Register now After registration you will be able to apply for this opportunity online.
This opportunity is not published. No applications will be accepted.
Improving Market Wash Stations Through Creative and Contextual Design in Durban, South Africa
Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) is a Durban-based NGO that is focused on informal workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, AeT acted quickly to help informal workers protect themselves from the coronavirus as they faced even more uncertainty and risk than usual.
One of these interventions is the Geza Izandla (isiZulu for ‘wash your hands’) station. Frequent handwashing is an effective and sustainable way of combating the coronavirus but in informal workplaces, such as Warwick Junction (an informal trading hub in Durban), running water and soap are scarce. Therefore, AeT has designed contextually appropriate portable handwashing stations (one is a stand-alone design and the other is for tabletops) which can be made from affordable and easily accessible materials. AeTs intention is to deploy these wash stations to as many informal workers as possible.
Following a widespread rollout of the Geza Izandla stations in Durban’s markets, a number of design shortcomings were revealed. In particular, weak-points, such as the nozzles, proved to be prone to breakage during periods of intense use, rendering the stations inoperable. The Global Health Engineering Chair is looking for BSc thesis students who can iterate on AeTs design, to produce a more robust and contextually appropriate wash station.
The Global Health Engineering Chair is looking for BSc thesis students who can iterate on AeTs design, to produce a more robust and contextually appropriate wash station. Successful designs/prototypes will have the opportunity to be trialed in this dynamic setting, contributing to the improvement of hygiene standards within informal workspaces.
Resources:
https://aet.org.za/67-wash-stations-for-mandela-day/
https://aet.org.za/resources/build-a-wash-station/
Keywords: WASH; Plastics; 3d Printing; South Africa
Not specified
The Global Health Engineering Chair is looking for BSc thesis students who can iterate on AeTs design, to produce a more robust and contextually appropriate wash station. Successful designs/prototypes will have the opportunity to be trialed in this dynamic setting, contributing to the improvement of hygiene standards within informal workspaces.
The Global Health Engineering Chair is looking for BSc thesis students who can iterate on AeTs design, to produce a more robust and contextually appropriate wash station. Successful designs/prototypes will have the opportunity to be trialed in this dynamic setting, contributing to the improvement of hygiene standards within informal workspaces.
Interested and qualified students are invited to apply for the Fall 2022 semester. Experience with plastics and 3d printing would be helpful. For more information, please contact: Dr. Marc Kalina (ETH Zurich) mkalina@ethz.ch
Interested and qualified students are invited to apply for the Fall 2022 semester. Experience with plastics and 3d printing would be helpful. For more information, please contact: Dr. Marc Kalina (ETH Zurich) mkalina@ethz.ch
ETH for Development (ETH4D) aims to develop innovations that are directly relevant to improving the livelihoods of people in low-resource settings and to educate future leaders in sustainable development.
2022-05-10_nozzles-student-advert_ET.docx
