Dual-Team Model for International Service Learning in Engineering: Remote Solar Water Pumping in Guatemala

Borg, John P.; Zitomer, Daniel

doi:10.1061/(asce)1052-3928(2008)134:2(178)

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“…Generally, ISL allows for an immersive international experience, which is widely recognized as effective in helping students recognize their biases, develop appreciation for different cultures and contexts, and build skills in ef fec tive intercultural communication (Cheney, 2001;Deardorff, 2006) and in helping to produce global citizens (Douglas & Jones-Rikkers, 2001;Horn & Fry, 2012). The fields of business (Metcalf, 2010), engineering (Borg & Zitomer, 2008), nursing (Green, Comer, Elliot, & Neubrander, 2011), and social work (Gam mon ley, Rotabi, & Gamble, 2007) have all documented how ISL programs support the particular values, competency needs, and learning outcomes of their respective professions. In a 2013-2014 study of the nearly 300 NASPAA member programs, roughly two thirds of the 140 respondents offered study-abroad oppor tunities but only 1 program required study abroad and only 7 offered ISL programs (Rubaii, Appe, & Stamp, 2015).…”

Section: Pedagogies To Prepare Students For Global Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Bringing the 21st-Century Governance Paradigm to Public Affairs Education: ReimaginingHowWe Teach What We Teach

Rubaii

2016

Journal of Public Affairs Education

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Section: Pedagogies To Prepare Students For Global Diversitymentioning

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Bringing the 21st-Century Governance Paradigm to Public Affairs Education: ReimaginingHowWe Teach What We Teach

Rubaii

2016

Journal of Public Affairs Education

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“…From an institutional perspective, important lessons learned from this experience are that developing strategic partnerships and using existing frameworks are keys to developing successful -and sustainable -programs. Consideration of models used at other universities 17,23 may help identify a model that is responsive to the opportunities and challenges unique to the University of the Pacific.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several innovative courses and programs integrate the social benefit of engineering as the central theme [7][8][9][10][11] , while other universities provide formal programs for students to go abroad for study, work, or service learning [12][13][14] . Service learning has taken many forms within engineering programs and has been found to assist in students' professional development [15][16][17][18][19] . At some institutions, globallyfocused engineering student organizations, such as Engineers Without Borders and Engineers for a Sustainable World, reflect students' growing interest in international development, eradication of poverty, environmental action, and application of technology for social benefit [20][21] .…”

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Formal Service Learning Opportunities: Engineering Internships in Social Entrepreneurship Organizations

Saviz

Fernandez

Basha

2012

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-Over the past three years, a collaboration between the School of Engineering andComputer Science and the Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of the Pacific has provided students with internship opportunities at five different social entrepreneurship organizations distributed among six countries. The summer internship program administered by the Global Center seeks to provide an enriching experience for participants, to raise awareness of the broad application of social entrepreneurship across different disciplines, and provide qualified student assistance to organizations seeking specific help. Working with the socially entrepreneurial organization, students were required to apply problem-solving skills in environments where language, culture, technical support, and supervision were very different from levels experienced during their more 'traditional' internships in the United States. These internships in social entrepreneurship allowed students to learn first-hand that successfully implementing projects in other countries requires strong technical skills and a fundamental understanding of local cultural, political, and contextual factors. At the institutional level, lessons learned included the importance of forming strategic partnerships to increase opportunities and capitalize on limited resources, and the need to use existing frameworks to facilitate student involvement in such service-learning opportunities.

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“…In addition, the authors were able to identify a single peerreviewed paper addressing renewable energy applications in Guatemala. Borg and Zitomer (2008) describe a servicelearning project which used a portable PV-based system to transfer water from a collection tank to a 24 m elevated tank.…”

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An evaluation of the use of renewable energy to pump water in Sacala las Lomas, Guatemala

Granich

Elmore

2009

Environ Earth Sci

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An evaluation has been conducted to establish if using renewable energy is technically and economically feasible to pump water in Sacala las Lomas, Guatemala. A deep groundwater well has been proposed and a multistage pump system is being considered to distribute groundwater to users' homes. A weather station was erected in Sacala to collect site-specific data. Wind velocity, wind direction, solar insolation, temperature, precipitation, and barometric pressure data were collected over a 1-year study period. The analysis of the data indicated that the potential power generated by a photovoltaic array or wind turbine would be insufficient to economically pump water to the village under current conditions. Although there may be reasons other than economics that make the potential renewable energy applications attractive, the space and maintenance required to install and operate a sufficient off-grid system outweigh the benefits. A grid-intertie system would allow any number of solar panels to be used in the system while still providing the electricity demand using grid-power.

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Dual-Team Model for International Service Learning in Engineering: Remote Solar Water Pumping in Guatemala

Cited by 45 publications

References 2 publications

Bringing the 21st-Century Governance Paradigm to Public Affairs Education: ReimaginingHowWe Teach What We Teach

Bringing the 21st-Century Governance Paradigm to Public Affairs Education: ReimaginingHowWe Teach What We Teach

Formal Service Learning Opportunities: Engineering Internships in Social Entrepreneurship Organizations

An evaluation of the use of renewable energy to pump water in Sacala las Lomas, Guatemala

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