scholarly journals Community Driven Development of Rocket Stoves in Rural South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne De Chastonay ◽  
Michael Bugas ◽  
Shreya Soni ◽  
Robert Swap
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
South African ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
University Of Virginia ◽  
African Community ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The University

This paper presents a sustainable cook stove project made possible by a partnership between a United States university and a South African community.  Faculty and students from the University of Virginia and the Mashamba Primary Presidential School collaborated to produce a cleaner and more sustainable method of cooking. The Rocket Stove, a high efficiency stove that uses wood as fuel, was adapted and implemented in the Mashamba Primary Presidential School in 2010 through a collective effort from both the University and Mashamba.  Since then, University of Virginia students have revisited Mashamba and are now working closely with the primary school to determine the positive and negative impacts the cookstoves have instilled on the community. As collaboration between the University of Virginia and Mashamba Primary School continues and more knowledge about the integration of the stoves is revealed, the partners hope to disseminate information about the Rocket Stove to other portions of the region.  The following is a story about the implementation of the rocket stove within a community. It is also a story of how service learning and engaged scholarship can produce a sustainable solution impacting what development means to a community, creating a ripple effect within an entire region.

High Ampere-Turn Density Coils for the Reduction of Magnetic Lens Size

1967 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 228-229
Author(s):  
N.C. Lund
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Water Cooling ◽  
University Of Virginia ◽  
Minimum Thickness ◽  
Support Functions ◽  
Magnetic Lens ◽  
Practical Advantage ◽  
Cooling Jacket ◽  
Window Area ◽  
The University

In Electron Microscope design it is often of considerable practical advantage to keep the amount of iron used in the column at the optically necessary minimum. To achieve this, lens dimensions must be kept relatively small with concomitant high ampere-turn density. In the design of the 500,000-volt column for the University of Virginia, ampere-turn densities in the order of 2500 to 3000 NI/in2 were made possible by the incorporation of high-efficiency cooling techniques in the coil design.A system was devised which would envelop the windings with a water-cooling jacket of minimum thickness in such a manner as to serve also as the sole structure or support for the windings. The combining of cooling and support functions into a single thin-walled structure allows maximum window area to be utilized for windings, within the confines of established iron circuitry dimensions.

scholarly journals Transgressive Partnerships: Community engagement in a South African university

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Hall
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
South African ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Learning Problem ◽  
Research Systems ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

Conceptualizing community engagement as intertwined with teaching and long-established approaches to research requires a consideration of the epistemology of knowledge itself. What is accepted as legitimate knowledge? And what is the scope of the university’s role in recognizing and validating forms of knowledge and defining curriculum boundaries, understood as the ways in which the university disseminates knowledge that it has validated as authentic? A working understanding of community engagement would include service learning, problem-based teaching and research that addresses specific wants and needs, the pursuit of alternative forms of knowledge and challenges to established authorities that control and direct research systems and the allocation of qualifications. This article considers why this kind of engagement has remained on the margins of the traditional university in South Africa – via a case study of community engagement at the University of Cape Town – despite a decade of clear public policy and asks: why does there appear to be resistance to its inclusion despite a number of incentives that include moral affirmation for contributing to social and economic justice.

scholarly journals Status of undergraduate community-based and public health physiotherapy education South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Mostert-Wentzel ◽  
J. Frantz ◽  
A. J. Van Rooijen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
South African ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
The South ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Study Guides ◽  
The Government ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

Curricula of health education institutions need to be periodically revised to be aligned with its context. This study explored the status of physiotherapy curricula in South Africa as point of departure for benchmarking by individual institutions. A document analysis was done of the university physiotherapy departments (N=8) in South Africa. institutional ethical clearance and permission from the heads of departments were obtained. Content analysis was used to analyse the South African Qualifications Authority exit-level outcomes and the university study guides for community placements. Most universities employed a form of service-learning, with interventions in a range of settings. Five themes emerged: practice of evidence-based physiotherapy, rendering physiotherapy services, acting professionally, communication, and collaboration. The country’s priority conditions were addressed. Teaching-learning strategies included group activities (class or education sessions), community projects, home visits and portfolios of evidence. Personal and small-group reflections were prominent. The undergraduate community physiotherapy curricula in South Africa address the health profile of the population and priorities in the health system to different degrees. The variation between universities should be interpreted with caution as the study guides only gave a limited snapshot into each institution’s curriculum. However, findings suggest that each physiotherapy university department may have gaps in preparing physiotherapy undergraduate students for the needs of the South African population and expectations of the government. Possible ways to share teaching-learning resources are recommended

scholarly journals “. . . What Is Going On in the Lives of These People?”: Encouraging Community Engagement in Development Economics Studies

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401982955
Author(s):  
Carike Claassen ◽  
Derick Blaauw
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
South African ◽  
Development Economics ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
North West ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Town ◽  
The University

To respond to the numerous socioeconomic challenges facing South Africa, universities must equip students to actively participate in economic development initiatives. Students from Economics and all disciplines in the Social Sciences have a pertinent role to play in this regard. This article presents an initiative to implement service learning as part of the curriculum for Development Economics students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at a South African public university. Undergraduate and postgraduate students acted as fieldworkers who carried out survey research in the local informal economy in the university town of Potchefstroom in South Africa’s North West Province. The experiences of students and lecturers in these two complimenting projects are compared and contrasted. The enthusiasm for the project was a clear theme emerging form the pilot projects. Future endeavors must employ even more resources to enable even more reflection in the learning experience. The possibility and benefits of converting the complete curriculum of Development Economics into a service learning approach also emerged from the research.

scholarly journals Water Purification in South Africa: Reflections on Curriculum Development Tools and Best Practices for Implementing Student-Led Sustainable Development Projects in Rural Communities

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Eric Harshfield ◽  
Ana Jemec ◽  
Ofhani Makhado ◽  
Elias Ramarumo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
University Of Virginia ◽  
The University

This paper presents a sustainable development project in which University of Virginia students collaborated with University of Venda faculty, Global Sustainability Club students, and local community members to address water problems in a village in the Venda region of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The cohort’s goal was to implement a sustainable and contextually appropriate water purification and distribution system. The authors present the design and constructed process for a slow sand filtration system intended to provide clean drinking water to most households in the community. They present and analyze the successes, failures, and ethical dilemmas encountered throughout project execution. Also, the authors assess the project based on three evaluation criteria for service learning projects and explore possibilities for follow-up through the collaboration between the University of Virginia and the University of Venda. The paper ends with a reflection examining aspects of engineering community engagement projects including site assessments prior to project implementation, project timeframes, and crosscultural institutional collaborations.

Partnerships and Power: Community Partners’ Experiences of Service-Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
South African ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Learning Partnerships ◽  
Advance Student ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University

Service-learning is a form of community engagement deemed beneficial to both students and community members. However, while there is a large and growing body of research investigating whether service-learning does indeed advance student learning, there has been paucity of research on whether service-learning benefits community partners, and in what way. This study is based on interviews with community partners at a South African university, to explore how community partners experience service-learning. The findings suggest that community partners value service-learning partnerships and believe that the presence of students does, for the most part, meet a need in the community. However, the findings also show that service-learning partners long for greater commitment and attention from the university partner, and that few partners feel empowered to initiate and drive service-learning partnerships, which are instead typically set up by the university. These findings also suggest that service-learning partnerships are of value to partners, but that more needs to be done to address the power relations inherent in partnerships between universities and community partners.

Injector for a 100-500 kV Linac Electron Microscopy Source

1967 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 274-275
Author(s):  
John W. Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Linear Accelerator ◽  
Beam Current ◽  
Ion Trapping ◽  
University Of Virginia ◽  
Electron Injector ◽  
Illumination System ◽  
Radio Corporation Of America ◽  
The University ◽  
Optical Integration

The injector to be described is a component in the Electron Injector-Linear Accelerator—Condenser Module for illumination used on the variable 100-500kV electron microscope being built at the Radio Corporation of America for the University of Virginia.The injector is an independently powered, autonomous unit, operating at a constant 6kV positive with respect to accelerator potential, thereby making beam current independent of accelerator potential. The injector provides for on-axis ion trapping to prolong filament lifetime, and incorporates a derived Einzel lens for optical integration into the overall illumination system for microscopy. Electrostatic beam deflectors for alignment are an integral part of the apparatus. The entire injector unit is cantilevered off a door for side loading, and is topped with a 4-filament turret released electrically but driven by a self-contained Negator spring motor.

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