EWB Challenge
University of XX
[Insert Date] XX/XX/XXXX
[Insert your name]

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What is the importance of the following factors to your future career in engineering?
• Money / Salary
• Sustainability
• Becoming chartered
• Further qualifications
• Job security
• Job satisfaction
• Challenging work
• Practical / Hands-on work
• Working / Travelling internationally
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) record
• Having a positive impact on the world around me

Engineering Myths

Engineering Myths

850,000,000 people lack access to safe drinking water
820,000,000 people are under-nourished, 1.1 billion are over-fed
29,000 children die every day from poverty-related causes
Fewer than 1 engineer per 100,000 in Africa c.f.: up to 500 in Europe
1 billion people living in slums

The EWB Challenge
Housing in Sandikhola, 2013

Nepal
Population: 30,430,267 (2013)
Official Languages: Nepali (In addition, there is a wide range of regional dialects)
Ethnic Composition: The Nepali people are descended from migrants that moved from India, Tibet, eastern China and northern Burma.
Religion: Around 80% Hinduism, 10% Buddhism and a
Muslim minority
Education: 57% of the population over the age of 15 have had some form of schooling

EWB Challenge Design Areas

Housing & Construction
Housing in Sandikhola, 2013

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Constructing a new rainwater tank in Sandikhola, 2013

Energy
Constructing a new rainwater tank in Sandikhola, 2013

Waste Management
Community rubbish bin in Sandikhola, 2013

Transport
Women transporting sand to a construction site by strapping the bags to their backs and heads, Sandikhola, 2013

Information Communication
Technologies (ICT)
Manually checking the flow of water from a natural spring in Sandikhola, 2013

Climate Change
Rice paddies, Sandikhola 2013

What to think about
Understand the context
Consider all aspects
Keep the ‘client(s)’ in mind

What happens now
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And sign up to the discussion forum
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What happens now
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Challenge will operate at this university]

EWB Challenge Finals
1. Your academics will pick up to 5 teams to enter the finals
2. You must submit a document of no more than 10 pages
3. Following expert review 1 team will be invited to the EWB Challenge Finals
4. Judges then decide on the Grand Prize and
Runner up

19 universities
2,800 students 7 design areas
28 launch lectures
56 team reports reviewed
60 volunteer reviewers
100 hours of volunteer review
53 finalists
17 final teams
1 final
1,500 hours staff time
8 judges
2 prizes

Thank you to our sponsors

VISION | A world where everyone has access to the engineering they need for a life free from poverty

AIM | To EMPOWER engineers to remove barriers to human development

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