Choluteca, Honduras
March 2011
 Kristen
Frooman
 Son Ngo
 Miriam Simon
 Amanda Peterson
**Every member helped with planning,
implementation, and documentation
 Roger
Dzwonczyk and Greg Bixler
• Provided Great Guidance and Project Planning
 Sam
Raudabaugh
• Donated the Software!
 Mike
Jewitt, Michael Wolfe, and Drew Pritt
• Not on the Computer Team but Spent A LOT of
Time in the Computer Lab
 Auto
Mechanics
Classes
 Sewing Classes
 Equipment for
Refrigeration Classes
 Computer Lab
Current Facilities
 Computers
do not
have Software or
Internet
 Lack of Funds
Refrigeration Classes
Problems
 Project
Request By: Larry Overholt
 Project Description:
• Connect 10 Computers at the Vocational School
to the Internet
• Install Windows XP and Microsoft Office to all 10
Computers
• Install Antivirus to all 10 Computers
 Connect
10 Computers to the Internet
 Install 10 Computers with Spanish
Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2007
 Install AVG Antivirus on all Computers
 Run Window Updates on all 10
Computers
 Working
Computers will Allow Students
to Participate in Computer Classes
 Computer
Lab Set-Up Will be a Model for
a Future Computer Lab at the Overholt
Home to be Used for Online Nursing
Classes
 Buy
Network Cards
 Ensure
that there is Internet Capabilities
in Honduras
 Ensure
that there is Enough Computer
Equipment in Honduras
 Acquire
Microsoft Office 2007 and
Windows XP Licenses
Saturday
Arrived in Tegucigalpa
Drove to Choluteca
Sunday
Beach Day!
Monday
Checked to See that All Computers
Worked
Installed Network Cards
Tuesday
Connected to the Internet
Began Installing Programs
Wednesday
Continued Installing Programs
Set Up Log In Names
Ran Updates
Thursday
Visit to the Farm School
Friday
Shopping and Final Dinner
 Software
was in Spanish
 Internet Cable Went Through a Hole in
the Ceiling
 Windows Updates Took a Long Time
 Desk did not Allow Access to Computers
 Ran
Out of Time to
Install Antivirus and
Run All Windows
Updates
Tasks Unfinished
 Left
Antivirus on
Desktop with
Instructions on how to
Install
 Left Instructions on
Running Windows
Updates
Solution
Product
Price
Windows XP
Donated
Microsoft Office 2007
Donated
Network Cards
$24.99/card
Trip Lite Battery Backups
$160.00/3 computers
Virus Protection - AVG
Free Online
TOTAL: $249.90 Without Battery Backup
**Battery Backups will be used During Power Outages
** Battery Backup was not Purchased but Left as a
Recommendation
 Battery
Backup
 Higher Internet Speed
 Spanish Keyboards
 Flat Screen Monitors
• More Energy Efficient
 New
Desks
• Security Locks for Computers
 Larry
and Angie Want A Second
Computer Lab at their Home for Distance
Learning
 Model
that Computer Lab Off of Positives
of the Vocational School Lab
 Document
Put Together and Left With
Larry
 New
Software Will be Installed as it
Becomes Available
 Humanitarian engineering presentation:
• Making sure that the customer asks for the
product
• The customer put input into the project
 Roger Dzwonczyk Documentation Slides
• Helped with Documentation of Project
 Citizen Engineer Book
• Give people the opportunity to learn
• Engineers have the possibility to change the
lifestyle of the populations