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Our members are the next generation of responsible, humanitarian engineering leaders. We empower technically competent, empathetic, and ethical engineering leaders by supporting community-driven development through the implementation of sustainable, user-centric solutions aimed to solve pressing challenges in developing communities. This coming year our team will be working on a germination chamber for a non profit called Valley Verde in San Jose along with finishing a multi-year water project for a community in Nyange, Rwanda.

Events and Activities
  • Alumni Auction
  • Planes and Pizza
  • Resume Roast
  • Movie Night
  • Gingerbread Structures
  • Alumni Kickball

President: Katie Ott
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tonya Nilsson & Dr. Laura Doyle
Organization Contact Email: kmott@scu.edu

  • Uche Agwu (MECH '18) and EWB students worked along side at least 200 community members as they worked to level the site for a K-3 elementary school in Rwanda.
    Traveling to Rwanda: Top 10 Lessons I Learned

    Traveling to Nyange, Rwanda, with EWB was one of the greatest experiences I have had as a Santa Clara engineering student. The opportunity to use the engineering skills I have gained throughout the years at SCU to empower the tile-making cooperative we work with was truly humbling and rewarding. I also learned a lot and here are my top 10 lessons for any future EWB Rwandan travelers and/or other service-based travelers:

  • Mohit Nalavadi is a senior bioengineering student at Santa Clara University. He spent two weeks in Rwanda in August 2015.
    Pass the Wrench, Please

    Bioengineering senior Mohit Nalavadi, a member of our student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, shares his experience of bringing labor-saving technology to a village in Rwanda in this account that first appeared on washingtonpost.com.

  • Women of Nyange

    Women of Nyange help roof the house of a widow who attends PICO training weekly. As the rainy season started, she was forced to live with another family. Now she will be able to move back into her own home.

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