Team Trips
The annual Engineering in Context trip to Honduras provides an opportunity for team members to learn about the context of drinking water infrastructure in Honduras. Although each community is a new context, there are many similarities between communities in Honduras and other resource poor communities throughout the Global South. The trip provides an opportunity to hear the passion and dreams of community members, to see the common infrastructure failure modes associated with traditional engineering approaches, and to see the impact of designing for sustainability. The lessons learned are broadly applicable to infrastructure design regardless of the context. The role of feedback in systematically improving the design of infrastructure is a key insight from the visits to both traditional and AguaClara water treatment plants.
The second major goal of the trip is to transfer new knowledge from the Cornell team to our partners in Honduras. This varies by year, but typically includes new fabrication techniques, new unit processes or new scales of processes.
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Copan, Siguatepeque, Jesus de Otoro, Tamara, Marcala, San Nicolas, Atima | January 2014 |
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Lake Yojoa, Las Vegas, Atima, San Nicolas, Cuatro Comunidades, Tamara, Alauca, Ojojona, Marcala | January 2013 |
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Copan, Atima, Siguatepeque, Tamara, Cuatro Comunidades, Alauca, Marcala | January 2012 |
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La Ceiba, Atima, La 34, Tamara, Cuatro Comunidades, Agalteca, Marcala | January 2011 | |||||||
Copan, Santa Rosa de Copan, Gracias, Tamara, Cuatro Comunidades Agalteca Marcala | January 2010 |
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Copan, Gracias de Lempira, Tamara, Cuatro Comunidades Marcala | January 2009 |
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Tegucigalpa Copan | January 2004 |
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Tela La 34 | March 2005 |
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Tela La 34 La Ceiba Ojojona Copan | January 2007 |
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January 2008 | journals08 | El Progreso Ojojona | January 2006 |
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Tela La 34 | March 2005 |
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Tegucigalpa Copan | January 2004 |
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Trip photos are posted on Picasa.
- US State Department Assessment of Honduras
- Register your travel plans with the US Embassy
- Pretrip meeting presentation
- waiver form
- Honduras Trip Survey (available early fall)
- Emergency Contacts Survey (by December 15)
- Hotels where we have stayed in the past.
- Packing tips
- Principles of engagement
- Roslyn Odum's Advice on Health and Safety in Honduras
- Information on History, Culture, etc. Readings on Honduras
Immunization and Health Information
- If you haven't yet visited Gannet Health Center travel clinic, DO SO ASAP
- CDC advice to ensure a healthy stay in Honduras
- Sign up for International SOS (free through Cornell)
- Protect yourself from Dengue Fever and Malaria