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Mortenson Center Digest - Nov. 26
, 2019
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Remembering 'Mort' Mortenson
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| Seated in front :Alice & Mort Mortenson |
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Mauritz 'Mort' Mortenson (CivEngr'58) passed away Nov. 9th in his home in Minneapolis, MN at age 82. He leaves behind a deep personal and professional legacy
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As chairman of
M.A. Mortenson Co.
from 1960 to 2015, he was known as a "humble servant-leader." His company built several buildings on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, including the Champions Center, Indoor Practice Facility and Visual Arts Complex. People who knew him well remember him as genuine, dedicated to his family, and a man of integrity.
At the College of Engineering and Applied Science, Mort will be remembered best for his deep commitment to global engineering education and research through the endowment that created and continues to support the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering. Bernard Amadei, the founding director of the Mortenson Center said, "Without Mort, the Center would not have had the same support and impact. They helped us build a program that is unique in the world. I'm forever grateful to Mort and his family for supporting an idea that, at the time, was kind of risky."
Current Mortenson Center Director Evan Thomas says he looks forward to helping to continue Mortenson's legacy. "Mort valued building a community of service. The family's endowment of the Mortenson Center has created a family of CU students, faculty, staff and alumni who are working around the world to alleviate global poverty," said Thomas. "The Mortenson Center will continue to embody Mort's spirit of service."
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Josh Tacca
Mechanical Engineering and Mortenson Center student Josh Tacca completed his Practicum last year working with the Range of Motion Project (ROMP) in Quito, Ecuador. ROMP is a nonprofit organization that provides prosthetic and orthotic care to people without access to these services.
Amputation is more prevalent in developing countries. Only one in 10 people in need of assistive devices such as prostheses and orthoses. have access to them according to the Santards of Prosthetics and Orthotics at the World Health Organization (WHO). ROMP partnered with tech startup Tukuna to develop and test a 3D printer filament made from 100% recycled plastic bottles, which could be made into limb sockets. The plastic bottles are collected by people in Quito who pick them up from the streets and dumpsters and sell them to Tukuna. ROMP held week-long clinicals and amputees traveled to the clinic, some from many miles away, to have the prosthetists fit them with prosthetic legs.
Josh helped with patient intake and he standardized the way information was gathered from patients. He also determined the 3D settings and would troubleshoot the printing process.
The method ROMP used for making a socket started by scanning the patient's limb. Then they would modify the digital model of the leg, create a digital socket, print the socket out of recycled plastic, prepare the socket (sanding, buffing, adding a valve, etc.) and fit it to the patient.
By adjusting printer settings, prosthetists were able to obtain consistent 3D prints. Tacca standardized operation procedures, from scanning to modifying to fitting the socket.
Of the practicum experience Josh said, "I gained experience working with an international non-profit and gained a better understanding of the needs and challenges of prosthetic care in resource-limited environments." Josh is currently working on processing data for a study that examined how the biomechanics and gait symmetry of sprinters with unilateral, below-the-knee amputations changed when running with different stiffnesses, heights and models of running-specific prostheses.
Read the full article.
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Call For Abstracts Extended
Fri., Dec. 6, 2019, 5:00pm - Deadline to Submit
The 8th annual
Colorado WASH Symposium takes place March 4-5, 2020. Thy have extended the deadline for abstract submissions. Applicants will be notified of acceptance or denial by mid-Jan.
Submit your abstract now.
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| Job and Funding Opportunities |
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Program Engineer at Community Engineering Corp
Denver, CO
Community Engineering Corps (CECorps) is a partnership program of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and American Water Works Association (AWWA). The Program Engineer is employed by EWB-USA and is responsible for the overall support of engineering work of the CECorps program as it relates to EWB-USA and program overlaps with ASCE and AWWA. The ideal candidate is a builder and believes in the power of engineering to change the world.
Learn more and apply.
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CONAPAC Executive Administrator
Fri., Dec. 6, 2019 - Deadline to Apply
Iquitos, Peru
CONAPAC (Conservación a la Naturaleza Amazónica del Perú, A.C.) is seeking a full-time, in-country Executive Administrator to manage all aspects of the NGO. The administrator will be in charge of all aspects of CONAPAC, working directly with a small full-time staff, handling project planning and oversight, budget planning and management, communication with donor partners, marketing and promotion, in-country public relations through Amazon Explorama Lodges, social media and coordination of activities for periodic volunteers.
Learn more and apply.
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The Lab Now Accepting Proposals
Fri., Dec. 20, 2019 - Deadline to Apply
The Lab is now accepting proposals for the 2020 cycle. They call for ideas that target sustainable energy access, cities, agriculture and nature-based solutions and that target India, Brazil, and Southern Africa, as well as other climate mitigation and adaption sectors and developing countries.
Read about The Lab and submit an idea.
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Short Term Sanitation Consultant
Thur., Feb 20, 2020 - Deadline to Apply
Ghana & Liberia
Global Communities, an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable changes that improve the lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable. They seek an experienced Private Sector Consultant to carry out an assessment in Liberia for replicating the Ghana Dini-Loo experience.
Read more and apply.
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COO At Water Mission
Water Mission is a Christian engineering non-profit working to end the global water crisis. They are looking for a Chief Operating Officer (COO) with a clear calling to the position and to the ministry.
Learn more.
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MCGE Wishes You a Happy Thanksgiving
Enjoy Your Break!
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