Decentralized Solutions for Global Water Scarcity and Security

This global learning opportunity addresses socio-technical dimensions of water scarcity through two decentralized water treatment technologies – Solar Water Farms (community-scale desalination) and Moringa oleifera filters (household-scale) – in Tanzania and Kenya. The program will establish a “living-learning lab” at the University of Dodoma, Tanzania, for international water research and learning. 

Faculty team members:  
R. Patrick Bixler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs 

Manish Kumar, Ph.D., Professor, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering 

Anastasia Schauer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering  

International partners:   
University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania, and South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya   

Student team members:

• Maya Granoff- Business Honors; Management Information Systems, Chinoso Obiefule- Physics Honors, Katherine Peckham- Economics, Rebha Archaya- Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Iris Schmeder- Biology Honors, Natalie Grater- Biology, Avery Adame- Biomedical Engineering
• Sneha Sinha- Religious Studies; Biomedical Engineering, Hogan Nance- Environmental Engineering, Janhavi Singh- Human Biology
• Benjamin He- Neuroscience; Plan II Honors, Samuel Crowson- Business Administration; Finance, Ashish Jacob- Neuroscience Honors; Government, Luke Barnard- Business Administration
• Habsa Aydid- Mechanical Engineering, Sidney Abdullah- Civil Engineering, Sofia Portas- Physics; Mechanical Engineering, Davide Yerima Noca- Mechanical Engineering