Building Trust During International Development Work: A Case Study Of A Recent Ewb Project

Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Marissa R. Jablonski is a Graduate Student of Civil/Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). She has served as Co-chair of UWM's Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders since its beginning in 2007 in which time-span they have successfully completed a water distribution project in Guatemala. Her research efforts focus on water resources and the role of ionic strength on the adhesion and detachment of E.coli bacteria in its transport through porous media. Marissa was a 2008 recipient of the National Science Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, the 2008 Wisconsin Water Association Scholarship, and the 2007 and 2008 UWM Chancellor’s Graduate Student Awards. Marissa is a member of ASEE. She received her B.S. degree in Natural Resources and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2003, and will receive her M.S. degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering from UWM in 2009. Marissa has been accepted to continue her Ph.D. in Civil/Environmental Engineering at UWM next fall.