In 2013, a Georgia Tech student visiting the community of Nuevo Amanecer, a small neighborhood in rural Nicaragua, was struck by how damaging the method of cooking with an open fire could be to people’s respiratory health. This led to the beginning of a project to give the people of Nuevo Amanecer clean cookstoves, a project that’s been the work of Georgia Tech’s Engineers Without Borders for almost eight years.
In January, Tech alumnae Lisa Cupid and Jerica Richardson were sworn in to serve on Cobb County’s Board of Commissioners. Joined by three other women, this marks the first time all five Cobb County commissioners are female.
Telling stories helps us learn and integrate new information into our existing knowledge. With the support of a $3.1 million grant, this approach is being infused into the entire College of Engineering.
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