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 Music by Shawn Lee
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