13Apr 2015 by ewbrhit

EWB Great Lakes Regional Spring Workshop 2015

Professional Development, Uncategorized
  From February 28 to March 1, seven students and our advisor John Aidoo had the opportunity to attend the EWB Great Lakes Regional Spring Workshop at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The two day conference included participants attending the 2015 Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit, a dinner and discussion with members of other EWB chapters, and a Village Earth training session. Club members spent the first day of the conference at the Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit (APTE). The summit, which is held every year at Ohio State University, explores topics of social entrepreneurship in order to “educate and inspire future change makers.” This year’s summit featured seven speakers. First to present, setting the pace for the rest of the summit, was Jim Ziolkowski. Ziolkowski is the founder…
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01Apr 2014 by ewbrhit

A Day with the Founder

Professional Development, Uncategorized
Dr. Bernard Amadei, the founder of Engineers Without Borders and a professor in Civil Department at University of Colorado at Boulder, was invited as Rose-Hulman’s Leadership Advancement Program guest speaker to present his experience and vision as a global engineering leader on March 18, 2014. It was his first time visiting our campus. Born and raised in Roubaix, northern France, he obtained his bachelor degree in applied geology in France, a master degree in geological engineering in 1979 from the University of Toronto, and a phD in civil engineering in 1982 from University of California at Berkeley.  Following his passion on sustainability and international development, he founded Engineers Without Borders-USA and co-founded Engineers Without Borders –International and guides these organizations with the mission to partner with underprivileged communities to improve…
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15Mar 2014 by ewbrhit
Global Engineering: A Holistic Approach

Global Engineering: A Holistic Approach

Professional Development, Uncategorized
Dr. Annette Berndt, an English professor from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, visited Rose-Hulman on Friday, March 14th, to present her new interdisciplinary curriculum inspired by the inroads of engineering education that the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter at UBC has paved. EWB-UBC chapter took different approaches to the communities in the global south than EWB at Rose-Hulman. They seek overseas connections in Africa by providing plans for small local businesses and occasionally sending short-term volunteers to Africa to support ventures in researching, testing, or expanding their projects, whereas EWB-RHIT focuses on designing and directly implementing sanitation projects. Prior to her presentation, three current and past executive members (Jung, Marcel, and Nate) of EWB-RHIT gave her a campus tour and shared their appreciation of the valuable…
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18Nov 2013 by ewbrhit

Rose-Hulman EWB Members Learn from the Pros

Professional Development, Uncategorized
Roger Ward, a member and project leader of the EWB Professional Chapter in Indianapolis, visited Rose-Hulman on Wednesday, November 6th to present his team’s clean water project in Kenya. Himself a Rose-Hulman graduate, Mr. Ward described how the project has progressed from the initial assessment trip in 2011 to the successful implementations in 2012 and 2013. His project focuses on ensuring sustainable clean water in the rural town of Bungoma, located in the highlands of western Kenya. A purification method known as a spring box was implemented to achieve this goal. Spring boxes capture the water from natural springs and filter it through several layers, including rough rock. The water can then be dispensed from an opening high enough for villagers to place their jugs underneath. Throughout the presentation, Mr.…
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