UA Engineering Students to Host Sustainable Engineering Workshop
Student chapter of Engineers Without Borders hosts weekend of cultural training, hands-on workshops, networking, and inspiration to design and implement sustainable engineering projects.
Student EWB-UA members wire a charge controller, which regulates energy stored in a battery for nighttime use. The solar electric lighting system shown here would be sufficient to power two or three lights for a few hours each night.
The University of Arizona student chapter of Engineers Without Borders will host EWB's 2011 Mountain Region Training Workshop Nov. 11-13 in Tucson, Ariz.
Engineers Without Borders-USA, known as EWB-USA, works with local communities to support sustainable engineering projects that provide roads, clean water, and renewable energy to developing countries.
The UA student chapter, EWB-UA, hopes to attract 150 undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and professionals from many disciplines to Tucson for a weekend of technical and cultural training, hands-on workshops, networking, and inspiration to design and implement their own sustainable engineering projects. The workshop is open to all.
Many projects focus on water resources and related areas in which UA researchers are pre-eminent. Michael Campana, president of the American Water Resources Association and a UA alumnus, will deliver a talk at the workshop titled Rural Groundwater Development and Capacity Building in a Developing Country.