The Humanitarian Engineer

A discussion with Rick Iannucci from Horses for Heroes; an organization that supports the needs of the veteran community through leadership training, ranching skills, horses, and reconnecting with the spirit. Villanova engineering students have been working with H4H since 2021 on a sustainable agriculture project that focusses on veterans of the Navajo Nation. 

In this series of episodes, we will focus on Villanova’s service-learning work in Madagascar, where we partner with Catholic Relief Services. Today we’ll get some background information on the humanitarian work students and partners are engaged in here, and we’ll speak with several individuals who have played a key role in beginning and continuing Villanova’s partnership with CRS.

This episode is Part II of a two-part series that celebrates Villanova's five years of partnership with Aqua America, a division of Essential Utilities. We speak with Justin Kauffman and Peter Virag, two members of the Aqua team who have participated in the Ghana and Panama projects, respectively. They share their stories about some of the technical challenges they faced in these unique environments and the lasting impact their experiences have had on them personally.

This is the final episode in a three-part series that focuses on a refugee camp on the border of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico. We hear from an asylum seeker named Dison about his experience living in the camp.

This episode is the second in a three-part series that focuses on a refugee camp on the border of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico. We hear from Christa Cook, a Villanova engineer who has been assisting with water and sanitation projects there since 2019, about the technical constraints she faces in the camp.