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Humanitarian Engineering Beyond the Millenium Developmental Goals
The landscape of international development is rapidly changing and we are constantly adapting our work to ensure it is relevant to community and global needs. Going forward, our international program will pay specific attention to creating sector wide change with the...
Sourcing Local Building Materials in Timor
Bashing and bumping down a rugged track, the car stalls at the bottom of a rocky creek bed. The dry landscape that surrounds the car belies the fact that for months a year, this tiny creek pulses from a meager trickle to a raging torrent within a matter of hours....
EWB Challenge Scholars 2014
New EWB Challenge Scholars .Photos provided by scholarsAustralian & New Zealand scholars Rebecca Forgesson (University of Canterbury, New Zealand); Olivia McCombe (RMIT); Austin Shen (University of Western Australia); Emily Chung and Sophie Ung (University...
Dili Institute of Technology Career Day
With so much construction occurring within Timor-Leste many foreign engineers are currently working with Timor-Leste. With the growing demand for skilled people, education within Timor- Leste is also developing. Dili Institute of Technology (DIT) currently has...
Working Together: WorleyParsons Support for EWB’s Timor-Leste Program
EWB-Australia's Timor-Leste program seeks to improve local access to education, clean water, shelter, and job opportunities. These focus areas are vital for reducing poverty, improving livelihoods and increasing economic growth in Timor-Leste. Yet in tackling these...
Engineering for Humanity: What Does It Mean to Be a Humanitarian Engineer?
These are all fair enough as far as sweeping generalisations go; after all, engineering has a natural resonance with the physical world problem solving, and making things better. Why, then, do our thoughts rarely snap to another image alongside all those: the engineer...
Appropriate Technology- Designing Affordable Handcycles
The new design aims to cost approximately / of the current cheapest handcycles available in Australia, while retaining all of their features and more. This would be of great benefit to Australian cyclists, and has potential for worldwide impact, as cheap alternatives...
Shipton’s Update: Three Years on – the Impact of a Ranger Base
EWB and BYB also worked alongside the Centre of Appropriate Technology and Aurecon to complete the construction of a ranger base, including an office and ablutions block, at Shipton's Flat in Far North Queensland. Today, the site is a place for community healing,...
ENGAGE Summit
The following key themes will be explored:· Partnerships: review different partnership models including those within thecommunity, corporate and education sectors· Appropriate Technology: case study based exploration on the development...
Engineers Volunteer to Create a Better World – National Volunteer Week 2014
Volunteers are at the heart of everything that EWB does. EWB has approximately volunteers who are involvedin everything from technical projects overseas and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, to running fundraising events and supporting local...