NJIT eTD: The New Jersey Institute of Technology's electronic Theses & Dissertations
Title:
Water purification in Haiti : An engineers without borders project
Author:
Valoura, Melissa
Document Type:
Thesis
Department:
Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Degree:
Master of Science
Major:
Engineering Management
Advisory Committee:
Meegoda, Jay N.
Bladikas, Athanassios K.
Das, Sanchoy K.
Thesis Date:
2009, August
Keywords:
Water purification
Milot, Haiti
Availability:
Unrestricted
Abstract:

The objective of this thesis was to present the necessary steps to help a town in Haiti develop an organization focused on improving their water quality. It goes through the technology needed to create the organization and explains the procedures for implementing a charitable project in a foreign country. A narrative of the student project in Milot, Haiti, where students from the New Jersey Institute of Technology's Engineers Without Borders Chapter implemented a water purification project, explains the course of action that was taken and gives an example of a successful project. A summary of Haiti and its history paints a picture of the environment and culture, where the project took place and gives some incite into the Haitian mindset to evaluate the potential success and failure of the implementation of a sustainable development project in Haiti.

Complete Thesis:
njit-etd2009-086 (53 pages ~ 1,825 KB pdf)
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