2006 SEGK12 Conf Adam EWB

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Engineer’s Without Borders: High School Chapter Adam Christensen1 and Douglas Edwards2 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2Westlake High School, Atlanta, GA Acknowledgments WHAT IS EWB? PARTNERS with developing communities to improve their quality of life through the implementation of environmentally sustainable, equitable, and economical engineering projects while developing internationally responsible engineers and engineering STUDENTS. PROMOTES a new way of thinking for the engineering profession and provides unique opportunities for engineers to work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders such as communities, social scientists, public health officials, economists, businesses, and international development organizations. Bringing Clean Water to Fronterizo, Guatemala: Michigan Technological University VISION where ALL people have access to the knowledge and resources with which to meet their basic human needs and promote sustainable development in such areas as water supply and sanitation, food production and processing, housing and construction, energy, transportation and communication, income generation, and employment creation [1]. [1] Engineer’s Without Borders Main Webpage; www.ewb-usa.org WHY EWB? FRAMEWORK Change and CREATIVITY are encouraged and NECESSARY for progress PARTNER with a broad range of institutions SUSTAINABLE Project Practices ETHICS UNDERSTANDING of a culture and of a people Engineer’s Without Borders provides a framework in which it is possible to build a program that can be motivating, creative, technical, and social; nurturing ESSENTIAL skills for all students. EXECUTION INTEGRATION into the “Introduction to Engineering” curriculum in the form of design projects and essays. Design projects are used to stimulate creative thinking while companion essays are used to point out social aspects of their design choices. PAIRING with the NSBE chapter in order to introduce other students into the club. Students will be designing a portable cold vaccine storage system that could be used in order to transport vaccine to remote areas with less spoilage. Students at Westlake High School working on their water-wheel design project. CROSS-DISIPLINE CLASSROOM We will be pairing with the social studies department in order to create a “lecture series” where engineering students can learn about social issues and social studies students can learn about engineering design. An example of a nearly complete water-wheel design. PURPOSE To expose students to real social problems and have them think creatively in order to train them for the live project that will start in the second semester of this school year. PARTNERSHIP TANZANIA PROJECT Complete health dispensary with SOLAR POWERED SYSTEM FOR LIGHTING Implement an irrigation demonstration project to introduce and train villagers on the use of affordable, low tech MICRO-IRRIGATION systems Install two NEW SHALLOW WELLS and rehabilitate the two existing shallow wells to increase availability of CLEAN WATER Pilot WATER FILTRATION technologies in the Falklands sub-village Conduct baseline HEALTH assessment PROJECT SCOPE Goals: Meet project deadlines proposed by EWB-San Francisco Professionals Design an “out-of-the-box” engineering solution for a manageable task Learn about the culture of the region and social issues that impact daily life Have FUN! Map of Project Area courtesy of EWB-San Francisco Professionals Children of the village Ngelenge, Tanzania courtesy of EWB-San Francisco Professionals