Engineers Without Borders - UIC

Welcome back everyone! If you have not been informed, EWB-UIC will be having General Meetings every other Monday from 1-2 in 1043 ERF. Also in the coming weeks we will begin having technical meetings for those students interested in attending those. All meeting times, dates and locations can be found on our calendar.

Check out this recent article in the Chicago Sun Times featuring our very own Jennifer Welch!

http://www.suntimes.com/technology/guy/1804000,CST-FIN-ECOL03.article

EWB-UIC has begun having Technical Meetings on Thursday evenings. For those of you who are unable to make our General Meetings, hopefully you'll be able to find the time to attend these. As we are currently working on preparing for our next trip to Guatemala, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved and lend help to our work. The schedule for these and all meetings and events can be found under the calendar link at the top of the screen. For more info on Technical Meetings contact our Project Manager, Gerardo Fierro (fierro_ger@yahoo.com).

We currently have two organizational positions that are open, Secretary and Fundraising Chair. These are great opportunities more new members or anyone looking to get more involved. Even if you don't have a lot of familiarity with the project, you can help out. I have attached descriptions for the positions so you can see if they are something you are interested in. If you would like to take on either let me know. If more than one person expresses interest we will have an election at our next meeting.

Welcome back everyone,

We will be having our first General Meeting of the semester next Tuesday, September 8 at 12:00pm in ERF 1047. Come join us to learn about Engineers Without Borders and the work we are currently doing in Guatemala. We will also be talking about our last trip in May and how you can get involved with our group.

EWB-UIC 1st General Meeting
Tuesday, September 8

Engineers Without Borders at UIC
Invites You to Celebrate PROJECT WATER
Friday, April 17, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Our Collaboration with the People of Cerro Alto and Labor de Falla, Guatemala

University of Illinois at Chicago Innovation Center
1240 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois

Reception at 6:00 P.M. Dinner at 7:00 P.M. Silent Auction

Tickets $50 and $25 for Students and Children. Tickets Should Be Purchased by April 10.

Sponsorship Levels ~ Engineering for the World ~ $1,200 Includes Eight Tickets

Here is a link to the pictures taken at the 2/27 informational trip to Algonquin's Water Filtration Plant #3. For technical details on anything seen, please contact Frank or myself.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35968707@N05/

-Brian Clark, ME

If you are interested in EWB please join our listserv where you will receive general announcements about meetings, fund raisers, and all other opportunities. Simply send an email to listserv@uic.edu with a body that reads:

subscribe ewbuic John Smith

replacing John Smith with your name of course... More options are available through the web interface: http://listserv.uic.edu/htbin/wa

If you have any other questions contact our listserv manager Jason Lotter at jlotte2@uic.edu

EWB-UIC, John Caruso PE, and Mark Emory PE from Christopher B. Burke
Engineering, Ltd. will be taking a small trip to the Algonquin Water
Treatment plants this Friday. We will examine a chlorine injection
system similar, although on a larger scale, to one potentially being
installed this May in Cerro Alto.

http://www.algonquin.org/department/division.asp?fDD=9-39

Details are still being worked out but we will be leaving UIC around
10:00-10:30 AM, take the Blue Line to CBBEL where we will get a ride
to Algonquin. Or you can drive straight from UIC if you want. If you

Hi EWB-UIC

I hope everyone's semester is off to a great start! A lot has been happening at EWB:

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