Engineers Without Borders

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Engineers Without Borders
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Founded: ?
Recognition: ?
Membership: ?
Executive Board: 2011 Year
Claudia Vargas, Co-President
Kevin Ma, Co-President
Kristina Lee, Funding Chair
Bethany Schneider, Education Chair
Christine Liu, Public Relations Chair
Allison Duh, Events Chair
Min Ye Shen, Secretary
Rebecca Ciez, Treasurer
David Bendetto, Webmaster
Suraj Cheema, Project Manager (Ghana)
Alison Ferris, Project Manager (Uganda)
Category: Community Service, Pre-professional
Website: http://www.cuewb.org
Contact: cu-ewb@columbia.edu


Engineers Without Borders is a student volunteer organization aimed at applying technical engineering skills toward aiding impoverished communities across the world. This is achieved by raising funds, designing solutions, and sending teams of students to assist in the implementation of these solutions.

Vission and Mission

Our Vision is a world in which the communities we serve have the capacity to sustainably meet their basic human needs, and that our members have enriched global perspectives through the innovative professional educational opportunities that the EWB-USA program provides.

EWB-USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders.

Current projects

  • Orissa, India - building a micro hydro system to provide a low cost energy source to the community
  • Obodan, Ghana - increasing availability of drinking water, improving conditions for meat production, improving sanitary conditions of lavatories

External Links

Columbia University Engineers Without Borders Official Website