Engineering and Technology Project in Developing Countries: Implementation

Catalog description

Students will contribute their discipline specific knowledge and skills as part of a multidisciplinary team to meet the engineering needs of a community in a developing country. Specific areas of need could include water treatment and distribution, energy systems, light construction, sanitation, and small-scale industries. This course will focus on the project implementation. Students will be expected to travel to a developing country as part of an education abroad experience and coordinate the realization of a project sub-system. Students will also be expected to work as part of an intercultural team and to expand their knowledge of the host country’s culture.