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Wisconsin Professional Partners Chapter
Of
Engineers Without Boarders
April 2007
Meeting Schedule
May 8th, 2007 Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) – 6:30 PM, Multi Purpose Room East on the 3rd floor of the “CC” Building, 1025 North Broadway, Milwaukee
With the summer fast approaching, and the projects making good progress, we decided to squeeze in one more meeting before the summer season. You will see below that we have several projects “in the works” and receive additional requests for help all the time.
The MSOE student chapter will present their recent project success at our meeting. The project included a water tank and conduction line, a water wheel pump and a suspended cable bridge – Wow!
Please mark your calendars for the upcoming meeting and consider helping out on one of the projects. The meeting will provide some additional background on the projects and will allow you to meet up with the project work teams.
Hope to see you there!
Mike Paddock, President
UW – Milwaukee Starts new Student Chapter
Nebaj, Guatemala The UWM students have been very busy getting organized. They have established their chapter on campus and have already identified a project. The hospital in Nebaj currently is lacking wastewater treatment. The hospital is concerned that a typhoid case in the hospital contributed to an epidemic downstream. The UWM team will perform a site assessment and work with the hospital to improve its treatment system. If you are interested in helping out on the mentoring team, please contact John Isleb at [email protected]
Project Updates
La Providencia, Guatemala The MSOE team completed the drinking water project by providing water to the upper level of the community. The project used an existing water wheel to pump the water to an upper distribution tank. The project also required a suspended cable bridge to be built for the water lines crossing of the stream.
Water is flowing! Community of La Providencia
Suspended cable bridge carrying the water line
Chirramines, Guatemala Pedestrian Bridge
Half of the students from the community school were unable to attend classes during the rainy season due to the stream crossing. In January, a team constructed a cable suspended bridge allowing the community year round access. The only access to the site was via a footpath, making construction and materials delivery a challenge.
Chirramines pedestrian bridge. Joyabaj, Guatemala Bridges
Three stream crossings were damaged during Hurricane Stan in October 2005. The Motagua Bridge team visited the sites in January 2006 and provided temporary repair designs. This April, the team will return to Joyabaj and provide a permanent solution to the crossings.
Three Bridge Crossings near Joyabaj, Guatemala to be reconstructed in April 2007
Solar Energy and Water Pump – Santa Apolina Orphanage - Tecpan, Guatemala
The Marquette Chapter had a very successful implementation trip to Guatemala in March. They installed a solar powered grey water pump for the Santa Apolina Orphanage near Tecpan. They are now planning the next phase of the project, expanding the solar energy use for the orphanage. If you are able to lend a hand, please contact Max at [email protected].
The orphans and Marquette Work team. Solar Panel installation
Solar Emergí and Water Pump – Casa Nueva Vida Rehabilitation Center – Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala
The Marquette Chapter is also working on a solar powered water pump for the Casa Nueva Vida Rehailitation Center. The center provides treatment of alcoholism and drug dependency for 30 on-site residents. We currently do not have a mentoring team assigned to this project. If you are able to lend a hand, please contact Max at [email protected].
Hydroelectric project – La Providencia, Guatemala
The Marquette Chapter is moving forward with a project that will generate hydroelectric power for the community of La Providencia. The project is in the design phase, with Tom Zalewski being our lead mentor. If you are willing to help out, please contact Tom at [email protected].
Stream near La Providencia with Hydroelectric Potential
Michigan Tech student chapter Honduras A team of 3 students and one faculty member will travel to La Ceiba in late May to perform a site assessment for the El Porvenir Day Care/Nutrition Center. This trip was approved by EWB-USA on March 27. The Day Care/Nutrition Center will be constructed by local NGO, Helping Honduras Kids. The assessment trip will concentrate on obtaining data to enable the team to prepare a site development plan for the facility and will focus on infrastructure, site layout, water treatment, sanitation and power. Fronterizo/Nueva Libertad, Guatemala The team for this project developed a simple design for a hand dug well to provide a year round water supply for this community. Two groups will travel in early April, staggering the schedule to provide a total three-week work period. Two wells will be required to serve the community. They hope to construct at least one and hopefully both of the needed wells.
Mexico The chapter is considering two separate projects based on contacts with the director of the microregions office from SEDESOL and the planning director for the Environmental and Natural Resources Secretary (SEMARNAT). One is the design of a wastewater treatment plant for Alamos, a community of 6,000 people, and the other is performing research to determine the causes of some recent illnesses, thought to be waterborne, and developing a public awareness program in the community of Yavaros (population 2000).
Website Help Needed! Our chapter is sorely in need of a website to help with our communication. If you are interested in helping out to get the website “off the ground”, please contact Angela at [email protected]. If you are interested in learning more about Engineers Without Borders, please visit the website at: www.ewb-usa.org If you would like to be added to the Wisconsin Professional Partners Contact List, please contact Angela at [email protected]
Wisconsin Professional Partners Chapter
Of
Engineers Without Boarders
November 2007
Meeting Schedule Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
CH2M HILL’s Office (135 S 84th Street, Suite 300, Milwaukee)
6:00 PM.
Pizza will be ordered for the end of the meeting (suggested contribution of $5)
I can’t think of a better way to get into the Holiday spirit than having an EWB Chapter meeting! The projects have made good progress, with several implementation trips scheduled for January and designs moving forward, as you will see below.
At the meeting, a debrief will be given from the Regional Conference along with many exciting things happening on the national level. Since we have several new members who are interested in EWB, a quick review of EWB and how we execute projects will be given. We will also review the projects in progress and opportunities for those who are willing to help.
The Executive Committee positions (President, VP, Finance, Membership and TAC chairs) are all up for election. Thanks so much to Angela, Max, Dan and Mark for your past service. If you are interested in serving on the next Executive Committee, please let me know.
I am very interested in hearing from all of you on how we can energize our chapter. So - Please mark your calendars for the upcoming meeting and consider helping out on one of the projects, or committees.
Hope to see you there!
Mike Paddock, President
Website is on the way! Thanks to Brian Wilson, we are making progress on the website. We should have an official website by the end of the year!
Project Updates - Water Nebaj, Guatemala The UWM students have been very busy getting organized. They have established their chapter on campus and have already identified two projects. The hospital in Negaj currently is lacking waste water treatment. The hospital is concerned that a typhoid outbreak contributed to an epidemic downstream. The UWM team will perform a site assessment and work with the hospital to improve its treatment system. If you are interested in helping out on the mentoring team, please contact John Isleb at [email protected]
The community of Quejchip, Guatemala is lacking drinking water for its 360 members. The UWM students are designing a spring fed water supply system, including a conduction line, distribution tank and distribution system. They are working to implement Phase I of their design in January under the mentorship of Chip Wall. If you are interested in helping out, you can reach Chip at [email protected]
Solar Energy and Water Pump – Santa Apolina Orphanage - Tecpan, Guatemala
The Marquette Chapter had a very successful implementation trip to Guatemala in March. They installed a solar powered grey water pump for the Santa Apolina Orphanage near Tecpan. They are now planning to install monitoring equipment to gather important solar energy data for the area that will help with future projects.
The orphans and Marquette Work team. Solar Panel installation
Solar Emergí and Water Pump – Casa Nueva Vida Rehabilitation Center – Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala
The Marquette Chapter is also working on a solar powered water pump for the Casa Nueva Vida Rehailitation Center. The center provides treatment of alcoholism and drug dependency for 30 on-site residents. The team hopes to install the pump this January.
La Garrucha water supply – La Garrucha, Guatemala Marquette University was successful in receiving an EPA P3 grant to study the water supply and distribution system for the 1400 people of La Garrucha. The students have made one site visit in October and will now be working on the final design this spring.
Project Updates - EnergyHydroelectric project – La Providencia, Guatemala
The Marquette Chapter is moving forward with a project that will generate hydroelectric power for the community of La Providencia. The project is in the design phase, with Tom Zalewski being our lead mentor. An implementation trip is planned for May. If you are willing to help out, please contact Tom at [email protected].
Stream near La Providencia with Hydroelectric Potential
Project Updates - Bridges
Chosovic vehicle Bridge – Joyabaj, Guatemala The MSOE Chapter of EWB is leading this project to build a vehicle bridge near Joyabaj. The bridge will provide year round access for the community to education, health care and markets. The team is hoping to implement the project in late February.
El Estor pedestrian Bridge – El Estor, Guatemala The Chicago Chapter of EWB is leading this project to build a pedestrian bridge near Lake Izabel. The bridge will provide year round access for seven communities to education, health care and markets. The team is hoping to implement the project in March and is looking for additional mentors to travel for construction. Retrios Las Canoas Bridge – Guatemala The community of Retiros Las Canoas has requested a vehicle bridge from our long standing friends at PAVA. A group of Marquette Students will be taking on the project as a part of their senior design requirements this spring. We are in need of geotech, structural and hydraulic mentors for this effort. If you are interested in learning more about Engineers Without Borders, visit the website at: www.ewb-usa.org If you would like to be added to the Wisconsin Professional Partners Contact List, please contact Angela at [email protected]