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== Current projects ==
 
== Current projects ==
*Osirra, India - building a [[w:Micro hydro|micro hydro]] system to provide a low cost energy source to the community
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*Orissa, India - building a [[w:Micro hydro|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
 
*Obodan, Ghana - increasing availability of drinking water, improving conditions for meat production, improving sanitary conditions of lavatories
  

Revision as of 00:19, 6 November 2007

Engineers Without Borders
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Founded: ?
Recognition: ?
Membership: ?
Executive Board: Gold Truong, President
Rohini Sengupta, Vice President
Shinjinee Pathak, Secretary
Nat Gale, Treasurer
Hey-Yue Pang, Newsletter Editor
Hannah Moore, Faculty Outreach Committee Coordinator
Mikhail Klassen, Webmaster
Mike Shields, Project Manager (Ghana)
Chad Husko, Project Manager (India)
Category: Community Service, Pre-professional
Website: {{{Website}}}
Contact: {{{Contact}}}

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.

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

Engineers Without Borders official website