EWB-Chesapeake

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

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.

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!

Our next meeting will be Monday, April 13 at the University of Maryland, College Park, at 7 pm. This is an important meeting as we will be electing new officers for the upcoming year. Nominees for office are:

President – Brian Houston
Vice President – Teresa DiGenova
Secretary – Sarah Ness
Treasurer – Jared Barnhart

If you can’t make the meeting, we will be accepting votes until midnight on Sunday (today). You can also vote via our callin number. Please email your votes to John Sankey (president@chesapeakeewb.org). I hope to see everyone there!

Callin Info:
Phone: 877-603-8688
ID: 5214150

Directions and parking info can be found here.