The local chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) will host the Engineers Without Borders Midwest Regional Workshop Oct. 20-22 at the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Schools from all over the Midwest will be represented.
The event kicks off Oct. 20, with a check-in and a mixer dance. The meetings will take place the following two days, and about 100-120 Washington University EWB faculty and students are expected to attend. It is the engineering school’s contribution to this year’s Danforth Campus theme of “A Higher Sense of Purpose.”
EWB member Will Fischer said the University’s EWB group was formed just 11 months ago. He added that the Midwest chapter of EWB may have selected WUSTL as a host site because of a recent service project in El Salvador.
From May 20-30, a group of EWB members traveled to El Salvador to survey and collect information regarding the feasibility of constructing a water pump system to move water up a mountain to supply a village with running water.
The survey was a success, and as soon as more funds are allocated or found for the project — and the project is approved — a date will be set to go back to El Salvador and construct the pump system.
Pictures are available at: http://flickr.com/photos/ewbwashu/sets/72157594206927395/.
For more information on the University’s EWB chapter, go online to http://userfs.cec.wustl.edu/~ewbwashu/.