Art & Design Students, Faculty Travel to Madagascar, Help to Build Much-Needed Water Pump

By: 
M Arts Portal
Release Date: 
11/16/2010

In the summer of 2010, a group of fourteen undergrads and four graduate students led by A&D professor Joe Trumpey visited Madagascar for a course called EcoExplorers. During the trip, Stephanie Starch worked with Chris Parker on designing a treadle water pump for the small village of Ranobe. Little did she know how a new environment would change her design problems and solutions.

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