ETHOS Technical Reports
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
10-3-2017
Abstract
The ETHOS trip to Ghana involved two Ghana Guys, Tom Tappel and Mark Rasmussen, and their work mostly at Ashesi University which hosted them for the summer. Ashesi University was founded in 2002 by Patrick Awuah, a Ghanaian Engineer who worked for Microsoft, with the intention of educating the next generation of African leaders. Ashesi is located right outside Berekuso, which is just north of Accra, the capital of Ghana and is home to university students from all over Africa. After thirteen years, in 2015, Ashesi expanded their school to include an engineering program led by Dr. Fred McBagonluri, who got his doctorate at UD and is the current Dean of the Engineering School at Ashesi. Dr. Fred introduced us to the legal predicament he was going through for some land he has purchased, and that is what has inspired our solar powered land security device that is outlined in this report. Some other things the group accomplished include being teaching assistants for Ashesi University’s Intro to Engineering course, working on design and prototyping with iDE (International Development Enterprises) in the Northern Region of Ghana, and other small projects/tasks that Ashesi could use our help on. Ghana was a great placement for the team because Ghana was also in the midst of a democratic election, allowing the team to get a better understanding of Ghana’s history and politics.
eCommons Citation
Rasmussen, Mark and Tappel, Tom, "Ghana: PIPS System" (2017). ETHOS Technical Reports. 67.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ethos_reports/67
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