Each class is composed three 60-minute parts: a seminar by the instructor, student led discussion, and a hands-on action learning component.
| week | Topics | Seminar | Action Learning: Shop & Lab | Key Dates |
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1 |
Intro |
Introductions—Our Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Stories/Interests and Yours! |
Introduction to Creative Capacity Building and Participatory Design |
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2 |
Water Use and Access, Sustainable Development Goals |
“Tour” of the World’s Water Sources, Access, and Use and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
Insanirator Pitch/Demo by Andrew Tsang Speed Dating: Term Project Profiles and Pitches |
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3 |
WASH and “One Health” |
Guest Lecture: Hellen Amuguni, Associate Professor at Cummings School, Tufts University One Health |
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4 |
Decentralized Sanitation |
Latrines |
Shop: Materials (PVC, Concrete, Plaster), Pipes, Hinges, Tools, and Technologies Used in Toilet Design and Construction |
Optional Field Trip: Middlesex Fells Reservation and Reservoir |
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5 |
Wastewater Treatment |
Urban Wastewater Treatment in High- and Low-Income Countries |
Project Work Session |
Project Scope Statement Due |
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6 |
History of Boston’s Water Supply |
No Seminar (Field Trip) |
No Action Learning (Field Trip) |
Field Trip: Metropolitan Waterworks Museum |
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7 |
Water Quality, Water Diseases, Storage, and Treatment |
Water Quality, Storage, and Treatment, Disease Classification, and Water-Related Hazards |
Water Quality and Treatment Lab: Turbidity and Coliform Testing |
Term Project First Deliverable Due |
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8 |
Participation and Solid Waste Management |
Guest Lecture: Libby McDonald, Lecturer at MIT D-Lab Community-Scale Solid Waste Management |
Project Work Session |
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9 |
Community Water Treatment |
Guest Lecture: Kate Cincotta, Co-founder and Executive Director of Saha Global Saha Global Story |
Water Quality and Treatment Lab: Coagulation, Filtration, and Disinfection |
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10 |
WASH, Disasters, and Refugees |
Case Studies—WASH & Disaster Relief in Puerto Rico and Refugee Camps in Jordan |
Chlorination CCB Work |
Term Project Second Deliverable Due |
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11 |
Centralized Water Treatment |
No Seminar (Field Trip) |
No Action Learning (Field Trip) |
Field Trip: Salem-Beverly Water Treatment Plant |
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12 |
Hygiene and Menstrual Hygiene |
Hygiene & Handwashing Gender Issues in WASH Guest Lecture: Zubaida Bai, CEO of azyh ayzh Clean Birth Kits |
Project Work Session—Applying Lenses to Your Work (Gender, Age, Literacy, etc) |
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13 |
Final Projects |
Final Projects |
Soda Can Stoves |
Final Projects Due D-Lab Project Poster Session and Showcase |
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14 |
Final Projects and Cool Careers |
Final Projects |
Cool Careers in WASH & Environment |
