Thanks to everyone who came out to our May Happy Hour meeting in Baltimore.  It was great to see a number of new faces in addition to many of our regulars.  Although mostly a social, we did discuss some business such as a planned September kickball tournament fundraiser.  This was also the official handoff from the outgoing Executive Committee to the newly elected members, as seen in the photo where I pass the office of President onto Teresa DiGenova.  Thank you to our outgoing officers, and we look forward to an exciting new year with the new leadership team.

To kick off the summer, and to welcome in our new officers, our normal monthly meeting in May will be replaced by a happy hour social at One-Eyed Mike’s in Baltimore.  See the attached flier for more details.  The meeting will begin at 7 pm.

Everyone is invited, so bring friends, family, coworkers… whoever you can fit in your car!  There will be no formal agenda, but we will briefly discuss upcoming fundraising activities and our ongoing partnership with the Columbia Rotary Club on a project in Gondar, Ethiopia.  Hope to see everyone there!

I’d like to thank Kevin Yue and his colleagues for their work in conducting the concrete workshop on Sunday.  And special thanks goes to their company, Kleinfelder, for sponsoring the event, and to the students from JHU who provided lunch.

During the event, EWB members from U. of Delaware, JHU and the Chesapeake Professional chapters learned how to construct reinforced concrete block walls.  This will be useful on many of our projects, particularly for building water tanks.  Click below to view all the photos.

Concrete Workshop59 pictures

Congratulations to the EWB-USA, UMD student chapter for recently winning one of the 2010 NCEES Engineering Awards.  The awards are given to chapters “for engaging their students in collaborative projects with licensed professional engineers.”

The award website can be found here.

And the specific EWB-USA, UMD award can be found here.

Please join me in congratulating the student members on this terrific accomplishment!

The EWB-USA, Chesapeake Professional Chapter will have their April meeting on Monday, April 12 at 7:00 pm.  The meeting will be in Room ST-108 at Howard County Community College in Columbia. Additional information can be found below.

Campus Map can be found here:  http://www.howardcc.edu/about_hcc/getting_around/maps_and_directions/index.html
You can park in Parking Garage 1 found next to the Science and Technology Building (ST).

Please note that at this meeting, the chapter will be holding Chapter Elections for the upcoming year.  Nominations are still open and will be taken up until the meeting. Please email all nominations to Brian Houston at president@chesapeakeewb.org