is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to sustainable development through engineering assistance and training internationally responsible engineering students.
Professionals, undergraduates and graduates from all disciplines are welcome at our meetings.
Come learn more about how you can expand your education outside the classroom and make a real difference in the world.
Jun
01
2009
Summer has begun, which means Happy Hour Meeting! Our CPP June meeting will be held on Monday, June 8 at 6:30 pm. Our meeting will be at the Greene Turtle in Columbia, MD. The address is below.
Greene Turtle
8872 McGaw Road
Suite C
Columbia, MD 21045
http://www.thegreeneturtle.com/
Happy hour at Greene Turtle is 3-7 pm. Our meeting will start at 6:30, but some of us may get there early to take advantage of happy hour. Please feel free to join!
See everyone next week!
May
04
2009
Our May meeting will be held at Johns Hopkins on May 11 at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be in Hodson Hall, Room 213. Click here for directions. I look forward to seeing everyone there. We have some important issues regarding the current status of our project in Liberia to discuss.
Apr
21
2009
Last week’s issue of Engineering News-Record (ENR) had Prof. Amadei and his work with EWB-USA as its cover story. The article covers some of the history of EWB’s development and its continuing growth. If you get a chance, check it out: http://enr.construction.com/people/awards/2009/0325-AwardOfExcellence-1.asp
Apr
18
2009
Come see 43 teams compete for “Phase 2″ funding as they demonstrate their innovative ideas to promote “people, prosperity, and the planet” as part of the U.S. EPA’s P3 program to promote sustainability in the developed and developing world. The 5th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo is scheduled to take place on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on April 18-20, 2009. The public enjoy our nation’s capital and mingle through booths set up by Universities from throughout the nation, including a booth set up by a team from the Johns Hopkins University, relating to the sustainable irrigation project undertaken by JHU’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter.
Some of the ideas to be presented this year are:
1) Implementing ram pump technology for agriculture in South Africa (booth by Johns Hopkins!)
2) Designing and building algaculture facitilities
3) Development of anaerobic digestors for implementation in Ecuador
4) Utilizing prarie switch grass for conversion to biofuels
5) Studying the use of iron containing enzymes for bioremediation
6) Development of solar powered desalinition
7) Assessment of efficacy of green roofs in Southern California
Among many more. To view all of the competitors for this event, please visit:
http://www.epa.gov/ncer/p3/current/index.html
The exhibitions will be open to the public on:
Saturday, April 18th at 12:30pm-5:00pm
Sunday, April 19th at 9:00am-5:00pm
Monday, April 20th at 9:00am-3:00pm
For more information on this event, please visit:
< http://www.epa.gov/ncer/p3/expo>
The event is at the East end of the mall (by the Capital).
A map of parking and vendors can be found at the website above.
Apr
15
2009
We have new officers, but first I’d like to thank our outgoing crew. John Sankey and Stephanie Chung are stepping down from elected positions. They have done an outstanding job this past year as President and Secretary and will be sorely missed on the exec committee.
Now for the new officers. In addition to Teresa and I who are returning from last year, we are welcoming two new faces. The new officers are:
- President - Brian Houston
- Vice President - Teresa DiGenova
- Secretary - Sarah Ness
- Treasurer - Jared Barnhart
We look forward to working with everyone in the upcoming year!