FRS 001Y —
Sec. 001 —
(1 unit) — CRN 35585 — T 5:10 – 6:00 pm —
3102B Engineering
III
Appropriate Engineering Technology in Developing
Communities
Instructor: Bill Fleenor, Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering,
College of Engineering
Description: The course will present the student
with the concept
of the need to use technologies appropriate to the community being served. The
material will include both the need for considering cultural sensitivities as
well as the need for the technology implemented to be sustainable
within the community.
The course will include design, testing, and implementation of a project in a
developing community. Besides the enrolled students, the class will
include participation
by upper-class students and graduate students as mentors. The objective of the
class is not only to contribute to new and ongoing development projects in an
effective way, but also to expand the dimensions of experience for
emerging engineers.
It is our vision that this is a primary path to achieving a more
sustainable world,
without suffering the consequences of engineering projects that are socially,
culturally, or economically inappropriate.
Format: The seminar will meet one hour each week.
The time will
be divided between informal lectures by the instructor, graduate students and
practicing engineers with developing community work as well as
discussion of various
reading materials supplied to the students. There is no text for the
class. Grading:
Students will be required to write a report on the laboratory tests performed
which will account for (1/3) of their grade. The balance of the grade will be
based on quality and frequency of class participation on the assigned reading
(1/3) and the work performed on testing of the project implementation
(1/3). Implementation
of the project will be carried out by a small number of students.
About the Instructor: Bill Fleenor is a Research Engineer in
the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department with experience working on
remote field projects both in the US and abroad. His research interests include
the interaction between fluid transport and mixing processes with water quality
in natural and engineered systems using a combination of field experimentation,
detailed laboratory studies and numerical modeling.