Cleaning up after Katrina

The 2005 earthquake that devastated Pakistan and Kashmir on 8 October and Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast region of the United States on 29 August, are reminders of how vulnerable we are. Rowan University classes were just days away from starting when Katrina hit, so we were presented with a unique opportunity. Since Rowan offers the Engineering Clinic each semester, it offered a chance to synthesize a new project that could engage a multidisciplinary team of students to undertake reconstruction miniprojects over the course of a semester.