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Recent News
[June 25, 2010]National Conference Opens Registration
The 2010 ESW National Conference "20/20 Vision: Focusing on Innovation for Sustainable Design" to be held at Purdue University from Oct. 7 -10, is open for registration.
[May 17, 2010] National Team (2010-2011) Selected
We are pleased to announce four new members to the ESW National Team. Three are former chapter presidents who have stepped up to serve at the national level. The four new members are: Jeremy Bril, Tim Kendrick, Akta Patel and Johnny Sompholphardy -- read about them and their duties on the National Team page.
We also wish to publicly recognize the efforts of outgoing national team members who faithfully served the national organization during the 2009-2010 academic year. They are Rob Best, Chris Llop, Kalpana Pathak and Vicky Tian.
[April 26, 2010] CGI U and EPA National Sustainable Design Expo
ESW participates in this year's Clinton Global Initiative University held at the University of Miami from April 16-18. ESW is also participates and shares about our chapters work on the National Mall in Washington D.C. as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of Earth Day sponsored by the U.S. EPA. Read more here.
[Mar 31, 2010]New Chapter Formed @ UCSD
Please join us in welcoming our newest chapter -- University of California, San Diego into the ESW community.
[Feb 12, 2010]Supporting the People of Haiti
The recent earthquake that struck the capital city of Haiti is a disaster on a scale beyond conception. Recent estimates put the number of lives lost at 170,000 with over 245,000 buildings destroyed. Clearing the damage will take weeks - rebuilding, years. Engineers for a Sustainable World recognizes that at this point, what it is needed most are basic supplies and medical expertise. To this end, we encourage our members and anyone who is looking to help to support the efforts of Partners in Health. There are many organizations working in the field who could use your donation. We support PIH because they have been there for 20 years and are well established and efficient. In addition, they are very familiar with local cultural values and know how to provide modern medicine while avoiding religious or cultural conflicts.
[Jan. 28, 2010] Sustainability Webinar Series Launched
As part of ESW's ongoing commitment to sustainability education, we are pleased to launch our "Sustainability Webinar Series" - a set of lectures on various topics streamed right to your computer. Over 25 participants and chapters joined us from across the country (and one participant from Greece!) for our inaugural webinar. We would like to thank Dr. Alan Eastman of GreenFire Energy for a fantastic presentation and Q&A session on geothermal energy using CO2 as a working fluid.If you would like to speak at or participate in a future sustainability webinar, please contact us.
[Jan. 12, 2010] ESW National Conference Host Announced
Purdue University will host the 2010 ESW National Conference from Oct. 7-10, 2010. Serving as conference co-chairs are: Dan Hirleman, Professor and William E. and Florence E. Perry Head, School of Mechanical Engineering; Eckhard Groll, Professor and Director of Professional Practice; and Tim Kendrick, Chapter President, ESW-Purdue.
[Nov. 1, 2009] Member Forum Launched
ESW launches the Member Forum. We hope our member community will use the Forum to pose questions, share ideas, engage in debate, challenge each others thinking and, most of all, teach and learn from one another about sustainability. Visit Forum
[Oct. 25, 2009] ESW-Stanford Wins Two Mondialogo Engineering Awards
The Stanford University chapter of ESW wins gold and silver for two international projects! Read more about theirs winning projects here.
[Sept. 30, 2009] National Team (2009-2010) Members Announced
We are pleased to announce five new members on the ESW National Team. Four are former chapter presidents who supported ESW over the summer and will be helping to run operations at the national level. We believe it is highly beneficial to have an organization whose primary membership is students run in part by student leaders. The five new members are: Robert Best, Alexander Dale, Christopher Llop, Kalpana Pathak and Vicky Tian -- read about them and their duties on the National Team page!
We also wish to publicly recognize the efforts of incoming and outgoing chapter presidents Ben Runkle (ESW-UB), Heather Bischel (ESW-Stanford), Dan Snitzer (ESW-UBuffalo), Akta Patel (ESW-Cornell) and Chris Thai (ESW-U Pitt) for their help and support during our summer restructuring. Expect to see additional updates on our organizational structure in the coming months.
