We have assembled small equipment items into a water quality lab that fits into a suitcase. The suitcase lab enables 16S rRNA gene amplicon based characterization of millions of bacteria in water samples, almost anywhere in the world. A fantastic outcome of our collaboration with colleagues in Ethiopia.
Every year I have the privilege of working with talented CivEng students on their MEng/BEng projects. This year, MEng student Joseph Lazenby developed a fantastic website to interpret and share water quality information with the public, while BEng student Maximillian Ballard produced a BEng project prize-winning website on sanitation solutions. Well done, both!
