Global Seminars
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Final post, Sunday, Jan. 14: Kwa Heri, Tanzania!
Friday, January 12, 2024
Day 12 - 14: Safari and last night in Iringa
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Day 11: Presentation Day
Today started like any other day with breakfast at the Lutheran center, except for the fact that each of the students was looking forward to their presentations later today. Work began right after breakfast with each group continuing to work on their presentations. All the computers were filled with MATLAB and Google Earth. Each group worked hard to design the different solutions for their village, including cost estimations, distribution points, maps, and pipe sizes.
Monday, January 8, 2024
Day 10: Project work and fun little hike
After a long but exciting weekend in the villages, each group promptly began work on their respective water system solutions. We collected lots of data in the villages on elevation, water source locations, and population size. Every group started by mapping out their villages within Google Earth and by creating hand sketches. We created rough drafts of our presentations and some brave group members tackled a MATLAB challenge to solve a fluid system in a system of equations.
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Days 7-9: Our intrepid engineers return!
For the last three days our class split into three smaller design teams and spent the weekend in their individual remote villages. While there they collected data in order to be used to guide their water system designs.
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Day 6: Village visits and unexpected trouble
Today's plans consisted of visiting the villages Lukani and Kidabaga. At Lukani we viewed the water systems of the village designed by previous students. At the next village, Kidabaga, we went to the borehole drilling site, which was being dug with a mud rotary drill.
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Day 5: Learning about village churches and the roles of Bega Kwa Bega and Saint Paul Partners
After the usual breakfast of eggs and toast this morning, the group headed over to the Diocese to learn more about the structure of the village churches, as well as the roles of Bega Kwa Bega and Saint Paul Partners.
© 2021 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Privacy Statement