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In Fall 2011, I served alongside Karen as one of the AguaClara teaching assistants. I was involved in a variety of research projects, advising the Demo Plant, Foam Filtration, Plate Settler Capture Velocity, and Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration teams. In addition to this bench-scale and pilot-scale technical research, I helped with additional research on the socio-economic aspects of AguaClara with Karim Beers and Matt Fisher-Post.

I made a brief trip to Honduras in October 2011 during Fall Break, where I worked with Jeff Will and Tamara plant operator Antonio Cerrato to turn on the full-scale SRSF for the first time.

January 2012

I had the opportunity to travel on the student trip once again in January 2012. It was a real pleasure to visit some of the people that Anderson and I lived and worked with last summer, and to see the inauguration ceremony for the full-scale SRSF. I don't think many water plants are the subject of such awesome celebrations!!

Spring 2012

In Spring 2012, I was co-TA for the AguaClara class with Karen once again. I advised the Demo Plant, Foam Filtration, and Ram Pump teams, along with Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration research at the bench, pilot, and field scale. I also conducted an independent study with Dr. Marcela Gonzalez Rivas in CRP, where we developed a conceptual framework to evaluate the overall sustainability of AguaClara projects and studied the links between engineering and effective governance.

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