"Transformative Education: Creating Opportunity from Knowledge"   Engineers Without Borders - USA International Conference March 26-29, 2009 -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2009 Conference Projects & Workshops

Did you miss a workshop or project presentation? Below are links to both Workshop Presentations and Chapter Project Presentations given during the 2009 International Conference in Milwaukee.

Workshop Presentations

Transforming Education Panel – Beth Mercer-Taylor, University of Minnesota

Bridging Rivers and Cultures – Mike Paddock (CH2M Hill), Kevin Hagen (Graef), & Mark Maday (CH2M Hill)

Innovative Education in the Water Sector: Water Education Outreach – Caroline Joyce, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Innovative Education in the Water Sector: The Business of Water – Christine Clements, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Innovative Education in the Water Sector: The Role of Engineering Education in Meeting Water Management Needs – Michael Switzenbaum, Marquette University

"A continent, not a crisis:" How to leverage information technology in Africa effectively – Cyrus Farivar, Freelance Technology Journalist

"Soft technology" of community development and participatory appropriate technology generation – David Bartecchi, Village Earth

Working with Communities: What Brazilian Paulo Freire Has to Teach Us – John Straw, Concern America

Tools for the Harvest: Hope for the Hungry – Roger Salway and Bert Rivers, Compatible Technology International

First Steps in Confronting Poverty: Transforming Community Need into Action - Mark Bryden, Nathan Johnson and Richard LeSar, Iowa State University

Trickle Up - Learning from the People with the Greatest Need - Ralf Hotchkiss, Whirlwind Wheelchair

Engineering in the Real World - For the Classroom - Willard (Bill) Nott, ASME

Chapter Project Presentations

Muramba Together - University of Wisconsin Chapter

Teaching Students to Teach Others – Northern Arizona University Chapter

Rainwater Harvesting and Dry Compositing Sanitation for the Hope Integrated Academy, Uganda - University of Minnesota Chapter

Enriching Minds: Teaching Surveying to Haitian Students – University of Wisconsin-Madison Chapter

Plan B: Achieving Success after Unforeseen Changes to Project Design, Budget & Timeline – University of Texas at Austin Chapter

Montagua Bridge – Wisconsin Professional Partners Chapter

Computer Labs for Bolivian School – North Texas Professional Chapter

Can a Bridge Transform a Community’s Way of Thinking?: The Bayonnais Bridge, Haiti - University of Colorado, Boulder & Boulder Professional Chapter