communities and be presented
with information on how to learn more about such laws.
* Attendees will be presented with a variety of fundraising strategies,
especially 'types' of fundraising and the use of social media, to aid them in
meeting their goals. |
| Medard Gabel |
Globalization's
Next Wave |
Globalization comes in waves. We are in
the midst of the fourth, and most profound, of these waves. The first wave of
global economic integration, between 1870 and 1914, was led by improvements
in transport technology (from sailing ships to steamships) and by lower
tariff barriers. Exports nearly doubled to about 8 percent of world
income. The second wave of
economic globalization, from 1945 to 1980, was characterized by lower trade
barriers and transport costs. Sea freight charges fell by a third between
1950 and 1970. Trade regained the ground it lost during the Great Depression.
The third wave of global integration was led by further progress in transport
(containerization and airfreight) and communications technology (falling
telecommunications costs associated with satellites, fiber-optic cable, cell
phones, and the Internet). The
fourth wave of globalization is happening right now. Much more than just the
continuation of cost reduction in communication and transportation
technology, lower tariffs, and continuing integration of the global economy,
the fourth wave is revolutionizing the entire way we communicate, do business,
and solve problems— and maybe even the way we view ourselves and our
role in the Universe. The quantitative shifts of the past 25 years have
created a qualitative transformation that changes everything. The
technological advances that have led to economic integration have resulted in
a global society where culture, problems, ecology, politics and economy are
now so interlinked as to be one organism. If the earlier waves of
globalization hooked us up, this latest wave is allowing the resulting system
to exhibit all the characteristics of a living system. The implications of
this are both profound and exciting— as well as possibly frightening. |
•
Learn about the keys to furthering the developing world.
• Learn about patterns of globalization.
• Learn about technology and business and their roles in sustainable
development.
• Analyze past and future patterns of development. |
| Jeffrey Salvitti and Katy Knight |
Google+ |
Jeff
Salvitti and Katy Knight of the Google+ team will be giving a presentation
and product demonstration showing how Google+ isn't simply a social media
destination but actually acts as
a social spine to upgrade your entire Google experience. We will take an
in-depth look at how Google+ can enhance the functionality of other Google
products such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Android, and more. |
•
Learn to incorporate google + tools in chapter communication.
• Learn how to stay in better communication with other chapters and
EWB national.
• Learn to foster chapter organization with google + tools.
|
| Jason Halpern |
Gridless
Power |
In
his talk Jason will share the story of how Gridless Power grew from a simple
idea to a funded, growing company. He'll be providing insight into starting
up in the clean tech space and the unique challenges of solving problems that
require a hardware solution. He'll also be discussing the work that Gridless
is doing to address some of the world's toughest global power problems |
|
| Daniel P. Saulnier |
Hydraulic
Calculations for Drinking Water Systems |
Water
systems hydraulics do not need to be complicated! This session will break down community
water systems into their component parts and discuss practical methods for
doing hydraulic calculations.
Pressure, flow, headloss, and pipe sizing will be discussed, using
real examples from EWB projects.
Participants should have a basic understanding of how community water
systems function, so we can jump right into the calculations. Depending on time constraints and
audience interest, we may also discuss pumps, water hammer, and distributions
systems. |
•
Learn about hydraulic calculations.
• Expand knowledge of pressure flow, headloss, pipe sizing.
• Learn about pump, water hammer, and distribution system
calculations.
|
| Aneesha Raghunathan |
Impact
Assessment and Project Monitoring |
I plan to examine two case studies on
two separate projects that Hope Line Fashions Inc. completed over the past
two years, one taking place at the time of its founding in August 2010 and
one from last summer August 2012 and the lessons learned from each, focusing
primarily on incorporating elements of impact assessment, project tracking,
monitoring and data collection with the continuous element of human
connection in order to have a sustainable impact. I also want to discuss the
challenges that I faced doing this and some ideas for the future of
sustainable development and what I think social impact focused organizations
can do. |
•
Learn about impact assessment.
• Learn about project monitoring and need assessment.
• Learn about methods of improving project sustainability.
• Learn about challenges in developing a non-profit. |
| Angeline Cione and Stephen Clark |
Importance
of Public Health Surveys During the Planning Stages for Drinking Water
Systems |
The
presentation will cover the importance of utilizing Public Health Surveys
during the planning stages for Community Water Projects. The presentation
will provide an brief overview of Public Health Surveys and how to conduct
them and provide two case studies. The first case study is of a community
water project in Santa Clara, El Salvador that is near completion and the
second case study is of a community water project in Mbohkop, Cameroon that
is in the planning stages.
The overall goal of the presentation is to stress the interrelationship of
public health and engineering in implementing community water systems.
|
•
Attendees can expect to learn the goals of a survey.
• Learn how to conduct surveys.
• Learn how surveys helped shape the direction of community water
projects.
• Learn about various historical water projects. |
| Fred N. Scatena |
Integrated
Water Resource Management, Community Participation and Indicators of Success
in Latin America: Examples from the Luquillo HELP project |
Successful
integrated watershed management involves the active participation of
individuals with a wide range of disciplines and back-grounds, including
representatives of industry, academics, natural resource managers, local
officials and community groups.
While there is considerable enthusiasm and support for an integrated
approach, how to engage local communities and develop indicators of project
success is a continual challenge.
The UNESCO supported Luquillo HELP project in Puerto Rico has managed
these issues by organizing small, public workshops with technocrats and
managers who are engaged in local water resource management. Several forums have been organized,
including technical meetings with the directors of natural resource agencies;
organizing panel discussions at the meetings of local professional societies,
and co-sponsoring technical workshops with local municipalities. Other activities have included
surveying best practices of organizations, facilitating educational
exchanges, compiling oral environmental histories and developing web sites
and synthesis publications. This
presentation describes these activities and discusses the benefits and costs
of each approach. |
•
Learn how to successfully integrate watershed management.
• Learn how to engage local communities to manage watersheds.
• Learn to develop indicators of watershed management.
• Learn about the pros and cons of different strategies for
facilitating interdisciplinary watershed management.
|
| Godlove Fonjweng |
Intercultural
Communication: A community perspective from an EWB project site in Cameroon. |
Successful
projects abroad require both technical competence and effective communication
with the community being served. Ineffective intercultural communication can
derail even the best designed and well funded projects. The goal of this
presentation is to discuss some of the aspects of intercultural
communications that are crucial to a successful project implementation. This
presentation draws from specific EWB project examples in Cameroon and is
designed to emphasize the community’s perspective. |
|
| Tony Sauder and Megan Doherty |
Involving
Women in a Hygiene and Latrine program in Guatemala |
*
Assessment techniques that involved women and men in selecting an appropriate
technology
*Interviewing women on hygiene knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, and
healthcare access during assessment
* Meeting the challenge of language and gender barriers by planning ahead
with community & NGO partners
* Listening and being patient about gaining community trust during project
implementation
* Managing design & program changes with local expertise and input |
|
| Kayla Mineua |
Lessons
Learned in Lukodi |
The
University of New Hampshire Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders is
currently working to provide potable water to the village of Lukodi in
northern Uganda. This
presentation will provide an overview of the project. Technical aspects of water quality
testing, well disinfection, and potential sources of contamination will be
discussed. A summary of the
chapter’s relationship with the community and education plan for
sustainability will also be presented.
The presentation will focus on lessons learned thus far in the
project. |
|
| Gary Moore |
Making
Things Work in Other Countries (i.e. Successful and Sustainable Project
Implementation in Developing Nations) |
The
key to any successful and sustainable project is to assess all aspects of the
local environment (project site location, local/regional/national resources
for equipment and materials, personnel capability/capacity & training,
economics and politics), which allow the team to customize the project
solution to the specific location, but in developing nations it is essential
to do so. In the US, project
designers rarely have to consider issues such as the potential lack of
equipment and material availability, qualified contractors, illegal
activities. In addition, existing
degreed personnel and training for the local work force that will be
operating and maintaining the proposed infrastructure can often present quite
a challenge, depending on the location of the project. |
•
Learn how to successfully implement a project.
• Learn how to customize a project to a location.
• Learn how to deal with factors such as material availability and
other building constraints.
• Learn how to adapt to changing factors on-site.
|
| Mark Veletzos |
Merrimack
College Haiti Service Learning Initiative (MCHSLI) Clean Water Program |
The
Merrimack College Haiti Service Learning Initiative (MCHSLI) is a long-term
partnership between two rural communities in Haiti, Project Medishare for
Haiti and Merrimack College. A
primary objective of this initiative is to improve access to clean water to
the towns of Marmont and Casse on the central plateau of Haiti. Our team has traveled to these remote
towns two times in the past two years and will be returning in January and
June of 2013. This presentation
describes the challenges facing the towns of Marmont and Casse, our efforts
to date and outlines our plans for future trips. |
•
Learn about a project for clean water access in Haiti.
• Learn about challenges facing clean water access in certain
locations in Haiti.
• Learn about current initiatives to improve clean water
access.
• Learn about future plans for improving clean water access.
|
| Neha Anand |
Navigating
through Socioeconomic Challenges on the Path towards Bringing Clean Water to
Honduras |
The
key theme of our presentation is the adaptability needed to achieve the goals
of EWB projects in different communities. While having a sound technical
design is a very significant indicator of success, having local support in
the community and having financial support to actually implement the project
successfully are equally important factors. The Honduras Water Project Team
would like to share how they arrived at a cost-effective and technically
viable temporary solution after multiple rounds of discussions about the
various available options. And then how new local developments caused them to
retrace their steps and redirect their energies towards the permanent
solution. |
|
| Joshua Knight |
Overview
of Design and Implementation for Sanitation Programs |
Learn
the basics of how to carry out an EWB-USA latrine project. This presentation
is intended to provide a broad overview of sanitation projects and how to
ensure your latrine project is successful, from assessment to construction to
project closeout. |
•
Learn how to design a pit latrine.
• Gain understanding of sanitation program design and
implementation.
• Learn how to work with the partner community to address sanitation
issues through educational programs.
|
| Sharon Kenny |
Phthalates:
Endocrine Disruptors in Bottled Water |
This
presentation provides documented and compelling arguments concerning the
impact of phthalates on human health as they migrate from food-contact
plastics into our beverages. The
discussion will explain the role of this additive in plastic materials, the
discovery of phthalates in water bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate
(PET), and the toxicity of phthalates as endocrine disruptors. The
presentation reviews the vectors and long term impacts of phthalates,
including metabolic disorders, learning disabilities that include autism, and
feminization of males. |
|
| Pittsburgh Professional |
Potable
water in Tingo Picara, Ecuador |
Members
of the Pittsburgh Professional, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of
Pittsburgh chapters have been working to bring potable water to Tingo
Pucará, Ecuador since 2008. Seven trips have sent numerous
professionals and students into the fray, including Melissa Day, a CMU
graduate student; Agnes Marszalik, a CMU undergraduate; Natalie Celmo and
Quinn Killough, UPitt undergraduates; and Craig Johnston, a GAI Consultants,
Inc. professional. |
|
| David Sacco |
Presenting
to the EWB-USA Technical Advisory Committee and Application Review Committee
Processes |
TAC
This session will relate the TAC experience from a reviewer's perspective,
and will attempt to identify some of the common strengths and weaknesses of
projects, submissions and presentations that have come up for review by the
Northeast TAC. The session will
also touch on the purpose of the TAC, the logistics of a TAC meeting and a
few dos and don'ts for presenters.
ARC
This session will discuss the ARC (Assessment Review Committee) process for
new program proposals. Taking a
reviewer's perspective, we will identify some of the common strengths and
weaknesses of program and project submissions, both with and without
sponsoring chapters. We will also
discuss the evolution of the ARC process and pending changes to the process
and to the 501 and 502 forms.
|
•
Learn about EWB project approval processes from the review committee’s
perspective.
• Learn what makes a good EWB project.
• Learn presentation tips for future projects.
• Review past project presentations as case studies.
|
| Uzair Shamsi |
Rampur,
India |
This
presentation will highlight unique aspects of the Rampur, India solar energy
project. Most EWB project communities are small remote villages but this was
for an inner city elementary school in a densely populated urban setting.
This PV solar project was designed by a student chapter and installed by a
local contractor. The contractor was selected using the conventional Request
for Proposal (RFP) vendor selection process. The entire project (including
study, design, and 3 trips to India) was finished in a record 2-year period
and the installation was completed in a record time of three days. The solar
system has been performing quite efficiently since it's installation in May
2012 and successfully meeting the electric power needs of the school. School's
solar system worked well during the world's worst power grid failure in July
2012. In addition to uninterrupted school schedule, the solar system also
shared the power with the neighbors after the school hours |
Project
delivery: An alternate project delivery model using local contractors
Global urbanization: Conventional remote / rural projects vs. this inner
city project
EWB in other countries: How is their mode of operation different from EWB-USA?
Lessons learned: Dos and don'ts of long distance international travel |
| Angelita Fasnacht‐Cuellar |
Short
to Long-Term Wat-San-Hygeine Program development |
|
|
| Rosemary Powers |
Speaking
EWB-USA Community Driven Approach |
EWB-USA
has a community-driven approach to international development. A community-driven approach
provides a strong mechanism for long-term sustainability – The
community maintains ownership of the project and is responsible for its
long-term operation and maintenance.
In this presentation, we discuss how our language impacts the way we
approach project work. We will
then be applying this to the EWB-USA projects. |
1.
To raise awareness of how language and messaging can support or undermine
community development work
2. To convey understanding about the meaning of EWB-USA’s community
driven development approach
3. To instruct how to apply community driven development concepts to
EWB-USA programs/projects
4. To prepare how to share and promote community development language
concepts with others
|
| Caitlin Terry |
Sustainable
Hand Pump Design: The Rope Pump |
Statistics
show that tens of thousands of hand pumps are abandoned in Africa,
essentially blocking clean water from the people who need it to survive. Although different factors contribute
to a pump failure, two key causes are lack of maintenance and repair. In order to be able to maintain and
repair a pump, the community needs to be able to access and afford the parts
and material and understand the design. The rope pump is a very simple and
economical design for water retrieval. The parts can be found in most remote
villages and the fabrication is simple enough for non-technical individuals
to accomplish. |
•
Expand knowledge of hand pumps.
• Learn factors contributing to hand pump failure.
• Learn about hand pump maintenance.
• Learn about hand pump repair. |
| Brittany Young |
The
World Water Crisis, NGOs, and Hope |
This
presentation will address the relationship between global water scarcity,
poverty, and development. A Spring of Hope's work in rural South Africa will
be highlighted as an example of local-level empowerment by means of working
with the leadership of school administrations to improve the quality of life
of students. Paying close attention to individual needs of schools and
communities is vital to addressing poverty issues that affect children. In
this discussion, the role of hope will be explored. Is hope a necessary
capability to overcome poverty? If it is, what is the role of the NGO in
increasing the capacity of people to hope and aspire? |
•
Learn about local-level empowerment.
• Analyze the relationship between global water scarcity, poverty,
and development.
• Learn about the role of hope in development and
sustainability.
• Learn how to assess developmental needs in communities. |
| Melissa Day |
Tingo
Pucará: a tri-chapter water system case study |
The
potable water system in Tingo Pucará serves an indigenous community of
100 people living in the Ecuadorean Andes, and is unique in both the daunting
scale of its design and its extensive collaboration with in-country partners. As a result, the tri-chapter efforts
of the Pittsburgh Professional, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of
Pittsburgh Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapters that helped design the
system were recognized with a 2012 EWB-USA Premier Project Award. At first, however, the sheer scope of
building a single-stage pumping system powered by grid energy over 900 meters
of steep (< 37 degree slope), sandy mountain almost caused the project to
be abandoned. Instead, the strong
in-country support, including the non-governmental organization HCJB, a local
Peace Corps volunteer, funding from the local municipality and electrical
utility, and prodigious effort from the community of Tingo Pucará,
supported the project to completion.
Construction was not the only part of implementation; the chapter also
had to navigate cultural expectations, develop an appropriate price point for
household customers, and foster a water committee that could care for the
system throughout its lifetime.
The success of this project will be detailed in terms of health and
socioeconomic impact through monitoring surveys administered before and after
project implementation. With the
installation of the water system, the EWB team aims to improve the community’s
quality of life by reducing time spent gathering water and decreasing
incidents of waterborne illness.
Finally, the water committee will provide project sustainability as
the water system moves out of EWB domain; the process of forming a
sufficiently robust group will be highlighted. Only a projector / computer will be
necessary." |
|
| Carrie Kovarik |
Using
Mobile Technology to Provide Specialty Care to Remote Communities in the
Developing World |
Throughout the developing world,
inadequate access to physicians and subspecialty care are serious problems
that telemedicine can help address. The new field of mobile telemedicine
allows medical consultations to be submitted via mobile phone, enabling
health care to reach rural areas of the developing world, where cell phone
coverage extends beyond computer networks. I will describe how we have used
mobile telemedicine to increase access to care in numerous specialty fields
in Botswana, as well as to provide point of care information tools for
practitioners in remote areas. I will also explain the role of local
ownership and drive in creating a sustainable solution. |
•
Explain the how mobile telemedicine is used in developing countries to
improve access to specialty care
• Be able to differentiate the modalities for providing telemedicine,
including Internet based and cellular based programs
• Learn to describe how local ownership and drive is key for
sustainability of these programs
|
| Gerard Jones |
Water
Distribution System Modeling |
This
session will focus on optimization of a water supply distribution systems
taking into consideration equal distribution of pressure and flow as well as
cost. It is based on engineering fundamentals and demonstrates a mathematical
modeling technique. |
•
Learn how to design a water system.
• Learn to choose the best system for a particular environment.
|
| Jordan Ermilio |
Water
Supply Systems for Developing Communities |
This
session will give an overview of the design considerations for a water supply
project and will include an overview of different infrastructure and systems
components for a gravity driven water networks as well as supply and demand
criteria used in determining design flow rates. |
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Learn how to design a water system.
• Learn to choose the best system for a particular environment.
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| Cassie Thiel | What EWB-USA Means to Me | This session will begin with a group discussion on our personal EWB-USA experiences. We will then develop our goals for continued work with EWB-USA using tools such as written personal mission statements. We will also brainstorm, as a group, how we envision the future of EWB-USA. | |
| Ethan LaRochelle |
Why Do We Need A Mentor? |
This
presentation will look at the importance of having multiple mentors in your
line-up. It will also cover some resources that available to find
professionals willing to act as mentors. |
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Learn what mentors do.
• Learn why multiple mentors are important.
• Learn how to find professional mentors (as a chapter).
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