Buckeye engineers help in Haiti, Honduras
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In a small, rural neighborhood in Choluteca, Honduras, alternating wet and dry seasons commonly lead to limited harvests and often result in a shortage of fresh produce. A group of Ohio State seniors set out to fix that problem by integrating their self-designed aquaponics system—a sustainable technique for food production that combines aquaculture with hydroponics to grow fish and vegetables without soil—into the community.
More than 900 hundred miles away in Haiti, a group of students from Solar Education and Outreach spent spring break paying-it-forward by working with impoverished communities and installing solar panels to provide lighting and electricity in schools and community centers.
Ohio State engineering students are learning how to engineer transformative solutions to some of the most compelling issues of our time in the areas of energy and environment, food production and security, and health and wellness. And it’s no coincidence that Ohio State’s Discovery Themes, officially launched last October, focus on those exact areas.
