ENGR 0715 - Fall 2007
Engineering Applications for Society

Community Partners

• Community Human Services Corporation (CHSC)

  Website: www.chscorp.org
  Executive Director: Adrienne Walnoha
  
  CHSC is located on Lawn Street in the South Oakland neighborhood. It's fundamental mission is the revitalization of the Oakland neighborhoods which it works towards by providing a variety of neighborhood services. These services not only aim to assist local youth, families, and the homeless, but also serve to forge relationships and lines of communitcation between long time residents and newer residents affiliated with the universities.

• Hazelwood Initiative

  Website: www.hazelwoodhomepage.com
  Executive Director: James Richter
  
  The Hazelwood Initiative (HI) is an organization whose Mission and Goal is dedicated to the betterment of the Hazelwood neighborhood. HI was the driving force that lead to the development of the "Master Development Planning in Hazelwood and Junction Hollow" document which set forth a plan to work towards their goal. It's office is located at 5125 Second Avenue in Hazelwood.

• Hill House Association

  Website: www.hillhouse.org
  Dir. of Arts & Neighborhood Development: Terri Baltimore
  
  The Hill House Association is located in the Hill District of Pittsburgh and provides a comprehensive array of services to the surrounding neighborhoods. The Hill House Association is currently working with Denys Candy, the managing partner of The Community Partners Institute, to support the Find the Rivers! partnership whose goal is to generate sustainable links from within Hill District communities to the economic and recreational opportunities along the Allegheny river to the north and the Monongahela river to the south.

• Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

  Website: www.pittsburghparks.org
  President & CEO: Meg Cheever
  Restoration Ecologist: Erin Copeland
  
  The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is an organization whose Mission is dedicated to the four great parks of Pittsburgh, including Schenley Park which is part of the Oakland area in which University of Pittsburgh is located.

• Oakland Planning & Development Corporation (OPDC)

  Website: www.oaklandplanning.org
  Executive Director: David Blenk
  
  OPDC was founded by Community Human Services Corporation and Peoples Oakland in 1980 to serve as a development organization for the Oakland neighborhood. It's Mission is to work with and engage the community residents in planning and development activities that benefit the Oakland neighborhoods. OPDC is located at 235 Atwood Street.

• Disability Resources and Services (DRS)

  Website: www.drs.pitt.edu
  Director: Lynett van Slyke
  Acting Director & Coordinator of Services: Leigh Culley
  
  DRS is a department within the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, and is located in RM 216 of the William Pitt Union. In the spring semester of 2006, 2 teams of the pilot ENGR 0715 service learning course worked with Lynett van Slyke of DRS, who had identified a need for an interactive map which aided in the identification and description of the accessible entrances to all academic buildings of the university. The students designed and developed this web page in addition to obtaining and if necessary, measuring the details for each entrance. This map is currently online and can be found on the DRS home website by clicking Campus Map.

• Artificial Heart Program

  Website: Program Website
  Senior Biomedical Engineer: Rick Schaub, PhD
  
  UPMC’s Artificial Heart Program has treated more than 350 patients with mechanical circulatory support devices and has continued to uphold its long history as an international leader in this field. Through its combination of a superb clinical program and first-rate technical resources, UPMC has succeeded in vastly improving both patient survival and quality of life after implantation with mechanical circulatory support devices.

• Carnegie Science Center

  Website: Program Website
  Special Programs Coordinator: Janet Henke
  
  Of the Carnegie Science Center's many exciting special programs for students and educators, Engineer the Future is it's premier National Engineers Week celebration. Hundreds of volunteers from regional corporations, organizations and universities introduce students to the creative science and technology of engineering through more than 50 fun, exciting and cutting-edge hands-on activities and demonstrations. Students are able to meet working engineers in the Pittsburgh community, and try their hands at solving real-world problems as well as exploring creative career opportunities.

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