On April 20th and 21st, the University of Washington will be hosting Engineering Discovery Days.

It is open to everyone to come and check out what the engineering departments and clubs on campus (Including EWB!) are all about.

Engineers Without Borders will be having a booth located in Sylvan Grove Theatre where we will be showcasing the work of an associated partner project, the Gambia Grain Mill Project. We will be grinding oats with some of the grinders that were designed and built for this project.

We are expecting it to be lots of fun and we hope to see you there!

For more information about Engineering Discovery Days click here

Thanks to everyone who came to the meeting and elected EWB’s officers for 2012-2013!

Neil Schaner – President
John Park – Vice President
Titus Butcher – Publicity Director
Alisa Arment – Treasurer
Hunter Brown – Corporate Sponsorship Director
Justin Brown – Membership Director
Richard Wright – Fundraising Director
Sunni Wissmer – Ambassador
Hannah Snow – Projects Director
Dana Rosenbladt – Webmaster
Rowdy Roddick – Secretary

Come join us TOMORROW in EEB 403 at 5PM. We’re having our infamous marshmallow tower competition with prizes for the winning teams!

If you have not yet been involved with an EWB project, this is a great way to meet with students who have had first-hand experience with the organization and ask them for advice, suggestions, and possible opportunities to get involved.

The fall kick-off meeting is tentatively planned for Monday, October 10th at 5 pm in Sieg 134.  Hope to see you there!

Two project teams are off to Bolivia this summer — the Piriquina Water Team and the Roofs and Stoves Team. We wish them the best of luck on their trip, and look forward to hearing from them when they return!

Congratulations to the NCEES grant team for the recent submission of an application to The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying Engineering Award. If accepted, the award will support implementation of the EWB-UWS water project, bringing a potable water system to the Bolivian community of Piriquina.

We would like to give a special thank you to the Grant Team Lead, Lara Pracht for her hard work, dedication and leadership in completing this grant and display board.

To view the poster, click here — NCEES Grant Poster

Congratulations to the SIF grant team for the recent submission of a grant for the Seattle International Foundation’s Global program. If accepted, the grant will support implementation of EWB-UWS designed roofs and stoves in 63 homes in the Bolivian community of Taconi.

We would like to recognize the following members for their hard work over the past year:

Congratulations to the Jenzabar Grant Writing Team for their excellent work on the Jenzabar Grant, which was recently submitted on behalf of EWB-UW for funding for this the 2011 Piriquina water project.

We would like to recognize and thank the members of the team for their hard work over the past year:

Grant team lead: Mark Ullery

Grant writers:
Jeff Yang
Kevin Kronvall
Jason Au-Yeung
Jocelyn Chang

Anti-Bottle Fundraiser -- 0.5 L Anti-Bottle

EWB will be hosting three exhibits representing its Bolivia projects at the UW College of Engineering’s Discovery Days and holding an Anti-Bottle Fundraiser on April 22nd (Friday) and April 23rd (Saturday).

On Friday April 22, the exhibits will be catered towards grades 4-8:

“Re-create EWB’s Bolivia projects with your own hands — build gabions to prevent a landslide, design a system to bring drinking water from a mountain to a village, and make a structure that stands up to earthquake and wind.”

On Saturday April 23, the exhibits will be tailored towards high school, community college, and pre-engineering students.

See you at Discovery Days!