ASCE Civil Engineering Club in Georgia Launches Project to Aid Struggling Haitians

摘要

To help the earthquake-impacted citizens of Haiti, students in the Marietta (Georgia) High School Civil Engineering Club, sponsored by ASCE, recently undertook an extraordinary project to research, design, and ultimately construct sustainable "green" buildings for residents of Haiti using old cargo containers. The housing will be constructed on a parcel of land in Plaine de L'Abre, Haiti. In recognition of the students' efforts, the project earned a DiscoverE Collaboration Grant of $1,000. The Marietta High School Haiti Building Container Project began last fall, when the 17 students in the club, under the guidance of professional engineers and registered architects, began developing a master plan that included the design of the initial building, which will serve as a community center. "ASCE's Civil Engineering Clubs are fantastic. The kids are really interested and I love it," says Marcellus Pitts, M.ASCE, the club's comentor and coordinator in the Cobb County School System.