EWB-UMN: Home Page

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Major Sponsors

University of Minnesota - Institute on the Environment

IT Parent Organization

The University of Minnesota Foundation

The University of Minnesota Institute of Technology

Cargill

The Bather Family

more sponsors

Links

EWB Minnesota Professional Chapter

EWB National

Reuters - Africa

Long Way Home

Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods

Uganda Rural Fund

About EWB

Engineers Without Borders - University of Minnesota (EWB-UMN) is a group of students interested in the environment, sustainability and creating partnerships with disadvantaged communities around the world, improving their quality of life through engineering projects.

EWB-UMN Constitution

Media

Check some great videos about EWB and our projects below.

Articles

News

EWB-UMN receives $50,000 from IonE
See article in the MN Daily!

Photo by Anthony Schoenecker

EWB Boost
Our chapter has received $50,000 from the Institute on the Environment. This substantial support will bring us closer to our goals for this year as well as sustain the growth of our group. These funds will be directed towards the implementation trip of our phase II project in Uganda this summer, a summer assessment trip and future implementation of a Biogas Digester project in Haiti and the start and development of our Geo-wiki Project here on campus. Read more on the specifics in this Press Release from IonE at UMNews.

We are honored by IonE's support and excited to strengthen our partnership with such an outstanding institution. Check out their website at:
Institute on the Environment

Photo by Ali Haupt

Helping Hands
In February 2007, the non-profit Uganda Rural Fund approached the U's chapter of Engineers Without Borders to ask for help in providing clean drinking water and safe sanitation to the children of Hope Integrated Academy. EWB members did the research, designed the systems, rolled up their sleeves, and worked make made the school children's lives better. See the video on the Driven to Discover page to see more of the work EWB is doing now.

More EWB News

Meetings

Geo-Wiki Meeting
12PM Mondays, Lind 5
Contact: Derek Litz

Haiti: Biodigester Meeting
5:30PM Mondays, Lind 5
Contact: Jamil Orfali

Haiti: Plastics Meeting
4:50PM Tuesdays, Lind 5
Contact: Richard Barnes

Uganda Meeting
6PM Tuesdays, Walter 105
Contact: Eric Hettler

Fundraising Meeting
4:30PM Thursdays, Lind 5
Contact: Katerina Georgiou

Guatemala Meeting
5:30PM Thursdays, Lind 107
Contact: Nate Fleischhacker

Local Energy Initiative Meeting
6PM Thursdays, Lind 5
Contact: Chuck O'Neil

Haiti: Sanitation
Time: Meeting 6:00PM Thursdays, Lind 107
Contact: Justin Konen