The 2008 EWB-Great Lakes Regional Workshop location has been selected: Champaign-Urbana, IL, University of Illinois. EWB-UIUC has been one of the most active student chapters in the region, and we are excited about their vision of the workshop.
The workshop is slated for this Fall 2008, but exact dates are still being finalized. If you wish to participate in the planning of the workshop, please contact president@ewb-greatlakes.org.
To help in deciding where to have the next workshop we would like any chapter that is interested in hosting to send brief answers to the following questions to Daniel Atkins via email, treasurer@ewb-greatlakes.org:
1. Do you have facilities that can hold up to 200 people? Will these facilities allow for subgroups to split up?
2. Will logistics such as minor catering, travel, or lodging be a problem?
3. What goals would you have for the workshop?
4. What are some benefits of your chapter hosting the workshop?
5. If you attended the last workshop, what would you change to make it better? (It is not necessary to have attended the last workshop to host in 2008)
Also, please include your location, EWB Chapter, and contact info. We are hoping to have a host picked by the end of November. Please respond quickly.
With the successful completion of the 2007 Great Lakes Regional Workshop, we are looking for an EWB chapter host for next year. We have already had several requests to host, so please contact John Glassmire if you are interested.
The 2008 Great Lakes Regional Workshop will be in the Fall of 2008, and the host will be finalized by the end of 4th quarter 2007.
The Great Lakes region would like to thank everyone who made the workshop a success! Special thanks go to EWB-CPC (especially the conference organizer Jennifer Dunn) and EWB-UIC.
In addition, we would like to thank our speakers (click for biographies) and our generous sponsors:
Many of the presentations at the workshop are available for download below. Please click on the desired file to get it.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Anne Evens, Center for Neighborhood Technology
“Sustainable Communities, Attainable Results: A Presentation about the Center for Neighborhood Technology”
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Welcoming Remarks
Cathy Leslie, Executive Director, Engineers Without Borders USA
Dr. Sabri Cetinkunt, University of Illinois at Chicago
Mike Paddock, Program Manager, CH2MHill
Aaron Datesman, Treasurer, EWB Chicago Professional Chapter
Student and Professional EWB Projects
Bryn Martin and Seema Farooqui, University of Illinois at Chicago
Riyaz Shipchandler, Chicago Professional Chapter
Ali Bernero, Milwaukee School of Engineering
EWB Health and Safety Program
George Jamison, Great Lakes Region Technical Advisory Committee
High Performance Concrete
Hands-on session on mixing concrete in developing countries
Professor Mohsen Issa, UIC Civil Engineering
Working with Other Cultures
Dr. Bonnie Jean Adams, Benedictine University
Tom O’Brien, Peace Corps Alumnus
Urmi Sengupta, ShoreCap Exchange
Drinking Water Acquisition and Purification
Jim Bodenner, International Aid
Dr. Stephen Silliman, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Robin Collins, University of New Hampshire
Career fair and water testing and acquisition demonstrations
Steve Hubbs, Louisville, KY
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Opening Remarks
John Glassmire, President EWB Great Lakes Region
Fundraising
Colette Martin-Wilde, The Rotary Foundation
Nancy Cohen, Director of Development, UIC Engineering
Cathy Leslie, Executive Director, EWB USA
Building Relationships – Interactions between students, professionals, and faculty
Dr. Kurt Paterson, Michigan Tech & Mike Paddock, CH2MHill, EWB Milwaukee Professional Chapter
Effective Meeting Facilitation Workshop
Julie Henning, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Conducting Effective Health Assessments
Dr. Peter Scheff, UIC School of Public Health
EWB Project Process
Tammy Wergin and Cathy Leslie, EWB-USA
Please click here for a downloadable workshop agenda.
