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Sustainability	  is	  recognized	  as	  being	  critical	  for	  the	  framing	  of	  engineering	  research	  and	  education	  with unique	   opportunities	   for	   engineering	   student	   training	   through	   non-­‐traditional	   university	   partnerships, including	   international	   ones.	  With	   limited	  natural	   resources,	   high	   vulnerability	   to	   catastrophic	   events, and	   isolated	   by	   the	   sea,	   Caribbean	   islands	   have	   been	   pushing	   for	   sustainable	   development	   and	   have championed	   adaptation	   as	   the	   main	   mechanism	   to	   deal	   with	   climate	   change.	   Actual	   demonstration projects	  or	  widespread	  educational	  initiatives	  needed	  to	  solve	  issues	  such	  as	  water	  scarcity	  are	  limited and	   only	   a	   very	   small	   work	   force	   has	   training	   in	   Science,	   Technology,	   Engineering	   and	  Mathematics (STEM).	  This	  paper	  discusses	  a	  secondary	  school	  student	  challenge	  that	  was	  developed	  in	  the	  Caribbean to	  address	   these	   issues	  with	  particular	  attention	  paid	   to	  Belize	  and	   the	   types	  of	   linkages	   that	  evolved with	  US	  based	  engineering	  students	  and	  the	  ways	  in	  which	  students	  in	  the	  Caribbean	  and	  the	  US	  were exposed	  to	  a	  global	  environment. Twenty-­‐four	   projects	   entered	   the	   challenge	   from	   Belize,	   two	   of	   which	   were	   formally	   engaged	   with student	  classes	   from	  two	  different	  US	  universities.	  A	  teacher	  and	  5	  students	   from	  a	  private	  secondary school	  in	  Caye	  Caulker,	  a	  Belizean	  island,	  were	  matched	  with	  a	  mentor	  at	  a	  US	  University.	  That	  mentor required	   the	   twenty	   students	   in	   his	   senior	   level	   Geospatial	   Technologies	   for	   Biosystems	   Engineering class	  to	  work	  on	  the	  Belize	  request	  to	  design	  a	  composting	  system	  based	  on	  material,	  financial,	  and	  local environmental	   constraints.	   Teams	   of	   two	   or	   three	   university	   students	   worked	   with	   the	   teacher	   and students	   from	   Belize	   and	   presented	   their	   findings	   via	   SKYPE	   and	   as	   a	   written	   report.	   	   While	   being mentored	  by	  a	   local	  Belizean	  engineer	  on	  a	  stormwater	  management	  project	  for	  their	  school	   in	  Belize City,	  connections	  were	  made	  to	  a	  Professor	  of	  Civil	  Engineering	  at	  another	  US	  university	  who	   focused her	   International	  Engineering	  Field	  Experience	  course	  on	  their	  project.	   In	  May	  2013,	   thirteen	  students from	   her	   class	   visited	   Belize	   to	   survey	   the	   site,	   teaching	   survey	   methods	   to	   the	   secondary	   school students	   as	   well.	   In	   May	   2014,	   another	   group	   will	   visit	   to	   continue	   working	   on	   the	   project,	   which involves	  the	  creation	  of	  a	  detention	  pond	  and	  an	  ecological	  park	  for	  outdoor	  laboratory	  experiments.

Sustainability Challenges &amp; the Opportunities for Global Engagement: Linking Caribbean secondary school classrooms and Engineering Departments at US Universities