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| Rowan EWB members learned a lot and had a lot of fun at the 2010 Northeast Regional Workshop, which took place in Pittsburgh in November. |
Below are all the dates and times of our upcoming and past events, presentations, and fundraisers. If you would like us to give a presentation to your organization or student group, email ewb@rowan.edu.
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| April 23, 2011 |
Biosand Filter Construction Practice |
| Location |
Rowan Hall - in the concrete lab if the weather is bad, outside if the weather is nice |
| Time |
2:00pm, or whenver the First Aid class is done |
| April 23, 2011 |
First Aid Certification Class for Health and Safety Officers |
| Location |
Rowan University EMT House |
| Time |
8:00am |
| Each travel team needs 2 members that are CPR and First Aid certified. If you are one of our members, you have the opportunity to come to this class and get certified for the low cost of $25. |
| April 20, 2011 |
Presentation to South Jersey AIAA-IEEE |
| Location |
Mays Landing Golf and Country Club |
| Time |
6:00pm |
| March 25-27, 2011 |
EWB-USA International Conference |
| Location |
Louisville, KY |
| Four members of our chapter attended the conference. Our project in La Ceiba received an Outstanding Project Award! |
| March 5, 2011 |
CHAMP |
| Location |
Rowan Hall Projects Lab |
| Time |
11:45am - 1:15pm |
| February 23, 2011 |
K-12 Outreach with Estell Manor 8th Graders |
| Location |
Rowan Hall Projects Lab |
| Time |
10:00am - 11:00am |
| February 9, 2011 |
AFT Presentation |
| Location |
Rowan University Student Center room 144 |
| Time |
12:00pm - 2:00pm |
| The chapter will present to AFT on our activities over the past year. |
| January 29, 2011 |
International Development from the Perspective of a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer |
| Location |
Rowan Hall Auditorium |
| Time |
Presentation 10am - 12pm, Lunch 12pm - 1pm, Question and Answer Session 1pm |
Travis recently returned from The Gambia, where he spent two years working as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Topics will include:
- The Gambia
- Issues related to international development
- Engineering for international development
- Experience in the Peace Corps
- His current graduate studies in Sustainable International Development & Coexistence and Conflict.
Visit Travis's website at www.traviswarrington.com! |
| January 27, 2011 |
ASCE Presentation at Adelphia's |
| Location |
Adelphia's restaurant in Deptford, NJ |
| Time |
Social Hour 5:30pm - 6:30pm, Dinner 6:30pm - 7:30pm, Presentation 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
| The La Ceiba project team will give an hour long presentation on our biosand filter project. We are seeking to have the presentation approved for PDH hours. |
| January 6-15, 2011 |
La Ceiba Implementation Trip |
| Location |
La Ceiba, El Salvador |
| The La Ceiba team will begin constructing biosand filters with the community of La Ceiba! |
| December 14, 2010 |
AFT Fundraiser |
| Location |
Rowan University Student Center Ballroom |
| Time |
11:00am - 3:00pm |
| Buy some Christmas gifts while you help AFT raise money for scholarships and Rowan EWB rasie money for our projects. |
| November 5-7, 2010 |
EWB-USA Northeast Regional Training Workshop |
| Location |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| September 25, 2010 |
Rowan University College of Engineering Open House |
| Location |
Rowan Hall - room 304 and in the 3rd floor lab |
| Time |
9:30am - 12:00pm |
| Hear a presentation on our current projects and see our prototype biosand filter at the Rowan University College of Engineering open house! |
| September 23, 2010 |
EWB Mid Atlantic Professionals Chapter Fundraiser |
| Location |
Drexel University's Bossone Center, 3140 Market Street, Philadelphia, 3rd floor atrium |
| Time |
6:30pm - 9:00pm |
| Some members of the Rowan University Chapter will be attending the fall fundraiser for the EWB Mid Atlantic Professionals Chapter. |
| September 19, 2010 |
525 Pre-Implementation Report Submitted for La Ceiba Project |
| The La Ceiba team has submitted their 525 Pre-Implementation Report to EWB-USA. |
| September 4, 2010 |
Biosand Filter Construction Practice |
| Location |
Outside of Rowan Hall |
| Time |
9:00am |
| Members of the La Ceiba project team will practice the various tasks involved in the construction of biosand filters. |
| August 18, 2010 |
524 Preliminary Design Report Submitted for La Ceiba Project |
| The La Ceiba team has submitted their 524 Preliminary Design Report to EWB-USA. |
| July 12-15, 2010 |
CAWST Biosand Filter Implementation Workshop |
| Location |
CAWST Headquarters, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| A couple of members of the La Ceiba project team will attend the CAWST workshop on implementing biosand filters. |
| July 10, 2010 |
Kuntaur Road is Complete |
| Construction of Kuntaur Road is complete! See the Gambia project page for more details. |
| June 21, 2010 |
Biosand Filter Prototype II Complete |
| The second biosand filter prototype is up and running! This filter closely resembles the filter design that we plan to implement in La Ceiba, El Salvador in January. Project team members will spend the next few months maintaining and testing the prototype. |
| June 14, 2010 |
Deliver 10 Bookshelves to Powell Elementary School |
| Location |
Powell Elementary School, Camden, NJ |
| Time |
8:30 am - 3:00 pm |
| The 10 bookshelves that were constructed during the frist phase of the Powell Elementary School project will be delivered to the school. |
| May 8, 2010 |
Telecon with EWB-USA La Ceiba Project Manager Joshua Knight |
| Location |
Rowan Hall conference room |
| Time |
4:30 pm |
| We wil be discussing our March assessment trip with our project manager from the EWB-USA national office and deciding what the next step in the project process will be. |
| **Update** The conference call went very well! We will continue to move forward with our biosand filter design! |
| May 8, 2010 |
Annual end of the year EWB barbecue |
| Location |
Dr. Mehta's house |
| Time |
3 pm |
| Come hang out and eat with current EWB members, faculty members from the college of engineering, and some EWB alumni! |
| May 7, 2010 |
EWB T-shirts are here! |
| We are selling EWB t-shirts for $10. We have sizes YL, S, M, L, and XL. All proceeds help support our projects in El Salvador and The Gambia. |
| March 18-21 |
EWB-USA 2010 International Conference in Denver Colorado |
| A few very committed members of our chapter attend the EWB-USA international conference every year. This year the conference will be held in Denver, Colorado. At conferences students network with other chapters and attend workshops that help us improve the ways we function as a chapter and complete projects. |
| March 14, 2010 |
La Ceiba team departs for assessment trip |
| The La Ceiba team will embark on what they hope will be their final assessment trip. They will be gathering data related to constructing biosand filters and installed a water distribution system. They will also be engaging in a large scale community mapping effort, |
| January 4, 2010 |
The Gambia team departs for assessment trip |
The NGO that we have the working with in The Gambia, the Horse and Donkey Trust, has hired a contractor to start raising the road. The contractor will be starting work in the near future. Students will be educating community members about how to maintain the road so that it does not fall into disrepair again. Students will also be collecting data on local wells. We hope to improve water supply in the area in the future.
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