Saturday, 24 February 2018

Makerere University and Alto UNiversity Finand Problems Based Learning(PBL)Students to invite UCASDR



Group picture after the workshop in front of College of Engineering Design Art and Technology(CEDAT)

Muhonen Matleena From Alto University Finland and Tusiime Mathias UCASDR
College of Engineering Design Art and Technology (CEDAT) students and Alto university students showing the innovated brick from plastic bottles.


 
 
Here is the poster UP-PLASTIC: Pre-event for Go Green week February 23, 2018

It was a honor and a privilege to be 
invited by two student teams, one from Makerere University college of Engineering Design Art and Technology, and another from Alto university in Finland, who have been working to solve problems based in communities through learning, example, turning plastic waste into valuable products,  was done during the workshop at CEDAT.
Students have innovated oven that melts plastics into bricks for construction.
#UCASDR#Tusiime mathias# have participated #exhibited# it's innovated sculptures#Art works#sand#melted plastics@ College of Engineering design Art and Technology#
Communities#recycled #plastics materials#ugandanArists#Finland alto university #students#Makerere university #CEDAT#
I hope this is the only way how challenges will be solved though higher #institutions# of learning working with local communities to solve problems in the societies as well fill the gap between higher institutions of learning and grass root communities.
Thanks #Alto University#Makerere university#students#and# lectures# for the invitation#
The project is collaboration between Makerere University and Alto University was brought to live within the three-year Problem-Based-Learning (PBL) East Africa initiative, which brings together multidisciplinary student teams from four universities to develop sustainable solutions to community challenges in 2017–2020 and aims to strengthen Problem-Based Education in East African Universities. Learn more about PBL East Africa here:www.aaltoglobalimpact.org/pbl-east-africa  
We thank makerere University and Alto University for providing us the venue to showcase our work while engaging in UP-PLASTIC: Pre-event for Go Green week February 23, in front of CEDAT.