Biodiversity of diazotrophic symbiotic bacteria in the tropics is a valuable but still poorly studied resource. The objective of this study was to determine if a second housekeeping gene, glnII, in addition to the 16S rRNA, can be employed to…

No continent has as high a proportion of older people as Europe. In this paper, we report the findings of an empirical project examining the legal advice needs of older people. An important element of the project also sought information…

After a few remarks about the relationship between law and technology in the Knowledge society and the position that ICT is not a kind of application of law to new needs and tools of the society but something that is…

An affordable, solar powered row house is designed and constructed for implementation in a historically low-income area of Houston, Texas. This ZeRow House is tied to the electrical grid for purchase of electricity at night, but completely compensates by generating…

Virtually all engineering education organizations from around the world agree on the critical awareness of the societal context of engineering for graduating engineers. Service learning is one viable way that can bring about students’ awareness of their role in society.…

Valparaiso University engineering students have completed a service learning project to design and manufacture an upgraded braille printing press for Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc., a charitable organization that provides free-of-charge, Christian print material to visually impaired individuals around the world.…

This paper presents the results of the assessment of a community-scale drinking water treatment system by students from the University of _____ School of Engineering, working in collaboration with members of the organization Living Waters for the World. This system,…

Traditional engineering service learning (SL) projects can be classified as: 1) collaborations with a community group or non-profit organization to provide specific engineering around a community need, or 2) an internship-like experience with industry to address work requested by a…

Utilization of industrial and agricultural waste products in the industry has been the focus of research for economical, environmental, and technical reasons. Sugar-cane bagasse is a fibrous waste-product of the sugar refining industry, along with ethanol vapor. This waste-product (Sugar-cane…

The present work shows the changes that have been happening in the learning process, where the relation professor/student stops being hierarchized   vertically as it used to be in the past, where the professor spoke ex cathedra; focusing on the aptitudes…