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Congratulations to the following individuals who were recently elected to serve on the 2023 Rose-Hulman Student Chapter Officer Board! Co-Presidents Kiana Martin Ms. Martin is a junior mechanical engineering major with plans to also complete her Masters in Engineering Management while at Rose. She previously served as Fundraising and Marketing Team Manager in 2021. Makayla Ray Ray is a junior civil engineering major.  She previously served as Engineering Team Manager in 2022. Co-Engineering Team Managers Will Lawton Will is a junior civil engineering major who previously served as President in 2022. Columba Rodriguez Rodriguez is a freshman biomedical engineering major. Co-Fundraising and Marketing Team Managers Katie Cleary Katie is a freshman mechanical engineering major. Ben King Mr. King is a sophomore mechanical engineering major who previously served as EWB-RHIT's Treasurer…

It is with great excitement that we are pleased to share that Thomas Frankie, PhD, PE, SE has agreed to join our mentor team as a technical mentor.  Dr. Frankie is a Senior Associate at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE) in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He specializes in reinforced concrete structures and has extensive experience in failure investigation, nondestructive evaluation, structural analysis, development of repair plans and specifications, and construction period services. He will be assisting us in regards to analyzing the existing structure on our El Sembrador School project.  He is very knowledgeable in various different types of non-destructive testing that will be applicable to our project.  Welcome aboard Dr. Frankie!

This past Sunday morning, EWB-RHIT had the opportunity to get back out on the stretch of of US-40 the the club adopted back in 2016 and do another highway cleanup.  It was a great bonding experience for some of our members while also giving them the opportunity to give back to the local community and keep the environment clean.

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing that Jacquelyn Miller has agreed to join our mentor team as a technical mentor.  Jacquelyn is a 2020 graduate of Rose-Hulman with a bachelors in civil engineering.  During her time at Rose, she was very involved with EWB, serving as both Engineering Team Manager and President.  She played a major role in our latrine project in Gomoa Gyaman, Ghana, and our water distribution project in Chaguarloma, Ecuador.  She currently works as an design engineer at Schaefer a structural engineering firm. She willingly agreed to come on board to fill in a gap we had needing someone else who focuses on structures as we get our new structural project underway.  We are super excited to have her on board and look forward…

EWB-RHIT was lucky enough to recently have the opportunity to be interviewed by the Rose-Hulman communications department on the status of their water distribution project in Ecuador.  An article was then written and shared with members of the greater Rose-Hulman community.  Special thanks to Leah Singer, a freelance writer, in the commutations department for taking the time to write about us and David Lincoln and Jackie Renn for being willing to be interviewed. Check out the article here.

EWB RHIT is proud to announce that Mr. David Lincoln has been named our club's freshman of the year.  David is a Mechanical Engineering major at Rose who also plans on pursuing his Master's in Engineering Management during his time here.  David is currently Co-Engineering Team Lead and has been a major reason that we have been able to find recent success with the design work on our water distribution project in Chaguarloma, Ecuador.  Congratulations David!

Throughout the past couple of years, EWB-RHIT has been working on a project to bring clean drinking water to Chaguarloma, Ecuador. Chaguarloma is home to around 35-40 families, located in the northwest region on Quito. Before the project began, members of the community had to walk 3.5 kilometers on a daily basis just to get clean water. During the first trip, which took place August 2018, EWB-RHIT conducted a social survey to understand the communities needs. Additionally, we conducted water testing and preliminary survey data. The social survey revealed that on average, each family spend 5 hours a day water! The team traveled to many surrounding springs to test the bacteria levels and flow rates to determine the best spring to source the water for the pipeline. Then, the team…

Rising Senior, Luke Greenwood has earned the American Concrete Institute Foundation's Future Concrete Industry Leader Fellowship, one of the most coveted honors that an undergraduate civil engineering student can earn.  This honor recognizes Mr. Greenwood's leadership abilities, past experiences in structural engineering and design, and desire to become an effective concrete industry leader in the future. Luke has been involved in Engineer's Without Borders since his freshman year having recently completed a term as Engineering Team Lead.  EWB-RHIT was lucky enough to have Luke share his leadership skills and civil engineering expertise as he helped lead us through much of our preliminary design on our water distribution project in Chaguarloma, Ecuador during his time as team lead.  In addition to his role as team lead, Luke was a member of…

Congratulations to the Rose-Hulman Class of 2021!  This group of students have made monumental impacts on the club.  They joined us for the tail end of our latrine project in Ghana and have been with us for the entire water distribution project in Ecuador.  They helped carry us through various challenges from trying to find a water source in Ecuador to guiding us through COVID-19.   Katlynn Bussett - Biomedical Engineering - Fundraising and Marketing Team Lead (2019) - Local Outreach Chair (2018)   Peter Householter - Civil Engineering - Local Outreach Chair (2020) - Engineering Team Lead (2020)   Cyrus Luczkow - Biomedical Engineering - President (2020) - Treasurer (2019) - Fundraising and Marketing Team Lead (2018)   Amy Metz - Civil Engineering - Engineering Team Lead (2019) -…