Engineers Without Borders

1st meeting, Fall 20109/9/2010

Overview• (5 min) EWB spiel• Know who we are, what we do, why you want to get involved, how

you can get involved• Introduce officer team

• (10 min) Grady Hillhouse, VP of Projects• Costa Rica Project (video and report)

• (5 min) Doug Simmons, Project Acuña Leader• (7.22 min) Kevin O’Leary- VP of Development• What is organizational development• Soap Box Derby

• (15 min) Short Training session: GET A JOB!!• (10 min) Updates, Questions• (5 min) Sign ups

What is Engineers Without Borders?

• Student driven service organization- promotes sustainable engineering projects in developing communities.

• We are active internationally (Mexico, Costa Rica), and locally in the Bryan/College Station area

• We offer great training, resources, responsibility, leadership opportunities, international travel opportunities (lots of good stuff).

EWB IS:– Well Established– Capable– Growing

– Improving– Motivated– Strong leadership– Good for your health

…The best organization on campus…

EWB-TAMU 2010/2011 Officer Team

• Project Leads:• Doug Simmons, Project Acuña• Kate Lowe, Scotty’s House Playground Project• Jo Maldonado and Kim Sperry- Children’s Museum of Bryan• Costa Rica Leads- take an application!• Soap Box Coordinators- take an application!

• Development Officers• Bill Gordon, Fundraising Director• Reid Garcia, Training Director• Cristina Vadell, Webmaster• Amanda Roberts, Internal Communication• Ricky Palacios, Publicity Director• Tanzia Karim, Treasurer

• Executive Officers• Kevin O’Leary, Vice President of Development• Grady Hillhouse, Vice President of Projects• Grady Meloy, President

Costa Rica ProjectHuge Progress! • Project almost totally finished!• After tiling and painting, we will be able to remotely

assist the community in getting the computers hooked up and networked.

Photos from Diana Grigoryan

Costa Rica- Looking Ahead• There is still a lot to do!• Wrapping up loose ends• 526 Post Implementation Report• Helping community with education for building and

computers

• Preparing for possible future project

Photos by Adam Heckmann

Costa Rica- Project Leads• The Costa Rica project needs new co-leads!• Lots of responsibility• Manage the team in wrapping up the computer center project• Guide and direct analysis and research for future project possibilities

• Lots of reward• Experience in project management and leadership• Fulfillment of helping a communities needs

• If you’re interested, sign up after the meeting!

Photos by Marissa Baldwin

Acuña Project• Project Scope • Design and construct a portable

facility to store supplies for a community help center in Acuña, Mexico

• Background• Assessment trip: January 2010• Alternatives analysis and

Preliminary Design: Spring 2010

Spring 2010- Acuña Project• Next Steps• Structural Analysis• Constructability Assessment and

Prototyping• Health and Safety Program / Safety

Training• Implementation Planning• Community Input and Education

• Goals• October 17th – Submit Pre-

Implementation Report• January 2011 – Implementation

• Meetings: Mondays, 7 – 9, CE 217

Local Projects• Scotty’s House Project• Collaboration with architecture class and the Society of Petroleum

Engineers build a playground for Child Advocacy Center!• We finalize design, fabricate, implement!

• Children’s Museum of Bryan• We have our own ‘Engineers Without Borders’ Room! • Design cool stuff, build it, install it!

• Other Local Projects coming up this year:• Container clinic, Duck Jam, Still Creek Ranch• Training/involvement activities: Replant, Big Event, Habitat for

Humanity build day

What is Development?• THE FOCUS:• Allow EWB-TAMU to do more, and to do everything better• Improve and build on the reasons that EWB is the best organization

on campus• Give our members the best experience possible• Build our members skills• Innovate • Serve Others• Enhance the Projects Team

• We are trying to improve, but we will only succeed if we:• Have clearly defined goals and expectations• Understand where we have been, and have learned from (and

documented) our experiential knowledge (by far one of our most valuable assets)

• We will be making a plan of how we will go about making EWB-TAMU the best it can be

Who is the Development Team?

• Treasurer: Tanzia• Internal Communication: Amanda• Webmaster: Cristina• Training: Reid• Fundraising: Bill• Publicity: Ricky =

DREAM

Soap Box Derby: The AGGIE 500• Last semester was a huge success!• This semester- 2ND annual Derby!• We need people to join the Soap

Box team for planning, organizing and coordination!

Amanda’s Updates!1. EWB Mentor Program - What is it?

• Opportunity for upperclassmen to mentor younger students • Way to transfer knowledge/tips on college life, engineering classes, EWB, etc• Chance to make new friends!

Sign-up sheet availableContact Amanda Roberts for more information

2. First social will be next Friday, September 17th. More details to come…

3. We need t-shirt ideas! Please send them to internal.ewbtamu@gmail.com by next Friday.

Winner will receive a prize!

4. Next meeting is on September 23rd! (big meetings every two weeks)• Speaker: Jim Olsen (he’s really really cool)• More in depth into ‘What EWB is’, what projects are at 1st training meeting• More food!

Short Training Session:GET A JOB!!

• SEPTEMBER 14TH IS ENGR CAREER FAIR!

• Things to do before then:• Resume- have career center help you (Koldus)

• 1 page, prove your skills, be honest• Mock Interview – sign up at Koldus!

• Great practice; they will critique you• Research- hireaggies.com, company websites, career center website

articles, google, etc• Present yourself- dress business casual, firm hand shake, eye contact

More Information• SEPTEMBER 14TH-15th IS ENGR CAREER FAIR!• Next Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am-5pm• Sec.tamu.edu/corporate/

• Careercenter.tamu.edu, • Koldus room 209!!• Ask us questions!

• Suggested Companies: Spectra, Bechtel, CDM, Apache, Anadarko, Raytheon, Medtronics (see the flyer!)

SIGN UPS! (at the front)

Leadership Opportunities:1. Costa Rica project lead2. Soap Box Derby Event Coordinators

Team Sign ups:• Soap Box Derby Team• Costa Rica project team• Acuña project team• Scotty’s House Playground Project team• Children’s Museum of Bryan Project Team• Fundraising team

Development Opportunities:• Student Impact study, why EWB is good for your health• Community Impact study, focus on sociology and sustainability• Future Planning Task Force, international and local project search

QUESTIONS?We didn’t cover everything in detail, so ask us or see one of the officers for more information!

Project Structure = meeting schedule + positional responsibilities

•Project leads present to VP-Projects•Discuss proposed project schedule, challenges, progress, upcoming work, feedback

VP Review

•Group managers present to Project Lead•Propose task assignments, collaborate with other group managers

Project Lead Review

•Group members present to whole project team•Debrief on new developments, design challenges

Group Manager Review

Ewb is the greatest!

• If you don’t want to wait in line, all the info will be on our website!• ewb.tamu.edu• if you don’t know what project yet, no big• The signup sheets are just so we can email

you info. You aren’t signing your soul away

•Why are you still here? It’s past your bedtime!