(00:17:41) Podcast Clip of
4: David Boroto - Engineering With & Without Borders
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In this episode we talked to former Mr. Blue and Gold, David Boroto, about working in civil engineering in Kenya and then Toronto!
Notes
1:37 - Getting involved in Engineers Without Borders, taking an interest in international development
7:42 - First 4 months at Kwangu Kwako - building affordable slum housing in Nairobi
13:10 - Innovation in civil engineering - building houses like lego
17:40 - Day-to-day tasks at an infrastructure startup
20:26 - Talking to families in the biggest slum in Africa, a different perspective on poverty
33:39 - How EWB has changed over time, going from being self-centered to human-centered
38:44 - Traffic engineering at IBI Group back in Toronto, working on dozens of different projects
42:30 - One particularly interesting project with Boulder traffic data
47:50 - On civil engineering moving slowly
54:09 - How the work has influenced David going into 4th year, making a career in infrastructure and global development, advice for PEY students
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Music by Shawn Lee
