BU Engineers Without Borders builds clean, accessible water source for Kenyan school
Imagine walking 40 laps around a track to fetch clean water.
During Kenya’s dry season, students at Ogiek Kwaanza Secondary School travel six to eight kilometers to do just that — a routine that disrupts class time. The school faces a high dropout rate due to the dangers students may face on these walks.
This past summer, four members of the Boston University chapter of Engineers Without Borders — Clara Armon, Chaney Finkeldei, Urvi Chakravarthy and Omar Elhussini — worked with the school, located in Tinet, Kenya, to help make clean water more accessible.
Students design healthcare solutions for the underserved
The Biomedical Engineering Society, in collaboration with Bioengineering Technology & Entrepreneurship Center (BTEC), hosted the second annual BTEC x BMES Design-A-Thon on April 27th. The design challenged students to developing a product or service that will yield positive health outcomes for, and/or increase access, to healthcare technologies in underserved communities.