Engineering Projects In Community Service: Transforming Lives, Building Global Communities…

1. Engineering Projects In Community Service:Transforming Lives, Building Global Communities… Virginia Booth Gleghorn: August 2012 Purdue University and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology through collaboration with the National Society of Black Engineers: PURDUE CHAPTER, KNUST CHAPTER

2. Transforming Lives, Building Global Communities (TLBGC) Purdue EPICS Original Team 2011-12

3. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology NSBE Members in partnership 2011-12 TLBGC Stakeholders KNUST Professor Lead Contact Person: Dr. S. OduroKwarteng KNUST Student: Rosa Djangba, Senior in Architectural Engineering Fritz Buatsi: Managing Director: Kaddacon Limited Construction (Water Supply Systems, Ghana) ImoroAbdulai, NSBE Ghana Executive Director Calvin Young, NSBE National Chairperson Professor Riall Nolan, Purdue University Professor of Anthropology, Development Billy James Dega, NSBE GHANA Membership development

4. Purdue Universities Partnerships to meet community needs and improve education Purdue share EPICS Joint design teams EPICS Ghanaian Design Teams Industry supports EPICS teams Industry supports Design teams Industry Purdue EPICS teams with NSBE student members design for Ghanaian communities Ghanaian student teams with NSBE Members design for local communities Ghanaian Communities

5. Project Overview • T • Semester One: Discovery • Preliminary visit to Ghana, West Africa to meet students at various universities to gain a ‘community and community partners’ to work in conjunction with Purdue EPICS students to implement a meaningful engineering project in a village. • Met with students, industry, governmental leaders, and faculty from University of Cape Coast, All Nations University, University of Accra, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology • Conducted a preliminary needs assessment through interviewing students, faculty, leaders, and industry. The overall consensus for community intervention was in the area of clean water, education for women, and power.. • Surveys were conducted via facebook, e-mail blasts, and twitter to confirm the top three initiatives. • An EPICS TLBGC Advisory Board was established, along with prospective partners in the Ghana area. • Preliminary budget estimates were gathered to look at the scope and cost of the project • KNUST University agreed to partner with Purdue and identify three villages that meet the criteria of the project for a future visit in the Summer 2012. • A Civil Engineering Construction Company submitted a basic cost estimate for the work needed to supply clean water and electricity for a village of 300-500 people. • Plans were made to visit the three villages over the summer with 3-5 EPICS students if funding was secured for this project. • A proposal was submitted to Ford Motor Company to fund the project in the amount of $20,000.00 • The proposal was declined. In lieu of no funding, Patrice and Virginia looked at alternative funding and made plans to visit the villages.

6. Village Criteria Requested • Select A Village that Best Fits the Following Criteria: VILLAGE CRITERIA • Rural village not connected to the power grid • Population size of 200 to 500 • English friendly (have someone that can interpret/translate) • Leadership infrastructure that welcomes and engages the TLBGC team • Community is open and welcoming to women leaders and women’s empowerment • Open to the support of reliable partnerships and NSBE partnerships within and near the community that can devote time and effort through project design phase and beyond. • Close proximity to community partners and partner university. • Open to NSBE/WINE student and professional mentoring within the village during and after project completion • Preferably has a school and/or clinic that can beneficially participate in and achieve impact through project implementation and sustainability • Preferably has an affiliation with one or more students/partners within the project community

7. Village Criteria Established • Green indicates achieved criteria: VILLAGE CRITERIA • Rural village not connected to the power grid • Population size of 200 to 500 • English friendly (have someone that can interpret/translate) • Leadership infrastructure that welcomes and engages the TLBGC team • Community is open and welcoming to women leaders and women’s empowerment • Open to the support of reliable partnerships and NSBE partnerships within and near the community that can devote time and effort through project design phase and beyond • Close proximity to community partners and partner university • Open to NSBE/WINE student and professional mentoring within the village during and after project completion • Preferably has a school and/or clinic that can beneficially participate in and achieve impact through project implementation and sustainability • Preferably has an affiliation with one or more students/partners within the project community

8. Project Overview • Summer Accomplishments August 19-27, 2012 • Dr. Patrice Buzzanell and Virginia Booth Gleghorn went to Ghana, West Africa along with members of the National Executive Board of the National Society of Black Engineers to discuss collaboration between Purdue EPICS, NSBE, and NSBE Ghana. They were also in Ghana to participate in a Youth Leadership Conference at All Nations University in Korforidua, Ghana. • We visited Cape Coast University, Ghana Telecom University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), All Nations University and several professors, professionals, and students. • We met with the Chief Justice of Ghana, the Minister of Education of Ghana, the Chancellor of All Nations University, the Provost of KNUST, and professors affiliated with the project to develop next steps moving forward with the team there at KNUST. • We visited two villages of the four selected. • We collected preliminary data about the villages and the needs of the village. A complete data collection will be initiated this semester through the team at KNUST pending the speedy establishment of a MOU and start-up funding to cover student expenses for village visitation.

9. Project Overview • The goal for this semester includes the following: • KNUST Team village introductions. There will be 5 to 7 members of the KNUST Team, consisting of majors significant to project completion and at least 60% of which are active NSBE Members at KNUST. The KNUST Team leader is Rosa Djangba, who received her B.S. in Architectural Engineering last year. She is doing community work this year. She will be the key point of contact and needs to have bi-weekly SKYPE or conference calls with the Purdue Team Leader to stay abreast of what is going on here and communicate information relative to the villages. Rosa will assist in conducting a full needs assessment of both the Wioso and the Nerebehi villages. Wioso in Ghana (general) is located in Ghana - some 135 mi (or 217 km) North-West of Accra, the Ghanaian capital. • There will be a comprehensive demographic and topographic breakdown of both villages, including population by gender, age groups, number of houses, household size, water, sanitation, electricity grid, road conditions, health clinics, languages, number of women in leadership and what they do, educational status of villages, and conducting a pre/post assessment of academic skill sets in the children. • Complete photographic description of village layout, topography, existing fixtures, close-i[ damage assessment of existing structures, roofs, huts, crops, crop potential, recreational activities. • Prioritize needs assessed by villagers and identify the top three to five initiatives to be completed by Summer 2013 • Develop design concepts for selected initiatives and complete budget assessment for project completion • Complete budget for project installation • Plan next phase for project sustainability

10. Welcome to the Bekwai Municipal Assembly and the Wioso and Nerebehi Villages!

13. GHANA VISIT: AUGUST 18-27, 2012 • http://youtu.be/p6p6mGEXkh4

14. Preliminary Village Data: Selected Communities in Bekwai

15. Actual Data: To Be Provided by KNUST Team (Target - 9/17/12)

16. PROJECT BUILD ESTIMATE: Village Water System and Solar Power(Fritz Buatsi)

18. These items will be broken down into equipment and labor with indicators of what work students can do, versus work that must be done professionally. This will greatly reduce the cost for parts and labor.

20. Cost Summary: 96,309 Ghana Cedis (conversion 2 Ghana Cedis = $1.00 US)

21. Sample Timeline (This team will own this and revise)

22. Current Status: You can use this template to track • What progress has been made since the previous milestone? • Which tasks have been completed? • What issues have been resolved? • What new issues have risen? * • Is the project currently ahead of schedule, on track, or delayed? • If delayed, what is the mitigation plan?

23. Issues and Resolutions • Description of the issue • How was it resolved? • What and how did it impact the project? • Time • Cost • Other

24. Timeline: Track specific items and their completion status. You will need one for the KNUST Team as well. Both should compliment each other.

25. Looking Ahead • When is the next milestone? • What are the expected deliverables? • Known risks and issues • What is the investigation timeline for these issues? • What are the immediate next steps?

26. Dependencies and Resources: Identify all key partners and their relationship. Establish a communications schedule for each.

27. Appendix Add all supporting documentation

28. Appendix • Budget • Design documents • Sustainability plan (3-5 year minimum) • Supplemental documents • Contact information