New jobs for nomadic people in third world countries
ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2008) — Heather Klein crisscrosses the campus of Glassboro, N.J.'s Rowan University, from the College of Engineering to the townhouses, the dining hall to the Rec Center, on a blue Huffy 26-inch beach cruiser bicycle.
She’s hoping a clone of the bike, picked up at the K-Mart in Glassboro for about a hundred bucks, may some day make the difference in the lives of people living half a world away.
Klein, 22, a senior civil engineering major from Toms River; Josh Bonzella, 22, a senior civil engineering major from Mullica Hill; and Kevin McGarvey, 22, a senior mechanical engineering major from Williamstown, are working with Dr. Beena Sukumaran, a civil and environmental engineering professor, to develop a pedal-powered grain crusher.
Their goal? To produce a fairly simple mechanical device that people in developing countries can use to process anything from corn to barley. If it’s successful, the grain crusher can help produce food for residents of Third World countries and enable some people to generate an income as they travel from community to community crushing foodstuff for a price.
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