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Cargo Containers Could Help House Haitians

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Audience/Grade: College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s): Architectural Engineering
Civil Engineering
Community-based Service Learning
Construction Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
General Engineering, Engineering Science
Mechanical Engineering
Technology and Society
Special Topic(s): Appropriate Technology
Learning Resource Type: Teaching - Case Study
Media Type:

 WWW
Author(s): Broderick Perkins
Organization: AOL News
Description: News article about research at Clemson University's project to convert excess cargo containers to emergency housing after eathquakes and hurricanes.
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Keywords: Haiti earthquake, earthquakes, seismic construction, cargo containers
   
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Related ABET Criteria: (c) Design a system, component, or process
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context
Use of Resource: Good case study in community-based design and socially-responsible design.
Difficulty: Easy
Interactivity Level: Low

   
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Publication Date: 2010
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/cargo-containers-could-help...
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS