South Central Regional Workshop

Welcome! Texas A&M University Chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA is pleased to have hosted the South Central Regional Workshop in November, 2011. The region consists of twenty-four chapters from Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Representatives from a majority of the chapters, in various engineering disciplines, attended, including the most outside representatives from Texas Tech University.

As hosts for the first time, we hope that everyone had a wonderful experience and will consider attending future workshops. The weekend was not only important for learning technical skills and the inner-workings of EWB-USA, but was also a time for students and professionals to network with each other and share ideas. Forums gave everyone an opportunity to ask questions and share in experiences and knowledge. This was especially helpful to the newer chapters.

We appreciate any feedback you may have and hope that you will take a look at the presentations below for anything you may have missed over the weekend. Please feel free to email president.ewbtamu@gmail.com if you have any questions.

General Information for Workshop:

Agenda | Agenda (Abstracts) | Prof. Development Hours (PDH) Form

Project Poster Contest

And the winners are:

• 1st Place: Rice University - Nicaragua II Health Clinic
• 2nd Place: Greater Austin - Climate Adaptation in Mountain Basins in Andean Region
• 3rd Place: Rice University - El Salvador Water Distribution System

Presentations

• Douglas S. Bramwell, P.E., RPLS
• Obtaining Accurate Field Data with Minimal Survey Equipment
• Kate Emery, President of EWB-USA TAMU Chapter
• How to Create a Successful Fundraising Plan
• Dr. Suzanne Droleskey, Assistant to VP Internal Operations, TAMU Study Abroad Office
• Keynote Speech
• EWB-USA
• Sustainibility
• Program Quality-Ratings
• Project Monitoring
• Media & Publicity
• Grady Hillhouse, TAMU M.E. Water Resources Engineering
• Hydraulic Modeling of Water Distribution Systems
• Brad Appel, TAMU M.S. Nuclear Engineering
• Water Pressure and Flow Analysis
• Julie Jones, P.E.
• Membership Recruitment and Retention
• Zenón Medina-Cetina, TAMU Assistant Professor 
• Soil Testing and Analysis
• Dr. Marisa E. Suhm
• Cultural Competence for Engineers