Tag: engineers without borders

Cylan Burns: World traveler, project manager and soon-to-be Missouri S&T graduate

Posted by on September 19, 2024

When Cylan Burns graduated as his high school’s valedictorian in 2020, he knew he wanted to find ways to make the world a better place, and he knew he liked mathematics and science. 
 
Considering that, the Versailles High School alumnus says deciding to attend Missouri S&T was an easy equation for him to solve.

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Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders to visit South America for first time since pandemic

Posted by on April 27, 2023

Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders team will soon be on the move and traveling to both Bolivia and Ecuador in May.

“These will be our team’s first international trips since before the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Anna Stephenson, a senior in chemical engineering who is the team’s project lead for the trip to Atahuallani, Bolivia. “It’s something we are all excited about. Our group has volunteered for our projects remotely, and now we will have the opportunity to be in the field.”

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Engineering with a mission

Posted by on October 24, 2022

Micayla Goyne, a sophomore in mechanical engineering and Spanish from St. Louis, wants to improve developing nations. And when she says that, it isn’t a grand declaration or nice idea being touted. She has a plan.

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Missouri S&T student design teams gear up for competition

Posted by on April 25, 2022

Innovation doesn’t take a break. Missouri S&T student design teams are working on everything from rockets to underwater robotics, and are preparing to take their projects to regional, national and international competitions in the coming months.

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S&T faculty and staff to showcase their talents at fundraiser

Posted by on January 22, 2020

Several Missouri S&T faculty, staff and students will join Rolla community members to showcase their talents this month at a fundraiser for the S&T student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). The evening will include a special guest performance by professional entertainer Wendy Warner.

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Students volunteer over summer to bring clean water to people in South America

Posted by on August 27, 2019

Throughout the summer, two teams of Missouri S&T students traveled to three locations in South America to help source clean water and construct well systems in several remote and impoverished communities.

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Missouri S&T’s Mark Fitch to receive UM System president’s award for service

Posted by on April 9, 2019

Missouri S&T’s Dr. Mark Fitch will receive a University of Missouri System President’s Award for University Citizenship – Service this week.

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S&T faculty and staff to showcase their talents at fundraiser

Posted by on February 6, 2019

Several faculty and staff at Missouri S&T will showcase their talents this month at a fundraiser for the S&T student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). Performances include singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, performing physical feats and other entertainment.

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S&T faculty and staff to showcase their talents at fundraiser

Posted by on February 9, 2018

Dozens of faculty and staff at Missouri S&T will showcase their talents this month at a fundraiser for the Missouri S&T student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). Performances include singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, performing physical feats and other entertainment.

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Missouri S&T EWB group completes work in Nahualate

Posted by on December 15, 2017

The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Missouri University of Science and Technology will travel to Nahualate, Guatemala, this December to complete its 10-year effort to provide clean drinking water to the community. This past August, the team finished one of the largest EWB projects in the organization’s history: a distribution system that includes a 430-foot well, 15,000-gallon storage tank, chlorination system and 8 miles of distribution pipe.

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