April 2017 - Ewb-list - ecn.purdue.edu

EWB Week 16
by Shawn Edward Makulec 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Hello! We made it! It's week 16-- the last of our EWB weeks. In this email: * The plan for this week's full (and final) chapter meeting, including a guest speaker! * An invitation to a special I2D event this Thursday with Dr. Blatchley * Our usual schedule This Wednesday will be our final chapter meeting of the semester. This will be a full chapter meeting, and we will be joined by special guest Andrea Burniske, who is going to speak to our chapter about ethics in international development. Her talk will begin at 6:00 PM, so please be on time! This should be a very interesting presentation-- definitely make every effort not to miss it. This Thursday, 4/27, Dr. Chip Blatchley will present his I2D Lab-Center for Global Food Security project at Burton Morgan 121 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. Attached is a flyer with more details about his project. Dr. Blatchley has come to many of our chapter's design reviews and provided quite a bit of insight to our team-- it's time we all go listen to what he does! Here is our team calendar<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=k6adasfa5cutbnmsfkr76qvcuk%4…>, if you'd like to check it out for our last week. On to the schedule: Tuesday 4/25: Biogas team meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098C. Wednesday, 4/26 Water team meeting: 5:00 - 6:00 PM, ARMS 3115. Chapter Meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS B098-2. Come hear Andrea Burniske! Program Selection: 7:00 - 7:45 PM, ARMS B098-2. EPICS Lab: 6:00 - 7:50 PM, ARMS 1098-C. Fundraising committee meeting: 7:00 PM, ARMS B098-2. Thursday, 4/27: Dr. Blatchley I2D Presentation: 3:00 - 4:00 PM, MRGN 121. Events Committee meeting: 6:00 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). TBD, BUT DURING EXAM WEEK: All-officer meeting! Incoming and outgoing officers (but especially incoming officers), keep an eye out for info on a meeting time. That's everything! I'll see you all at our last chapter meeting on Wednesday. Good luck on finals! Best, Shawn Makulec

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EWB Week 15: Design Review
by Shawn Edward Makulec 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Hello all! It's week 15, which means Design Review! In this email: * Details on this week's meeting * The final spring social event, this Sunday * T-shirt contest! * Our plan for the rest of the semester, including next week's speaker Design Review this Wednesday will be in ARMS B098-2, the i2i Studio, just like our first DR this semester. It will begin promptly at 6:00 PM, and will run until 8:00 PM. EPICS students are required to attend, and chapter members are strongly encouraged to come. (This is our full chapter meeting for the week.) EPICS members: we have the i2i Studio reserved beginning at 5:30, so if you would like to arrive early and set up, you're welcome to. Our chapter has one more team social event planned for the semester! This Sunday, April 23rd, we will be going to the Columbian Park Zoo in Lafayette at 1:00 PM. Admission is completely free, and our plan is to carpool there, but there are also buses that run out there if needed. We can stay as long as we want to, but will probably leave around 3:00. If you would like to go, please fill out this quick Google form <https://goo.gl/forms/dpNIja4tIzsZtZ8j1> ASAP! A reminder that we will be ordering T-shirts at the start of next semester! We're having an open design contest this month-- if you have any interest in designing the next EWB T-shirt, make a design on CustomInk (here)<https://www.customink.com/> and email Sean McCrohan (smccroha(a)purdue.edu) a link to the design before Friday, 4/21. Our chapter did a survey earlier in the semester and determined that people prefer a long-sleeve shirt, so keep this in mind. Sean will be sending out a copy of our new logo soon; please include this somewhere in your design. Next week will be our last chapter meeting for the semester, and we will be joined by Andrea Burniske. Andrea works in the Global Engineering Programs office, and will be talking to our chapter about ethics in international development. I'm really looking forward to this-- Andrea is fantastically interesting, and this will be a great chance for all of us to learn about an important topic. Here's a link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=k6adasfa5cutbnmsfkr76qvcuk%4…> to our Google calendar. This week's schedule: Tuesday 4/18: Biogas team meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098C. Wednesday, 4/19: Water team meeting: 5:00 - 6:00 PM, ARMS 3115. DESIGN REVIEW: 6:00 - 8:00 PM, ARMS B098-2. This is our full chapter meeting for the week! Executive Officer's meeting: 8:00 PM, ARMS 1098-C. Only executive officers need to attend this meeting. Thursday, 4/20 Events Committee meeting: 6:00 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). Fundraising committee meeting: 6:30 PM, Amelia's. 5K meeting: 6:30 PM, Amelia's. Monday, 4/24: Grants Committee meeting: 6:00 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). Program Selection: 6:00 PM, Amelia's. Future Directions team meeting: 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098-C. Tuesday, 4/25: Biogas team meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098C. That's everything! See you all at Design Review on Wednesday! Best, Shawn Makulec

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Uganda Travel Email Campaign
by Abhinav Yerraguntala 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Hi Everyone, As you know the Uganda trip is coming up soon, and we need to do everything we can to make sure we're well-funded for the trip. Given below is the email for our Uganda Travel Email Campaign. Please send this out to people who you believe will support our cause. Feel free to add any personal stories you may have with EWB and please make sure you sign your name at the end. If you guys have any questions please let me know at ayerragu(a)purdue.edu Thanks, Sai Yerraguntala ___________________________________ Hello! The Engineers without Borders - Purdue Chapter, or EWB is looking to raise funds for its upcoming trip to Nakyenyi, Uganda. EWB Purdue is an affiliated and accredited chapter to the non-profit organization, Engineers without Borders. The chapter has been working to design and implement a biogas digester for a vocational school in Nakyenyi, Uganda, as a way to give the school a reliable source of gas to cook with. This summer, the team is returning to finalize the generator and to start energy production for the community. In order to fund our upcoming trip to Uganda, we are looking to raise funds to help cover the expenses on this trip, ranging from travel costs to the material costs of the final parts required for the digester. If you are able to help us with our goal of bringing a sustainable energy source to a community who desperately needs it, please donate to our fundraising page at https://support.ewb-usa.org/events/purdue-university-chapter/e84012. Any amount helps and we greatly appreciate it! Thank you for helping us make a difference in the world. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at purdueuniversity(a)chapters-ewb-usa.org. Regards, [NAME] Engineers Without Borders USA - Purdue University

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EWB Social - Columbian Park Zoo
by Sean Michael McCrohan 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Hey everyone! The semester is coming to a close, and we have one more social planned! Next Saturday, April 23rd, we will be going to the Columbian Park Zoo in Lafayette at 1 PM. Admission is completely free! The plan is to carpool there, but there are also buses that run out there if needed. We can stay as long as we like, but will likely not stay past 3. If you would like to go, please fill out the quick form below asap! I will also include a link to the zoo's website. https://goo.gl/forms/dpNIja4tIzsZtZ8j1 Thanks! Sean McCrohan

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EWB: Week 14
by Shawn Edward Makulec 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Hi everyone! It's week 14! In this email: * Info on design review next week * The general plan for meetings the rest of the semester * Update for officers on our meeting this week Design Review is next Wednesday, the 19th. (That's right, EPICS folks-- you don't have much time!) We'll be having a full chapter meeting that week, just like we did for DR earlier in the semester. Pending approval of our reservation request, expect DR to be held in the i2i Studio, where we have our chapter meetings. As the semester comes to a close, our chapter will continue meeting as regular through dead week. The only slight difference is that we'll have a full chapter meeting on Wednesday 4/26, which means we'll have two chapter meetings in a row (Design Review on 4/19 and our final chapter meeting on 4/26). We will, of course, not have any meetings during exam week. Officers, please note we will have a full officer meeting this week, as our meeting last week had to be cut. Here's our team Google calendar<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=k6adasfa5cutbnmsfkr76qvcuk%4…>, like usual. Our schedule for the week: Tuesday 4/11: Biogas team meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098C. Wednesday, 4/12: Water team meeting: 5:00 - 6:00 PM, ARMS 3115. Program Selection: 6:00 - 7:45 PM, ARMS B098-2. EPICS Lab: 6:00 - 7:50 PM, ARMS 1098-C. Fundraising committee meeting: 7:00 PM, ARMS B098-2. Officer's meeting: 8:00 PM, ARMS 1098-C. This is another all-officer meeting, since last week's was rescheduled/canceled/whatever. Thursday, 4/13: Events Committee meeting: 6:00 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). Monday, 4/17: Grants Committee meeting: 6:00 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). Media Committee meeting: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). Program Selection: 6:00 PM, Amelia's. Future Directions team meeting: 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098-C. Tuesday, 4/18: Biogas team meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098C. That's the whole thing! See you all at our meetings on Wednesday night. Best, Shawn Makulec P.S.-- if you want to unsubscribe from EWB emails, click here <https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/ewb-list> and go to the bottom of the page, and you'll be able to.

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EWB T-Shirt Design Contest
by Sean Michael McCrohan 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Hey everyone! We will be ordering T-Shirts at the start of next semester, and are going to have an open design contest this month. If you have any interest in designing the next EWB t-shirt, go ahead and make a design on CustomInk (go to the link below, and click on 'design lab'), and email me a link to the design any time in the next 2 weeks (before 4/21). It doesn't take any graphic design skill to make a shirt on their website, so anyone can make one! https://www.customink.com/ The most preferred shirt type on the survey sent out was a Long sleeve t-shirt, but feel free to design whatever kind of shirt you think would be best. Thanks! Sean McCrohan smccroha(a)purdue.edu

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NEED VOLUNTEERS: Purdue in Africa Event
by Elena Anne Marty van Hove 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Hi All, Tomorrow, April 6th, EWB will be participating in the Africa Interest Group Networking Event from 3pm to 7pm. This is a great opportunity to get our name out as well as learn from other groups on campus. We need two representatives of EWB to be present during the event at all times. If you're available please sign up in the Google sheet below! Best, Elena https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TJbljdQqcVtEsMJkf4_cys1mpk8JWtMEiKd… Elena van Hove Purdue University Electrical Engineering Undergraduate evanhove(a)purdue.edu

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EWB Week 13
by Shawn Edward Makulec 04 Apr '17

04 Apr '17

Hello all! This is a pretty brief update-- for the most part, it's business as usual for our chapter this week. In this email: * Info on the special guest speaker coming to our chapter meeting * Program selection schedule updates * This week's schedule Make sure not to miss our chapter meeting this week! Tomorrow, Allen Boyd will be joining us. Mr. Boyd is a veteran of the U.S. military and a longtime member of the Indianapolis chapter of EWB. He is currently working with EWB-USA to develop program metrics for cultural awareness while traveling internationally, and will be speaking to us about international project/travel safety. It should be quite interesting-- I'm definitely looking forward to this. Program selection is meeting on both Mondays and Wednesdays for the rest of the semester. These new Monday meetings will be at 6:00 PM in Amelia's. Despite what information may have initially gone out, these meetings are at 6:00 PM now. 6:00 PM. (Keep an eye on the Program Selection GroupMe to make sure you don't miss any of this info. If you aren't in that GroupMe and want to be, send me an email!) Here's our team's Google calendar<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=k6adasfa5cutbnmsfkr76qvcuk%4…>, which is a good place to check if you're unsure about what's going on with our team. This week's schedule: Tuesday 4/4: Biogas team meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098C. Wednesday, 4/5: Water team meeting: 5:00 - 6:00 PM, ARMS 3115. Chapter meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS B098-2. Make sure to come and hear Mr. Boyd's talk! (This is a FULL chapter meeting.) Program Selection: 7:00 - 7:45 PM, ARMS B098-2. EPICS Lab: 7:00 - 7:50 PM, ARMS 1098-C. Officer's meeting: 8:00 PM, ARMS 1098-C. This is an all-officer meeting. Thursday, 4/6 Events Committee meeting: 6:00 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). Fundraising committee meeting: 6:00 PM, Amelia's. 5K meeting: 6:30 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). Monday, 4/10: Grants Committee meeting: 6:00 PM, Amelia's (ARMS basement). Program Selection: 6:00 PM, Amelia's. Future Directions team meeting: 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098-C. Tuesday, 4/11: Biogas team meeting: 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ARMS 1098C. That's everything! Best, Shawn Makulec

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