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    1. Lonny Grafman, InstructorEnvironmental Resources Engineering
    2. Service Learning Engineering Courses
      ENGR114: Whole Earth Engineering
      Examples, Hands on & Discussion
      ENGR215: Introduction to Design
      Design Process & Technical Writing
      ENGR305: Appropriate Technology
      Science, How To & Qualitative Analysis
      ENGR308: Tech. and the Environment
      Technology, Excel & Quantitative Analysis
      Parras Summer Program
      Full immersion summer in Mexico
    3. ENGR215: Introduction to Design
      Projects:
      Real
      Hands on
      All parts of an open design process
      Works towards a better world
      Clients:
      Time • Effort • Money
      Student teams (of 3 or 4 students):
      Time • Effort • Money
      Other Coursework:
      Time managment, Team work, Technical writing, ACAD, Office, Project management
    4. ENGR215: Discovery Museum S06, S08
      Service Learning Video
    5. ENGR215: Redwood Coast Energy Authority F05, S07
    6. ENGR215: Full Belly Project F08
      http://www.thefullbellyproject.org/
    7. ENGR215: Full Belly Project F08
    8. ENGR215: WaterpodS09
    9. ENGR215: WaterpodS09
      Shown on almost every major news channel and many publications, including the New York Times and North Coast Journal. Nature Magazine mentioned HSU and Engr215 Projects last month.
    10. ENGR308: Technology and the Environment
      Current Clients:
      • Campus Center for Appropriate Technology
      • Danco
      • Redwood Coast Energy Authority
      • Greenway Partners
    11. Parras: Summer Immersion
    12. On Wheels
      Reinventing the Wheel
      Spinning Wheels
    13. ENGR305: Appropriate Technology
      Small sample of 305 projects:
      • Solar food dehydrator
      • Solar lawnmower
      • Bike trailer backpack
      • Eureka rainwater
      • Arcata greywater, Ecuador greywater
      • Hotel solar pool heating
      • Curdled milk paint
      • Photovoltaic feasibility study
    14. How Other Courses are Using Appropedia
      To document existing projects
      • Potawot, Arcata Marsh (HSU - Poppendieck)
      To coordinate projects
      • Retrofit Streetlights in Pennsylvania (Clarion Univ.)
      To collaboratively research
      • Green Materials (Queens College - Canada)
      To document own project designs
      • Int’l Development Design Summit (MIT)
      To translate
      • -------->
    15. Appropedia: Service Learning through Translation
    16. More than Academia
      A Few Partners:
      • Village Earth
      • Architecture for Humanity
      • Engineers without Borders – Australia
      Vibrant Community:
      • Thousands of visits a day
      • 77 thousand edits to date
      • 11 million page views to date
    17. Appropedia in Other Media
      Recent book – Citizen Engineer:
      • Many excellent books and articles discuss natural resource usage and sustainability; we recommend that you visit Appropedia for an overview of key considerations and recent engineering community insights.
      Planet Green Discovery from Yesterday:
      • The absolute best resource that I've found for appropriate technology….
    18. Questions?
      Thank you!

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