my new, first, real job: GUATEMALA 2008
Under funding from the National Science Foundation and the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, and in cooperation with the Charlottesville-based Ixtatán Foundation (www.ixtatan.org), 3 undergraduate students will participate in a year-long research project. The objective of the project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a low-cost, point-of-use (e.g. household-level) drinking-water treatment technology in both the laboratory and the field.
The field study will take place in the community of San Mateo Ixtatán in the Guatemalan Highlands during the summer of 2008. The study will investigate performance of ceramic water filters in terms of pathogen and turbidity removal from water, social acceptance, and a sustainable economic model for production and sale of the technology in the community.
Students selected for this project will be paid to work approximately 5 hours per week during the 2007-2008 academic year to learn basic skills necessary for their field research. In addition, they will be required to take CE 330 Water for the World in spring 2008, a second course that has some relation to the research topic.
During summer 2008, the selected students will spend 3 months living and working in San Mateo Ixtatán. Their travel and living expenses will be paid for by the project. In addition, they will receive a monthly stipend during this 3-month summer period.
The field study will take place in the community of San Mateo Ixtatán in the Guatemalan Highlands during the summer of 2008. The study will investigate performance of ceramic water filters in terms of pathogen and turbidity removal from water, social acceptance, and a sustainable economic model for production and sale of the technology in the community.
Students selected for this project will be paid to work approximately 5 hours per week during the 2007-2008 academic year to learn basic skills necessary for their field research. In addition, they will be required to take CE 330 Water for the World in spring 2008, a second course that has some relation to the research topic.
During summer 2008, the selected students will spend 3 months living and working in San Mateo Ixtatán. Their travel and living expenses will be paid for by the project. In addition, they will receive a monthly stipend during this 3-month summer period.