The 9th Annual D80 Conference, Making Connections: The Past, Present and Future of Design, was held Saturday in the Dow Building.
As a dialog and celebration of student efforts to solve issues that confront the world’s poorest 80 percent, this year’s conference featured presentations by the following: Pavlis Institute, Engineers Without Borders, Peace Corps Master’s International, Efficiency through Engineering and Construction Enterprise and International Senior Design. In addition, a faculty panel discussed the history of appropriate technology and design.
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- Welcome: Dr. Lorelle Meadows, Dean, Pavlis Honors College
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Into India 2015 (J. Barker, S. Curtis, J. Cavins, E. Fernandez, Pavlis)
- Quebrada Pastor Water Distribution System (D. Benoy, C. Carbary, A. Crispo, M. Ziols, iDesign)
- Water Supply for Guatemalan Communities (R. Dougherty, EWB)
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Water Sources in Valle Escondido, Panama (K. Blodgett, H. Henderson, K. Jung, D. Oldani, iDesign)
- Our Experiences in Ghana and Tanzania (M. Cromie, J. Seaser, Pavlis)
- Bridge Design for Quebrada Caracol, Panama (S. Lopez, J. Mathieu,, A. Romenesko, J. Schmitt, Y. Zeng, iDesign)
- Houghton County Energy Efficiency Team (K. Abbott, L. Artman, ECET)
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Keynote Panel: How Does Change Happen? Cases in Technology and Design
- Sarah Fayen Scarlett – Introduction
- Jonathan Robins – “175 years of Appropriate Technology: The West African oil palm industry in historical perspective”
- Steve Walton – “The Rise and Fall of Appropriate Technology? How the social impacts the technical”
- Laura Walikainen Rouleau – “Designing a Public Privacy: The Social and Cultural Construction of Public Restrooms in the United States”
- Kari Henquinet – Comments and Q/A
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Clean Water for Quebrada Caracol, Panama (M. Cherng, N. Rademacher, S. Stoolmiller, iDesign)
- Water Supply in Quebrada Pinzón, Panama (J. Mack, R. Sachar, S. Thakur, N. Wienold, iDesign)
- Workshop: Drill, Baby, Drill: Water Wells in Developing Contexts (E. Kunik, A. Wohlgemuth, PCMI)
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