EWB-TCNJ | About Us

About Us

Purpose

To join a national collaboration of university and college chapters of EWB whose purpose is to provide sustainable engineering solutions to help developing communities, across the globe, ascertain the necessities of life including irrigation, clean drinking water, sanitation and stored energy amongst others.

Goals

Provide students with an international learning experience that allows them to make a significant contribution to a developing society as well as teach them about various peoples and cultures around the world. Allow engineering students to think "outside the box" through the creation of sustainable engineering solutions in communities where modern conveniences such as electrical power are not available.

Plans

             Enlist students from various disciplines throughout the college including anthropology, business, foreign language and most importantly engineering who will work together with a foreign developing community to provide sustainable engineering solutions for the communities' needs.

EWB-USA
             EWB-USA is a non-profit humanitarian organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. This partnership involves the implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while involving and training internationally responsible engineers and engineering students.
             The activities of EWB-USA range from the construction of sustainable systems that developing communities can own and operate without external assistance, to empowering such communities by enhancing local, technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial skills. These projects are initiated by, and completed with, contributions from the host community working with our project teams.
             EWB-USA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation created under the laws of the State of Colorado, USA. EWB-USA was created in Fall 2000. EWB-USA is also a member of the Engineers Without Borders-International network.