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and the , (UPC Peru) were awarded a to build a partnership that includes a student exchange that builds technical, intercultural and soft-skills training that are needed to improve water quality in Peru.

This program will increase student and faculty collaboration, mobility and cross-cultural skills in the U.S. and Peru. It will also hone student skills via a water sanitation project for families who lack water services in the Lima district of Villa Mar铆a del Triunfo, Peru.

Capstone design student teams and faculty from both universities will work together virtually and in-person on implementation of a fog catcher system that collects water from the air to be used for domestic purposes, irrigation of orchards and the implementation of a waste-water treatment system to be re-used for irrigation. At Mines, multidisciplinary teams of students from chemical engineering, civil and environmental engineering and other departments will be involved in the project. Learn more about the overall effort .

鈥淏y participating in this collaborative design project, students from both South Dakota Mines and UPC-Peru will learn about each other's culture, country and educational differences, as well as similarities, helping them to be more globally aware and able to contribute positively to both societies in the future,鈥� says David Dixon, Ph.D., a 网曝吃瓜 professor in the Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Students at 网曝吃瓜 and UPC will begin work on the project in the summer of 2023 and continue throughout the coming year.

is the public-private sector collaboration between the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassies, Partners of the Americas, corporations and foundations working together to stimulate new higher education partnerships between the United States and the rest of the Western Hemisphere.

鈥淲e appreciate the opportunities the grant enables us to pursue. This multinational project embodies 网曝吃瓜' vision, 鈥榯o develop world-class leaders' and mission 鈥榯o educate scientists and engineers to address global challenges and engage in partnerships to transform society',鈥� says Suzi Aadland, director of the Ivanhoe International Center at Mines. 鈥淓ngineering and science are global enterprises and education in these fields must prepare our graduates to work successfully on multi-national and multicultural teams. Their work will have a global impact, and this is one project that will help our students develop some skills necessary to be successful.鈥�

网曝吃瓜 is one of 23 colleges and universities in the United States and 31 higher education institutions in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia that received funding from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund this year. The grants support innovative and inclusive training and exchange programs for students and faculty in strategic areas, including climate solutions, sustainable energy, digital transformation, health, creative industries, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), among others.