This event provides a great networking opportunity for students on-campus to meet WaSH professionals over lunch. They discuss research ideas, interests, and new developments with these experts. This year we conducted two such events with the following speakers:
- Dr. Evan Thomas:
In collaboration with the Global WasH Faculty Cluster, the Global WasH Student Chapter got the opportunity to host Dr. Evan Thomas, Director of the Mortenson Center at UC Boulder for a lunch, on February 14th, 2020. Dr. Thomas is an Associate Professor and holds the Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Over an Ethiopian lunch, he discussed with a small group of students about his research which focuses on remote sensing and “Internet of Things” technologies for monitoring of water, sanitation, energy resources, as well as water & air quality testing and treatment applied particularly in developing communities.
- Dr. Lena Trotochaud:
On March 2nd, 2020, we hosted Dr. Lena Trotochaud, a Research Scientist from Duke Center for WaSH-AID. Over lunch, she spoke to students about her work which included physico/electro or chemical methods for remediation of aqueous pollutants in WaSH technologies, and a focus on increased compliance with ISO standards.