Compone, Peru Assessment Trip
January 6-16, 2013
Background
In
early December 2012, the School of Public Health (SPH) Dean’s office set in
motion a plan to build collaboration with the University of Maryland College
Park (UMCP) chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). UMDs chapter has current
projects in Peru, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia. A UMCP-EWB team has been meeting
weekly in preparation for a trip to a rural community in Peru to assess
previously implemented projects and to develop an improved water disinfection
system. I was honored to be part of the first SPH team to join EWB on a trip,
along with SPH graduate students, Graciela Jaschek and Greg Raspanti.
Sitting down over 24 hours with the other team members, I
learned about their lives, and learned that each Engineer comes with an
adjective. Among our group, we have civil, computer, bio, mechanical, and
environmental engineers. I also learned
about aerospace, agriculture, chemical, fire protection, electrical, materials,
nuclear, architectural, biomedical, and industrial engineers. I won’t define
them all, but go ahead and test me. J
The team from left to right: Nelson Quispe, Zack Lawrence,
Addison Goodley, Lis Maring, Kevin Hogan, Maria Coelho, Kelly Latham, Graciela
Jaschek Greg Raspanti, and Ed Miller
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