Workers in brickyards in Nepal spend half their day breathing toxic particulates that are by-products of the brick-making process. That's where BYU students in Public Health, Nursing, Cell Biology and Physiology, Nutrition Dietetics & Food Science, and Civil & Construction Engineering are working to make a difference. Together they combine their diverse backgrounds and collective caring to collect data and seek solutions that will improve the quality of life for workers. [BYU Stock Photo by Jaren Wilkey]
Prosthetic limbs are a great blessing, providing mobility for many - at least those who are lucky enough to have access to them. For some, the cost of a prosthetic limb can be too high a barrier. Engineering professors and students are breaking down that barrier by innovative new processes that allow clinics in Ecuador to make their own prosthetic parts rather than relying on expensive shipments from other countries. This BYU Stock Photo captures a new moment of mobility for an Ecuadorian.
When first born, an infant's hold on life can be quite fragile - especially in locations without well-developed facilities and expertise to treat life-threatening conditions. Under the Ballard Center's leadership, BYU students turned an engineering capstone project to build a low-cost infant ventilator into a life-saving organization called Neonatal Rescue. Since that time, BYU Nursing students have traveled to Cambodia to train medical personnel there on how to use the ventilator. It is estimated that this effort could help save more than 80,000 infants per year. [BYU Stock Photo by Nate Edwards]
In some cities in Mongolia, residents must choose between keeping warm in the frigid nighttime and breathing toxic air caused by heating stoves. BYU Engineering students are giving them another choice: by improving the way that local structures (Gers) are insulated, residents can enjoy warmth with much less need for burning coal. [BYU Stock Photo by Nate Edwards]
Principles of conservation and living in harmony with the land are as old as the Earth. But that doesn't mean that there is no room for cutting-edge technology in a conservation-minded lifestyle. Solar power and state-of-the-art battery technology, such as that being developed at BYU, help enable this man to live off grid (in a region where there is no grid). This off-grid tutor shares with BYU students how their work can help others live in a sustainable way. [Photo by Kalai Ellis]
Poor water quality in Pakistan is responsible for 30% of diseases in that country but BYU engineering students think that is unacceptable! This BYU Stock Photo by Jaren Wilkey shows a BYU capstone team testing an affordable filtering device that uses microfiltration and ultrafiltration to get rid of bacteria and other pathogens. Where the original pond water was silty and contained harmful bacteria, the filtered water was clear and had no harmful bacteria.