Intro Meeting Presentation

Engineers Without Borders – Duke Summer Projects Presentation October 27, 2008

What does Duke EWB do? • Finding appropriate solutions to community problems – Needs/problem assessment – Appropriate Technology – Multi-disciplinary

• Gain hands on engineering, project management, and leadership skills

Past Projects 2007-2008: Durham, NC

2008-2009: Las Mercedes, Honduras

2007-2008: Ciudad de Dios, Peru

2008-2009: Obrajes, Bolivia

2005: Banda Aceh, Indonesia

2006-2009: Nkokonjeru, Uganda

EWB Project Cycle selection •Previously established partnership

•Establish communication

•Develop strategic partnerships

assessment •Assess needs and assets of the community

implementation •Plan implementation with community partner

•Gather engineering and health data

•Create ownership

•Communicate feverishly with community partner

•Assessment: Did we fulfill the community needs in a sustainable fashion?

Engineering Change in Peru

May 19 - July 14th, 2008

where is Ciudad de Dios?

squatter community located northeast of Trujillo in the Moche Valley region of Peru annual rainfall < 2 mm

assessment trip • how did we learn about it? – UNC EWB came to Duke to discuss a partnership, which led to an assessment trip being planned

• when was it/ who went on it? – May/June 2007; Lee Pearson (’08) and Maggie Hoff

• major findings? – community identified an improved water system as a primary need

design/project planning • most of the design was done by UNC EWB but Dr. Schaad and Maggie Hoff were involved with the process as well • 3 km long line

summer 2008 • how? – through DukeEngage

• who? – – – – – – – – – – – –

Maggie Hoff (’10) Manny Fanarjian (’10) Brianne Connolly (’10) Magdalena Kelleher (’11) Ellie Hwang (’10) Justine Tiu (’11) Amanda Tong (’09) Jep Barbour (’10) Austin Weiss (’10) Ron Murhammer (’10) Carrie Gantt (’09) Irvin Wang (’10)

• 9 Pratt Students, 3 Trinity Students

• worked with MOCHE (Mobilizing Opportunities through Community Heritage Empowerment) headed by anthropology professor Brian Billman from UNC

the culture

the work

carrying pipes to locations inaccessible with cars

public art project

archaeology site signs

Rural Agency for Sustainable Development Nkokonjeru, Uganda

Where in the world is Nkokonjeru?

EWB-Duke - RASD Partnership • What is the Rural Agency for Sustainable Development? • Previous projects: – 2006 Assessment Trip – 2007: Solar powered computer system and resource center construction

2008 Uganda Projects • Biomass charcoal • Internet Cafe • Waste management • Vocational School • Jatropha oil • Rainwater harvesting and treatment • Coffee processing and associations

Internet Café Cash Flow •90,000 UGX per month

•Ericcson W-20 GPRS Router

•200,000 UGX revenue in first month

•Cell phone towers

•50% of profits go to system administrator

•Data plan with MTN telecomm

Internet Cafe

Vocational School

Construction

Tools

Vocational School Students

Jatropha Oil

Jatropha Oil

Coffee Processing

Coffee Processing

Coffee Association

Biomass Charcoal

Biomass Charcoal

Biomass Charcoal

This year students will: •Researching different cleaning techniques •Creating RWH test site, possibly at SEEDS. •Quantitative testing of water quality from different RWH catchment techniques

Goal: Submit article to student sustainable development journal. Create demonstration RWH tank at RASD in Summer of 2008 based on research.

2008-2009 Project: Rainwater Harvesting

This year students will: •Determining waste management needs of Nkokonjeru •Literature review of composting systems and innovative ways to reuse, recycle, and dispose of plastics •Develop waste management system plan and receive feedback from RASD officials

Goal: Travel to Uganda in summer of 2009 and implement solution

2008-2009 Project: Waste Management

Bridge in Boliva Site Assessment Trip

The Challenge • River floods during rainy season • Separates the community – Children from school – Herds from pasture – Farmers from markets

Site Assessment Team • • • • • •

Patrick Ye ’10 Matt Ball ’10 Stephanie Chang ’11 Thomas Grothe ’10 Ga-Young Joung ’11 Dr. Christine Beaule

Surveying crossing sites

Cone penetrometer testing

Interviewing community members

Data Analysis

The Road Ahead • • • •

Obtain funding from companies Learn more about Bolivia Design bridge in CE 142 Spring 2009 Implementation Summer 2009

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EWB Duke in Las Mercedes, Honduras: Maternal-Infant Clinic

How did it get started? •

Duke has sent medical and nursing students as part of a course called “Exploring medicine in foreign cultures” for a week to Honduras since 2000 in partnership with Heifer International to provide healthcare in the rural village of Mercedes.

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Duke has recently agreed to work with the Honduran Ministry of Health to fund the construction of a permanent, staffed Maternal-Infant clinic that will provide free medicine and care to 6 surrounding communities.

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Linda Lee, a member of the Nursing team, contacted DukeEWB in the Fall 2007 to determine how to best provide water to the new clinic.

Las Mercedes, Honduras

Our Team From left: Dr. Schaad, Rebecca Stein (med student), Varun Gokarn (‘09), Anna Brown (’11), Ga-Young Joung (‘11), Stephanie Chang (‘11), Neel Vadoothkar (‘09)

Surveying Clinic Site

Investigating the Water Source

Materials Pricing

Preparing for DukeEngage Trip in Summer 2009

Photovoltaic System Project goals • Calculate system capacity • Research costs and suppliers • Practice installation • Design stand for panels

Photovoltaic system at RASD

Thank You! • • • • •

DukeEngage Chapel Hill Sunrise Rotary Engineering Alumni Council Duke Student Government Engineering Student Government • Lord Foundation • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies • Focus Program

Thank You! Uganda

•Peter Mawanda

Honduras • Dr. Dennis Clements • Dr. Linda Lee • Tim and Gloria Wheeler Bolivia

•Roey Rosenblith

•Dr. Christine Beaule

•Justis Peters

•Antonio Arce

•Tom Rose

•Joe Doane

•Inga Peterson

Peru

•Shari Quan

•UNC EWB

•Dr. Joe Nadeau •Deirdre McShane

•Bryan Billman

Thank you for coming!

QUESTIONS?

QUESTIONS?