International Sustainable Engineering Initiative

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The stars represent countries where students or faculty have conducted research. Click on the stars to see student reports and technical briefs coming out of service in different countries.

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• Community Analysis
  General community assessment, surveying, and community economics
• Project Design and Management
  Water committees, economics, and urban-rural differences
• Project Evaluation
  Public health impacts, effectiveness of training programs
• Education
  Hygiene, project design and management training, and operation and maintenance training
• Drinking Water
  Water catchments, pumps, distribution, spring protection, storage, water system improvements, and water treatment
• Water Resources
• Sanitation
  Wastewater treatment, wastewater reuse, wash areas, soak pits, latrines, on-site wastewater treatment, and solid waste management
• Engineering and Construction
  Bridges, roads, aqueducts, construction materials
• Indoor Air Quality
  

Publications and Presentations

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• International Senior Design Projects

• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.

• The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of a Gravity-fed Water System in the Dominican Republic; Matthew A. Niskanen, June 2003;
• Suspension Canyon and Gully Crossings for Small Scale Community Aqueducts: A Design Guide Based on Experiences and Observations from Peace Corps, Dominican Republic, Lyle J. Stone, April 2006.
• International Senior Design Projects

• Design of Potable Water Supply Systems in Rural Honduras. Nathan W. Reents, June 2003;
• Technical Capacity Building of Existing Gravity Fed Rural Drinking Water Systems in Honduras, John D. Simpson, December 2003.
• Technical, Organizational, and Social Challenges of Project Development in Rural Latin America: A Honduran Case Study, Doug Messenger, August, 2004.
• Analysis of Constructability Strategies in Project Delivery: Making Infrastructure Construction Sustainable in Copán Ruinas, Honduras

• A Sanitation Plan for a Fishing Village in Jamaica that Incorporates Evapotranspiration Bed Technology; Kelly Stanforth, April, 2005.
• Evaluation of Septic Tank and Subsurface Wetland for Jamaican Public School Wastewater Treatment, Ed Stewart, 2005
• Feasibility and Action Plan for Compost Operation Incorporating Appropriate Technology at Riverton Disposal Site, Kingston, Jamaica; Preston Pendley, 2005

• An Analysis of the Relationship Between Water Accessibility, Use and Health in Muthara, Kenya, Paul M. Kennedy, November 2006.

• A Study of the Households’ Willingness to Contribute to an Improved Solid Waste Management Program in Kratovo, Macedonia, Katrina R. Finn

• Assessing Progress of Community Managed Gravity Flow Water Supply Systems Using Rapid Rural Appraisal in the Ikongo District, Madagascar.  Jonathan E. Annis, 2006

• A Water Supply and Sanitation Study of the Village of Gouansolo in MaliI, West Africa; Andrea Telmo, August 2002;
• Water Treatment and Supply in Kayes, Mali, West Africa: Treatment Processes, Operations, and Economics, Chris Vaught, December, 2003.
• 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.
• Applying Life Cycle Thinking to International Water and Sanitation Development Projects: An Assessment Tool for Project Managers in Sustainable Development Work, Jennifer R. McConville, July 2006

• The Development of a Project Management Methodology for Peace Corps Mauritania; Brock Adam Emerson, 2006

• An Analysis of the Use of Desiccant as a Method of Pathogen Removal in Compost Latrines in Rural Panama, Josephine Kaiser, November 2006
• Compost Latrines in Rural Panama: Design, Construction and Evaluation of Pathogen Removal, Daniel Hurtado, March, 2005
• The Effects of Traditional Cooking Technologies and Small Control Interventions on Indoor Air Quality in Cayo Paloma, Panama.  Matthew Babcock, 2006.

• Composting latrine manual

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Community Analysis

• Assessing Progress of Community Managed Gravity Flow Water Supply Systems Using Rapid Rural Appraisal in the Ikongo District, Madagascar.  Jonathan E. Annis, 2006
• Technical, Organizational, and Social Challenges of Project Development in Rural Latin America: A Honduran Case Study, Doug Messenger, August, 2004.
• 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.
• Applying Life Cycle Thinking to International Water and Sanitation Development Projects: An Assessment Tool for Project Managers in Sustainable Development Work, Jennifer R. McConville, July 2006

• An Analysis of the Relationship Between Water Accessibility, Use and Health in Muthara, Kenya, Paul M. Kennedy, November 2006.
• An Analysis of the Use of Desiccant as a Method of Pathogen Removal in Compost Latrines in Rural Panama, Josephine Kaiser, November 2006
• A Water Supply and Sanitation Study of the Village of Gouansolo in Mali, West Africa; Andrea Telmo, August 2002.
• Water Treatment and Supply in Kayes, Mali, West Africa: Treatment Processes, Operations, and Economics, Chris Vaught, December, 2003.
• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.
• A Study of the Households’ Willingness to Contribute to an Improved Solid Waste Management Program in Kratovo, Macedonia, Katrina R. Finn

• A Water Supply and Sanitation Study of the Village of Gouansolo in Mali, West Africa; Andrea Telmo, August 2002.
• Water Treatment and Supply in Kayes, Mali, West Africa: Treatment Processes, Operations, and Economics, Chris Vaught, December, 2003.

Project Design and Management

• Assessing Progress of Community Managed Gravity Flow Water Supply Systems Using Rapid Rural Appraisal in the Ikongo District, Madagascar.  Jonathan E. Annis, 2006
• The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of a Gravity-fed Water System in the Dominican Republic; Matthew A. Niskanen, June 2003;
• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.

• An Analysis of Constructability Strategies in Project Delivery: Making Infrastructure Construction Sustainable in Copan Ruinas, Honduras, Kraig Lothe, June 2006.

• The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of a Gravity-fed Water System in the Dominican Republic; Matthew A. Niskanen, June 2003;

Project management

• The Development of a Project Management Methodology for Peace Corps Mauritania; Brock Adam Emerson, 2006

Sustainable Project Design

• Applying Life Cycle Thinking to International Water and Sanitation Development Projects: An Assessment Tool for Project Managers in Sustainable Development Work, Jennifer R. McConville, July 2006

• 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.

Project Evaluation

• Assessing Progress of Community Managed Gravity Flow Water Supply Systems Using Rapid Rural Appraisal in the Ikongo District, Madagascar.  Jonathan E. Annis, 2006

• Applying Life Cycle Thinking to International Water and Sanitation Development Projects: An Assessment Tool for Project Managers in Sustainable Development Work, Jennifer R. McConville, July 2006

• An Analysis of the Relationship Between Water Accessibility, Use and Health in Muthara, Kenya, Paul M. Kennedy, November 2006.
• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.

• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.

Education

• International Senior Design Projects

• 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.
• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.
• Practice and importance of combining health/hygiene and environmental education with water sanitation for sustainable health benefits in rural areas
• How to Promote the Use of Latrines in Developing Countries

• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.

• The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of a Gravity-fed Water System in the Dominican Republic; Matthew A. Niskanen, June 2003;

Water Supply and Drinking Water

• Earthen Dams for Small Catchments: A Compilation of Design, Analysis, and Construction Techniques Suitable for the Developing World

• How to Select the Proper Human-Powered Pump for Potable Water

• Design of Potable Water Supply Systems in Rural Honduras, Nathan W. Reents, June 2003;
• The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of a Gravity-fed Water System in the Dominican Republic; Matthew A. Niskanen, June 2003;
• Visualizing Construction of a Gravity-Fed Water Supply System

• The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of a Gravity-fed Water System in the Dominican Republic; Matthew A. Niskanen, June 2003;
• Spring Improvement as a Tool for Prevention of Water-Related Illness in Four Villages of the Center Province of Cameroon, Lauren Fry, August, 2004.
• Protective Structures For Springs: Spring Box Design, Construction and Maintenance
• A Technical Brief for Springbox Construction

• The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of a Gravity-fed Water System in the Dominican Republic; Matthew A. Niskanen, June 2003;

• Technical Capacity Building of Existing Gravity Fed Rural Drinking Water Systems in Honduras, John D. Simpson, December 2003.

• Privatization of Urban Water and Sanitation Systems in Developing Countries

• Water Treatment and Supply in Kayes, Mali, West Africa: Treatment Processes, Operations, and Economics, Chris Vaught, December, 2003.
• An Overview of Sustainable Drinking Water Disinfection for Small Communities in the Developing World
• Privatization of Urban Water and Sanitation Systems in Developing Countries
• The Turbidity Tube: Simple and Accurate Measurement of Turbidity in the Field

Water Resources

• Measuring River Discharge (Dr. John Gierke, 2002)
• Use of Manning Equations for Measuring River Velocity (Dr. John Gierke, 2002)
• Rain Garden Design and Construction Guidelines: Rooftop runoff capture for homeowners in suburban,  urban, and rural areas

Sanitation

• Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Urban Areas of the Developing World
• Privatization of Urban Water and Sanitation Systems in Developing Countries

• Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Urban Areas of the Developing World

• 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.

• 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.

• An Analysis of the Use of Desiccant as a Method of Pathogen Removal in Compost Latrines in Rural Panama, Josephine Kaiser, November 2006
• Compost Latrines in Rural Panama: Design, Construction and Evaluation of Pathogen Removal, Daniel Hurtado, March, 2005
• A Sanitation Plan for a Fishing Village in Jamaica that Incorporates Evapotranspiration Bed Technology; Kelly Stanforth, April, 2005.
• Composting latrine manual
• How to Promote the Use of Latrines in Developing Countries

• A Sanitation Plan for a Fishing Village in Jamaica that Incorporates Evapotranspiration Bed Technology; Kelly Stanforth, April, 2005.
• Evaluation of Septic Tank and Subsurface Wetland for Jamaican Public School Wastewater Treatment, Ed Stewart, 2005

• Urban Solid Waste Management: Waste Reduction in Developing Nations
• Feasibility and Action Plan for Compost Operation Incorporating Appropriate Technology at Riverton Disposal Site, Kingston, Jamaica; Preston Pendley, 2005
• A Study of the Households’ Willingness to Contribute to an Improved Solid Waste Management Program in Kratovo, Macedonia, Katrina R. Finn

Engineering and Construction

• Suspension Canyon and Gully Crossings for Small Scale Community Aqueducts: A Design Guide Based on Experiences and Observations from Peace Corps, Dominican Republic, Lyle J. Stone, April 2006.
• International Senior Design Projects

Indoor Air Quality

• The Effects of Traditional Cooking Technologies and Small Control Interventions on Indoor Air Quality in Cayo Paloma, Panama.  Matthew Babcock, 2006.