Teaching: Case Studies

GDEE EU 2015: Case studies for developing globally responsible engineers

A book with all the GDEE EU 2015 series can be found here (in English) (31 Mb). 

Links to each case study are provided here: 

• Rural development and planning in LDCs: the "Gamba Deve – Licoma axis",district of Caia, Mozambique. Rama, Isacco, Diamantini, Corrado
• Reducing the impact of soil erosion and reservoir siltation on agricultural production and water availability: the case study of the Laaba catchment (Burkina Faso). Coviello, Velio, Vezza, Paolo, Angeluccetti, Irene, Grimaldi, Stefania
• Trade and Mobility on the Rooftop of the World: Gravity Ropeways in Nepal. Parikh, Priti, Lamb, Andrew
• Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Food systems with regard to Water. Hernández Díaz-Ambrona, Carlos Gregorio; Arnés Prieto, Esperanza; Marín González, Omar
• Conservation agriculture: a complex avenue to conserve and improve soils. Gómez-Macpherson, Helena; Villalobos, Francisco
• The national rural water supply and sanitation programme in Tanzania. Milanesio, Paulo; Garola, Alvar
• Use of statistical tools in a development context analysis of variance (ANOVA). Ortego Martínez, María Isabel; Lloret, Enric
• Water supply system in Kojani Island (Zanzibar, Tanzania). Bezzi, Marco; Trombino, Gabriella; Zolezzi, Guido
• Faecal sludge management in Lusaka, Zambia. Parker, Alison; Cruddas, Peter; Rose, Chris
• Water balance on the Central Rift Valley. Pascual Ferrer, Jordi; Candela Lledó, Lucila
• Rural electrification in developing countries via autonomous micro-grids. Brivio, Cladio; Mandelli, Stefano
• Photovoltaics electrification in off-grid areas. Masa Bote, Daniel
• Development of a MILP model to design wind-photovoltaic stand-alone electrification projects for isolated communities in developing countries. Domenech Léga, Bruno
• Estimation of indoor air pollution and health impacts due to biomass burning in rural Northern Ghana. Inkoom, Daniel K. B.; Obrumah Crentsil, Aba
• Improved cookstoves assessment. Clifford, Mike
• Supporting the adoption of clean cookstoves and fuels: why won't people adopt the perfect stove?. Vilchis Tella, Patricia
• Do-it-yourself approach as appropriate technology for solar thermal system: the example of CDF Médina, Dakar (Senegal). Mereu, Riccardo; Amati, Tomaso; Bengo, Irene
• Essential oil extraction with concentrating solar thermal energy. Veynandt, François
• Survival in the desert sun: cool food storage. Parikh, Priti; Lamb, Andrew
• Energy roadmap in Ghana and Botswana. Essah, Emmanuel
• Social & ethical issues in engineering. Fernández Aller, Celia; Miñano Rubio, Rafael 
• Radio communications systems in rural environments. Belinchón Salas, Inés; Sierra Castañer, Manuel 
• A Diffserv transport network to bring 3G access to villages in the Amazon forest. Simó-Reigadas, Javier 
• Finding the Poynting's theorem in a health centre in San Pablo (Peru). Echeveste Guzmán, Ignacio; Lambea Olgado, Manuel 
• Tanzania, water and health. Guerra, Pedro; Ledesma, María Jesús 
• Flood assessment and warning system, Ciaghi, Aaron 
• Technical aspects of municipal solid waste collection: case studies from East Africa. Vaccari, Mentore; Vitali, Francesco
• Plastic recycling. Cook, Alistair 

GDEE BCN 2018: Case studies to integrate and promote global issues in STEM education

Books with the GDEE BCN 2018 serie of case studies can be fond in English (8 Mb) and Catalan. The corresponding chapters and complementary materials are collected here. Two cases are also presented in Spanish. 

Links to each case study are provided here: 

• Tanzanian's Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme: Introduction to Economy and Calculus for Engineering. Pérez, Agustí; Garola, Alvar [also in Catalan]
• Algebra and Large-Scale Dam Assessment: The Case of Merowe Dam in Sudan. Requejo, David; Taberna-Torres, Judit; García Planas, María Isabel
• Exploring the Use of Recycled Aggregates in Concrete Mix Proportion: An Alternative for Haiti?. Requejo, David; Etxeberria Larrañaga, Miren [also in Catalan] 
• Widening Horizons to the Design of a Pre-Stressed Concrete Slab: A Case Study in Barcelona. Requejo, David; Oller, Eva [also in Catalan]
• Dimensioning a Drinking Water Distribution Network in Collique (Lima): Introduction to the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. Grau-Huguet, Elena; Opkala, Emeka [also in Catalan, and in Spanish]
• Multivariate Analysis and Indices Construction: Data Mining Applied to the Rural Water and Sanitation Sector in Honduras. Vergara Fuertes, Camila; Pérez, Agustí [also in Catalan, and in Spanish]