Science, Technology and Society

A new species of the fasciolariid genus Fusinus is described from off Phuket Island, Thailand and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is compared with F. malhaensis Hadorn et al., 2001, F. colus (Linnaeus, 1758), F. crassiplicatus Kira, 1959 and F. laviniae Snyder & Hadorn, 2006, as well as some fossil species. Post-larval shell growth in the new species is divided into three clear phases.

Participatory engineering has been called for after major catastrophes, yet is often bypassed due to countervailing implementation of ?quick fixes?. While immediate expert-driven solutions may be attractive, in the long-term they may be ineffective and inconsistent with the goals and capacities of local stakeholders. This article discusses the findings of National Science Foundation research by a team of three engineers and one social scientist who visited Haiti twice, four and seven months after the January 2010 earthquake, to investigate community participation in water and sanitation engineering processes in Léogâne. Methods included interviews with local inhabitants, water-sector actors, and government agencies; inspections of the engineering of the existing water and sanitation system; surveys of the affected population; and a participatory workshop to which numerous community-based organizations were invited. The research tests the potential for engineers to develop stakeholde...