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ASU team helps protect World Heritage Site in Ethiopia

ASU team helps protect World Heritage Site in Ethiopia

A group of Fulton Schools students who are members of the ASU chapter of Engineers Without Borders are part of a team working to preserve and protect the environment and wildlife in the Simien Mountains National Park in Ethiopia, a UNESCO World Heritage site where ecosystems are threatened. Mechanical engineering student Tyler Norkus, president of the ASU chapter of Engineers Without Borders, is the co-lead for the project that teams anthropologists, engineers and wildlife conservationists and students from around the world to clean up plastic trash at the site and use it to provide income for communities in Ethiopia. The engineering students are building machines that will shred plastic bottles and melt the containers to make souvenirs that can be sold to tourists. 

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