Introducing "The Team" Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, coordinated a J-term trip in 2008 for five engineering senior students and two advisors to travel to the Karagwe District of Northwestern Tanzania. The purpose was to install two solar-powered water pasteurizers. The seniors had majored in a combination of ME and EE and one in both. They were: Andrew DePompolo / Tom Knowles / Ann Majewicz / Jason Menken / Andre Trawick IV / The original advisors included Dr. Kaye Smith, School of Engineering and one other who had to back out at the last minute because his father was extremely ill. The team looked outside for another advisor and invited me, Professor Jan B. Hansen, School of Education at the University of St. Thomas. Our team leader, Ann spearhead
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