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Multi-University Partnership for Global Service Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The African Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (ACREST) is an NGO located in Bangang, Cameroon. ACREST has partnered with the University of Kentucky and Purdue University in a joint service learning and engineering program to design and build a low cost, diesel powered Multi-Purpose Utility Vehicle (MPV) and a small-scale biodiesel production plant to generate the fuel needed to operate the vehicle. Students from the University of Kentucky and Purdue University have worked alongside technicians from ACREST to implement these two integrated projects. Lessons learned as well as best practices from the development of service learning in engineering programs for undergraduates will also be presented.

Source: International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship

DOI: 10.24908/ijsle.v0i0.5558

Authors: Jeffrey Seay, John Lumkes

Institution: Purdue University West Lafayette

Language: English

Topic: Engineering Education and Global Impact

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Partnerships for the goals, Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1511754580

FWCI: 2.043

Cites: 10

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10