Teams of students in grades 5 to 7 locate a contaminant spill in a hypothetical site by measuring the pH of soil samples. They then predict the direction of groundwater flow using mathematical modeling and use the engineering design process to come up with alternative treatments for the contaminated water.

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Earthquake-shattered Haiti is a world apart from America’s grassy college campuses. Yet for a growing number of U.S. engineering undergraduates, the country serves as a living classroom where they can apply their knowledge and skills to help real people – half a million of whom still live under tarps or tents – recover from the worst natural disaster in modern times.

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Tags: clean drinking water, Curriculum, Disaster relief, Embry-Riddle, Engineering, Engineers Without Borders, grand challanges, Haiti, Humanitarian efforts, Lafayette College, project Haiti, solar power, University of Colorado