STEM Design

Engage in on-going engineering research and implement your findings at your international community partner onsite location.

Research and Immersion Opportunity Examples

Assistive Technology

• Design and test devices to help visually impaired students learn STEM concepts. Partner with Vision Empower in Bangalore, India.

Biomass Combustion

• Learn the physics and chemistry of biomass combustion processes as well as the modeling, design and testing of biomass cook stoves. Field test your results with Burn Design Labs in Kenya or Washington State.

Sustainable Community Infrastructure

• Implement sustainable agriculture practices, such as aquaponics systems or biogas stoves, with cooperatives and farmer organizations through Agriterra in Antigua, Guatemala.
• Implement last mile sustainable energy solutions with SELCO in Bangalore, India.
• Conduct water quality analysis to mitigate the impacts of pollution and climate change on coastal systems at Baruch Marine Field Laboratory in South Carolina.

Decrease Health Disparities

• Identify and develop agriculture and ecological services to provide natural products to reduce and improve health outcomes for individuals exposed to environmental toxins in India.