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Congratulations to the following individuals who were recently elected to serve on the 2026 Rose-Hulman Student Chapter Officer Board! Co-Presidents Jess Newsom Jess is a junior civil engineering major with plans to also complete her Masters in Structural Engineering while at Rose. She previously served as Co-President in 2025 and Co-Fundraising and Marketing Team Lead in 2024. Jonathan Slater Jonathan is a junior civil engineering major with plans to also complete his Masters in Structural Engineering while at Rose. He previously served as Project Lead in 2025. Project Lead Elizabeth Ma Elizabeth is a junior civil engineering major. She previously served as Co-President in 2025 and Co-Fundraising and Marketing Team Lead in 2024. Co-Technical Leads Lyndsey Barnett Lyndsey is a sophomore civil engineering major with plans to also complete her…

Our Implementation Trip has officially been pushed back to late August, the week before the 2026-27 school year begins. We will use this extra time to refine our pre-implementation trip report and ensure plenty of time for construction to begin before we visit the site! With this change, plans are in progress for members of our team to attend the Engineers Without Borders USA 2026 Conference during late February. (Below is an image from the 2025 EWB conference - please don't mind the poor image quality) Superstructure design is complete and ready for review. Our next step in design is to finish reviewing the current structure's existing foundation to determine its suitability.  

Our EWB members tied a sheet of rebar in practice for what we will be doing in Ecuador. Check out our story on Instagram

This past Saturday, members of our EWB chapter assisted in planting trees in downtown Terre Haute.

The design and calculations for the retaining wall are finally complete! The next step towards the start of the physical build is preparing documentation to present to companies to get contracting for construction. Another major focus is the multitudes of structural issues of the current school structure. Assessments on the structure are taking place to work out solutions.

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…