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Hello, I am Edgar Dingeldein, 58 years old, married and with two children. I live south of Darmstadt in an area called Modautal.  I am an architect and right now I am head of the Department of Construction Management and Technical Operations of the Technical University of Darmstadt. After secondary school I started a two-year… Continue reading System reactivated: Both devices are working again

Hello, my name is Gasianus L Senzighe. I am 63 years old and head of the technical college, the Malage Vocational Training Center (VTC), in my hometown Mwanga, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. In 1982 I had the chance to visit Germany in the course of my teachers training, where I was able to gain some experience at… Continue reading Arrival and start at Malage VTC

Hi, I’m Jonas Jeckstadt, 25 years old and living in Darmstadt, where I have been working as implementing engineer three years now. For my work I need to travel to different countries, therefore I am experienced in implementing projects in unknown cultures.  I am part of engineers without borders and active in the group SoWaDi… Continue reading We arrived!

For the upcoming eight weeks, we have planned a whole lot of things. How to integrate the travel in the overall project, what goals we are pursuing and what exactly we have planned, we want to share with you in this entry.  First, it is important to know that we are defined as a research… Continue reading Plans and aims for eight weeks in Tanzania

After three years of waiting the time has come: The next SoWaDi mission!  Three years in which a lot has happened. We built the devices not only once but twice here in Darmstadt, tried coming up with a concept of distribution,learned a lot about the device itself and brainstormed ideas on how to install measurement… Continue reading The mission team introduces itself

Strong and steady the cold german weather has reached our city of Darmstadt. As we do not want to cause any harm to the device we built here only a few months ago we have decided to shut it down until spring; making sure it is safe from snow, rain, wind and the freezing temperatures… Continue reading Hibernation of the Device

The SoWaDi team could only dream of a SoWaDi device in Darmstadt where long-term measurement data can be collected and change ideas can be quickly tested. Thanks to the TU Darmstadt, which kindly provided us with a place on the experimental field at campus Lichtwiese, we were able to fulfil our wish on the weekend… Continue reading Test device the second

Over the weekend (06/15 – 06/17 2018) it was time again for the members of SoWaDi to meet for further tests regarding the renewed construction of the plant. In order to accomplish this, our team built up the whole device within two days. The main focus was on bending the aluminium sheets, copper pipe and… Continue reading Built-up of a SoWaDi Plant

At the regional group weekend from May 25th-27th the motivated participants met once again in Mossautal at Haus St. Michael. The SoWaDi team used the time mainly to prepare for the upcoming construction of a SoWaDi plant in June. In order to have a successful reconstruction on June 15th-17th, a schedule was drawn up, which… Continue reading Preparations for the rebuilding