Resources

News Stories and Articles

• Michigan Tech Offers Nation’s First Peace Corps
  Master’s International Mechanical Engineering Program
  
  
• Peace Corps Master's International Programs at Michigan Tech is nation's largest
  
  
• Michigan Tech Ranks #1 in Peace Corps Master's Degree Programs
  
  
• Global Sanitation: Latrines Trounce Toilets
  
  
• 2007 D80 Conference Engineering Development for Humanity
  
  
• Prosperity By Design: D80 Conference
  The 2nd Annual D80 Conference will be Saturday November 8, 2008
  
  
• Core Values with Corps Program; Michigan Tech Alumnus, August 2002, (http://www.mtu.edu/alumni)
  (123 kb PDF File)

References

• Mihelcic, JR "Educating Tomorrow's Global Engineer through a Unique Partnership with the U.S. Peace Corps," Woman Engineer, 30-33, Fall, 2004.
• Mihelcic, JR, "Educating the Future's Water Professional, Water Environment Technology, 16(9): 86-92, 2004
• Mihelcic, JR, JC Crittenden, MJ Small, DR Shonnard, DR Hokanson, Q Zhang, H Chen, SA Sorby, VU James, JW Sutherland, JL Schnoor, "Sustainability Science and Engineering: Emergence of a New Metadiscipline," Environmental Science & Technology, 37(23), 5314-5324, 2003.
• Orr, BD, JR Mihelcic, TJ Van Dam, "Engineering Help while Getting a Degree," IEEE Potentials, 22(2):32-34, 2003

Research Reports

• A Water Supply and Sanitation Study of the Village of Gouansolo in MaliI, West Africa; Andrea Telmo, August 2002;

Review Abstract (PDF File)
Complete report (2.9 Mb PDF File)


• Design of Potable Water Supply Systems in Rural Honduras
  Nathan W. Reents, June 2003;

Review Abstract (PDF File)
Review Complete Document (11 Mb PDF File)
Obtain Design Software described in this Report


• The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of a Gravity-fed Water System in the Dominican Republic; Matthew A. Niskanen, June 2003;
  
  Review Abstract
  Complete Report (7.8 Mb PDF File)



• Technical Capacity Building of Existing Gravity Fed Rural Drinking Water
  Systems in Honduras, John D. Simpson, December 2003.
  
  Review Abstract (PDF File)
  Complete Report (904 kB File)



• Water Treatment and Supply in Kayes, Mali, West Africa: Treatment Processes, Operations, and Economics, Chris Vaught, December, 2003.
  
  Review Abstract (PDF File)
  Complete Report (1.24 Mb PDF File)



• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.
  
  Review Abstract (PDF File)
  Complete Report (1.86 Mb PDF File)



• Technical, Organizational, and Social Challenges of Project Development in Rural Latin America: A Honduran Case Study, Doug Messenger, August, 2004.
  
  Review Abstract (PDF File)
  Complete Report (1.6 Mb PDF File)

• A Comparison of Wash Area and Soak Pit Construction: The Changing Nature of Urban, Rural, and Peri-Urban Linkages in Sikasso, Mali, , Brooke T. Ahrens, February, 2005.
  
  Review Abstract (PDF File)
  Complete Report (1 Mb PDF File)
  
  
• Compost Latrines in Rural Panama: Design, Construction and Evaluation of Pathogen Removal, Daniel Hurtado, March, 2005
  
  Review Abstract (PDF File)
  Complete Report (6.5 Mb PDF File)
  
  
• A Sanitation Plan for a Fishing Village in Jamaica that Incorporates Evapotranspiration Bed Technology; Kelly Stanforth, April, 2005.
  
  Review Abstract
  Complete Report (6.8 Mb PDF File)
  
  
• Evaluation of Septic Tank and Subsurface Wetland for Jamaican Public School Wastewater Treatment, Ed Stewart, 2005
  
  Review Abstract
  Complete Report (1.6 Mb PDF File)
  
  
• An Analysis of the Use of Desiccant as a Method of Pathogen Removal in Compost Latrines in Rural Panama, Josephine Kaiser, November 2006.
  
  Review Abstract
  Complete Report (1.2 Mb PDF File)
  
  
• An Analysis of the Relationship Between Water Accessibility, Use and Health in Muthara, Kenya, Paul M. Kennedy, November 2006.
  
  Review Abstract
  Complete Report (1.2 Mb PDF File)
  
  
• The Development of a Project Management Methodology for Peace Corps Mauritania, Brock Adam Emerson, 2006.
  
  Review Abstract PDF
  Complete Report PDF
  
  
  
• The Effects of Traditional Cooking Technologies and Small Control Interventions on Indoor Air Quality in Cayo Paloma, Panama, Matthew Babcock, 2006.
  
  Review Abstract PDF
  Complete Report 7.7 Mb PDF
  
  
  
• A Study of the Household's Willingness to Contribute to an Improved Solid Waste Management Program in Kratovo, Macedonia, Katrina R. Finn, 2007
  
  Abstract
  Complete Report PDF

Technical Briefs

• Composting latrine manual (1 Mb PDF file)



• Measuring River Discharge (Dr. John Gierke, 2002)
  (133 KB PDF File)



• Use of Manning Equations for Measuring River Velocity (Dr. John Gierke, 2002) (89 KB PDF File)



• Practice and importance of combining health/hygiene and environmental education with water sanitation for sustainable health benefits in rural areas (179 KB PDF File)



• How to Promote the Use of Latrines in Developing Countries (269 KB PDF File)



• Earthen Dams for Small Catchments: A Compilation of Design, Analysis, and Construction Techniques Suitable for the Developing World (668 KB PDF File)



• Protective Structures For Springs: Spring Box Design, Construction and Maintenance (1,310 KB PDF File)



• A Technical Brief for Springbox Construction (775 KB PDF File)



• Visualizing Construction of a Gravity-Fed Water Supply System (2,064 KB PDF File)



• How to Select the Proper Human-Powered Pump for Potable Water (275 KB PDF file)



• An Overview of Sustainable Drinking Water Disinfection for Small Communities in the Developing World (322 KB PDF File)



• Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Urban Areas of the Developing World (310 KB PDF File)



• Privatization of Urban Water and Sanitation Systems in Developing Countries (310 KB PDF File)



• Sustaining Rural Transportation in Developing Countries (299 KB PDF File)



• Urban Solid Waste Management: Waste Reduction in Developing Nations (314 KB PDF File)