2007 News
General
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Profs. Angela Bielefeldt and Scott R. Summers receive a
grant from the Lindbergh Foundation for their work on
evaluating the effectiveness and lifespan of home water
filters.
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Prof. Bernard Amadei is co-recipient of the 2007 Heinz
Foundation award for the environment.
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ApproVideo provides a collection of short
videos illustrating a wide range of sustainable and
appropriate solutions for developing communities
worldwide.
Education
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For CVEN undergraduate students, an EDC
track in
CEAE
allows undergraduate students to follow a typical CVEN curriculum and emphasize the developing world
in their socio-humanistic, technical electives. The students focus their
senior design project activities on issues relevant
to developing communities and sustainable
development.
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2007 Public Health for Developing Communities Student
Presentations (1,
2)
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2007 Sustainability in the Built Environment Student
Presentations (here)
- CVEN 4838/5838
Engineering for the Developing World,
CVEN 5830-002: Energy
Technology and Policy,
and MBAX 6130-800 Sustainable Venturing
offered in Fall 2007.
- 2007 Engineering for the Developing World
Project Presentations (More..)
Research and Development
Outreach/Services/Projects
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EWB-CU/EDC students and faculty worked in Namsaling (Ilam district), Nepal during the
summer 2007. Check the Rocky Mountain News
article, a short
video,
and a
slide show.
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EDC students are developing a
new initiative in
Chile entitled "Engineering for Developing
Communities: Synergy of the Americas". Read
more...
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In
Iquitos, Peru, the EDC Program is working with
Centura Health’s Missions and Community Health
Program to establish a communication link between a
medical clinic in the Amazon jungle and the Clinica
Adventista Ana Stahl in Iquitos, Peru. Project
design will be guided by WiFi systems currently in
operation in the high Amazon region.
Read more..
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In Afghanistan, EDC
is working with the
Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education
(CAETE) at CU Boulder and the
Afghan
e-Quality Alliance based at Washington State
University to provide scholarships to young engineering
faculty members in six Afghan universities. The
scholarships will allow young engineering faculty in
Afghanistan to study toward certification in
Telecommunications, Engineering Management or Electrical
and Computer Engineering. All certificates courses are offered online through CAETE.
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EDC received a NCIIA Sustainable Vision grant for
"Developing a Replicable Model for Sustainable
Technology Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan"
In the News
Peace Through Empowerment
(Denver Post, 11/15/05)
Engineers Put Skills to Humanitarian Use (Longmont
Times Call, 10/24/05)
Engineering's Soft Side (Denver Post, 09/30/05)
From the US to Rwanda:
Building Bridges Between Worlds (CEM Magazine, fall
2005)
Students Ready
for Rwanda: Engineers Planning Trip to Africa.
(Campus Press, 09/27/05)
The
Monk, the Rapid Sand Filter and NASA (Stormwater
Magazine, July/August 2006)
Engineers Put Idealism to Work (Baltimore Sun,
10/01/06)
Doing Good is Good Business (Engineering News
record, January 1-8, 2007)
Water without Borders (ME Magazine Online, February
2007)
Rainforest to Get Internet Access (Colorado
Daily, July 30 2007)
Fast, Cheap, and In Control (Boston Globe,
August 9 2007)
The Doctor is in...Nepal
(Get Boulder Magazine,
Fall 2007)
Engineering with Heart (Earth and Sky Radio,
Sept 15 2007)
National Public Radio, Colorado Matters Interview
(Oct. 1, 2007)
Heinz Award Acceptance Speech and Video
(October 22, 2007)
TIME
Magazine article,
The Power of One (December 10, 2007)
PBS OnLine NewsHour (PBS):
Engineers Take Expertise Overseas
(December 7, 2007)
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