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EWB awarded Google Local Love Grant
A message from James Fitzgerald, Director Members and Supporters It&#;s an exciting time for EWB. We have recently been awarded a Google Local Love Grant to expand our School Outreach activities for the next months. Australian Indigenous Mentoring...
Professional Skills Development Scholarships (PSD) awarded in Timor-Leste
On the of July , the Australian Embassy in Timor-Leste supported EWB by hosting a networking event for the local engineering community at the Australian Ambassador&#;s Residence.During the event, the Engineers without Borders Professional Skills Development (PSD)...
NAIDOC week celebrations with the Yorta Yorta Nation
A huge thank you to all the dedicated EWB volunteers and members who participated in or helped run NAIDOC week activities around Australia.Jun Qu, Yorta Yorta Nation HSO Coordinator & Module Lead, organised a team of volunteers to travel to the Dharnya Centre in...
Success! EWB Challenge Scholars
Five outstanding students passionate about humanitarian engineering and community development have been selected as EWB Challenge scholars. Congratulations to:Emelia Milliner and Brian O'Callaghan, the University of Sydney; NSWTalia Rose, the University of...
EWB supports renewable energy
We&#;ve been keeping our eye on a cool startup community energy project, Sydney Renewable Power Company, which has entered into an innovative public-private partnership with Darling Harbour Live to install kW of PV array on the rooftop of the redeveloped Sydney...
Connecting Engineering Companies with Pro Bono Work
The Year of Humanitarian Engineering was an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream pro bono engineering within Australia. Since then, EWB has released the Snapshot to Pro Bono Engineering Report () and the #probonopledge campaign that asked engineers and CEOs across...
Leading a Movement of Global Engineers
They are effective at navigating the social and cultural norms both at home and abroad, and are capable of applying the lessons learnt in one environment and culture to the next. EWB members have long embodied these traits, but furthering the education and...
Influencing the next generation of female engineers in Timor-Leste
One of Feto Enginhera&#;s three aims is to increase awareness and participation of women in technical and engineering roles. With this in mind, Mana Dulce (civil), Mana Ania (environmental) and Mana Carolina (chemical) organised a visit to the local high school...
Sydney Region President wins Young Water Professional of the Year
On May th, EWB Sydney Regional President and International Volunteer Alumni, Gabrielle McGill, won Young Water Professional of the Year at the National Water Awards.The ceremony, hosted by the Australian Water Association (AWA), acknowledges significant achievements...
EWB receives grant from Alcoa Foundation
EWB Australia will receive funding alongside other EWB international affiliates to create a ‘Global Engineer' program, which aims to inspire and educate young people about global issues and to help them on their path to making a positive impact. By providing...
Orica and EWB Australia announce three year partnership
The partnership was officially launched on st April by Gavin Jackman, Orica&#;s Executive Global Head of Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibility, and Lizzie Brown, EWB&#;s CEO, at a networking event for Orica's senior leaders and graduates in Melbourne.The...
EWB contributes to Cambodia’s First Science and Engineering Festival
University students participating in an Urban Planning workshop run by EWB and partner organisations STT and CEDT at Cambodia&#;s Science and Engineering Festival ; with Longhan Choeun (CEDT), Sovann My (STT) and Katrina Bukauskas (EWB)Report from Katrina...
International Women’s Day Timor Leste
“Viva Feto Enginhera” our group leader shouted.“Viva!” We all shouted back with a smile.Walking along Beach Road in Dili, Timor Leste, the small group of ‘Women in Engineering' (Feto Enginhira) were part of hundreds of people marching for...
Link Festival Designers Converge on Federation Square to Discuss Technology and Social Change
Link Festival starts with Angus Hervey and Tane Hunter, Co-founders of Future Crunch, taking participants on a journey into the future. They will look at how advances in science and technology today will shape the world of tomorrow. From there Link kicks into...
EWB Challenge – National Showcase Winning Teams
EWB Challenge Champion TeamPhoto by Matheesha GunaaratnamSeven top student teams from Australia and New Zealand showcased their clever solutions to problems affecting people in the village of Sandikhola in Nepal, at the EWB Challenge National Finalists Showcase...
EWB Challenge – Regional Finalists
Congratulations to the outstanding regional student teams recently selected by the judges in the EWB Challenge Regional Showcases. The outstanding regional teams will participate in the National Finalists Showcase on Monday December in Melbourne at :...
Providing the toilets people want will help Clean India’s campaign
Since his election in May, Prime Minister Modi has passionately pledged his support to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan Mission, stating that his country will be “open defecation free” by . He even took the opportunity to highlight the importance of sanitation...
Meet a Timorese Changemaker- Simão Barreto
CNEFP has had a friendly relationship with EWB volunteers since and has recently become EWB's newest international partner. Luke Phillips, the first EWB Field Volunteer to work with CNEFP, arrived in Timor in October to work as a Vocational Curriculum and Teaching...
New Community Renewable Energy Partnership between EWB and Embark Australia
Commissioning a turbine at Hepburn, Victoria.Photo by Hepburn WindWhat is Community Renewable Energy?Community energy projects empower communities to play a constructive role in the response to climate change. They create environmental ‘leadership by example'...
Designing Affordable Handcycles- Part 2
Design of the second prototype took place almost concurrently with the first, with initial ideas paving the way for a “mark .” prototype, which was then further refined using computer simulations, input from my supervisors, and further testing.Design of...