From: ewbpurdue@googlegroups.com [mailto:ewbpurdue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mohtar, Rabi H. Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 12:16 PM To: Harris, Michael T; Fentiman, Audeen W; Kokini, Klod; Jamieson, Leah H.; 'Lloyd, Mike'; 'Raji Hattar'; 'Bob McDonald'; 'ewbpurdue@googlegroups.com'; Holloway, Elizabeth M; Manning, Allene D; Noah, Amy R.; Hannibal, Nancy C; 'kinnari@purdue.edu'; Percifield, Carolyn A.; Crawford, Melba M; Martin, Christopher John; Schneider, John A.; Bralts, Vincent F; 'Peter Muhoro'; Ahmed Demyati; Antonio Bobet; Bill Anderson; Chaubey, Indrajeet; Dale Harris; Duket, Steven D; Eckhard Groll; Ersoy, Okan; George Chiu; Gikas, Kristin N; Harley, Brian D.; Hong, Wei; Hua, Inez; Imbrie, P.K.; Joe Pekny; John Paul Allain; Sutherland, John W; Lia Stanciu; Litster, James Donald; Hastak, Makarand; Mohtar, Rabi H.; Oakes, William C.; Ouyang, Zheng; Qu, Ming; Roy, Kaushik; Schweitzer, Mary; Sharma, Pankaj; Shih, Tom I-P. Cc: Hua, Inez; Roy, Kaushik; 'Antonio Bobet'; Williams, David M; Weintraut, Andrew Aldrich; Dare, Anne E; Mohtar, Rabi H.; Whitlock, Sharon K.; Leavitt, Vicki; Higgins, Linda L; Schweitzer, Mary Subject: [EWB - Purdue: 105] GEP announces 2010-11 GDT Callout Please join us at the call out and learn more about Global Design Team. Please share the information with your students and interested colleagues. Thank you, Rabi [cid:image001.jpg@01CB5654.1E07CB60] September 13, 2010 To: Engineering Faculty & Student Advisors From: Rabi H. Mohtar, Director, Global Engineering Program (GEP) Re: 2011 Global Design Team (GDT) Callout GEP's second annual GDT callout will take place on Thursday, September 23rd at 6:00pm in STEW 206. Please inform your students about this opportunity for international design experience with faculty-led groups, in several locations around the globe. Projects are planned for the spring semester with an opportunity for course credit and travel. The callout is open to all majors and class levels. Please encourage your students to attend, learn what is available, and get involved! Global Design Teams provide students with the opportunity to be involved in international development projects that include full-cycle design experience in a real-world environment that raises global awareness by providing a global experience with humanitarian impact. Projects and locations: Water harvesting - Lebanon and Colombia Basic utility vehicle - Cameroon Fuel briquette hand press - Cameroon Water resources assessment - Palestine Solar duck egg hatchery - Indonesia ... with other projects and locations to be announced! For further information, contact: Anne Dare, Graduate Research Assistant Global Engineering Program, CIVL 1259 765-746-1810, adare@purdue.edu<mailto:adare@purdue.edu> Schedule: 6:00 - 6:10 Meet & greet 6:10 - 6:25 Overview of GDT concept Highlights from past teams 6:25 - 6:45 Introduction to 2011 projects and faculty leaders 6:45 - ? Break-out groups to discuss projects with faculty leaders Please share this information with your students and encourage their participation! Food will be provided! [cid:image002.jpg@01CB5654.1E07CB60]
