Rice University
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Engineers Without Borders – Rice’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders sponsors student-driven, international projects that promote “sustainable solutions” which are “culturally appropriate” to the regions they serve. The types of projects vary from providing clean water for indigenous villages to air quality control in places with minimal regulations. Students spend 1-2 weeks on-site implementing their solution in the chosen community. Solutions must be low enough in cost to be implementable and simultaneously must have low environmental impact. Beyond Traditional Borders internship program – Students who have created a global health technology on campus are eligible to apply for this 10-week internship program that takes place in low-resource countries in Africa and South America. Once in country, students are expected to implement or demonstrate the technology they have created, aid the mentor on the ground, and look for solutions to other problems they see in the country. All students work in clinics or hospitals and their solutions are expected to be low-impact sustainable solutions that continue to work after the students leave the country. Rice Study Abroad - Rice offers many study abroad opportunities where students are immersed in a foreign culture and are expected to either take classes or serve in the foreign countries. Many programs focus on sustainability where students implement or research sustainable solutions for the surrounding communities.

Beyond Traditional Borders - http://www.owlsbeyondborders.rice.edu/ ; Rice Study Abroad - https://abroad.rice.edu/ .