ISD 2008 Summary
In 2008 three classes (31 students and 8 mentors) traveled to Santa Cruz, Bolivia for International Senior Design. As in past years, construction on the Walter Henry School continued with two ground level classroom being completed by the end of August. Students poured foundations, laid brick and placed concrete beams for the ceiling/floor. Work on the school was always interesting and while learning the techniques to accomplish this from the Bolivian workers was often challenging, it was always rewarding. From this experience everyone spoke a little bit of Spanish when they returned home.
Design Projects included storm canal and road designs, wastewater systems for government schools, a biomedical project designing a brace for polio victims, a Master’s student teaching about water quality in Bolivian schools, business feasibility studies, and communication studies. This was the first group of classes to bring a biomedical team along, showing how ISD continues to evolve at Michigan Tech.
With the participants majoring in Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Scientific and Technical Communication, Business, and Applied Science Education there were many opportunities to learn from one another and grow as a class.
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