Engineering
and public health: An interdisciplinary approach to addressing water quality in
Compone, Peru
E. Maring, G. Raspanti, G. Jaschek, K. Hogan, C. Farmer, D. Lovell, S. Grutzmacher, P. Parikh, S. Olcese
Annals of
Global Health, Volume
80, Issue 3, May–June 2014, Pages 238
University of Maryland undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty
from the Schools of Engineering and Public Health conducted field water tests
and a health needs assessment in a traditional farming community in the Andean mountain
region of Southern Peru. This innovative project focuses on health as a
cross-cutting issue best addressed as an interdisciplinary team. The project
provides an opportunity to develop relationships among different fields and
expands leadership capacity through multi-level teams of undergraduate
students, graduate students, and faculty.