CIVIL + ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Tackling Contamination in Ghana
In an effort to raise awareness about dangerous levels of nitrates that are making their way from pineapple fields into the water supplies of villagers in the West African nation of Ghana, CEE Professor Fred Boadu enlisted Pratt undergraduate Natalia Rossiter-Thornton, a senior CEE major, to spend three weeks in Ghana last summer. Nitrates can lead to the death of infants and cause cancer in adults. They traveled to two villages informing people about the contamination of their water supply and gathering information about their farming practices. Boadu uncovered the problem while mapping the geology in Ghana, his home country.
CEE Events
Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar - Development of a Metamodel for More Informed Sustainable Urban Development: Preliminary Results
Friday, September 5, 2008
12:30pm - 1:30pm, Teer 203
FIP Distinguished Seminar Series - Dr. Arye Rosen
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
4:15pm - 5:15pm, Fitzpatrick Center Schiciano Auditorium
Pratt & Career Center Resources Seminar
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
4:30pm - 5:30pm, Fitzpatrick Center Schiciano Auditorium