EWB-USA Conference

EWB-USA Conference

Philip Danser and Patrick YeApril 7, 2009

Engineers in Action

• Materials Procurement and Delivery

• Contact with Local Community

• Review Design & Assess Local Feasibility

• Provide on-site Professional Engineer

• Located in La Paz, Bolivia

• Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Bridge Advice

- “Bridging Rivers and Cultures” presentation

- Met cool professional, EWB-experienced engineers that gave us advice on design

- Gained: designs, contacts and optimism

Memorandum of

Understanding

AutoCAD Bridge

Designs

Assessing Project Consequences

• Natural Capital

• Cultural Capital

• Human Capital

• Social Capital

• Political Capital

• Financial Capital

• Built Capital

Logical Framework Approach (LFA) is a management tool mainly used in the design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects.

EWB-USA relations

- Met Chapter Regional Manager (CRM) Scott Hammond

- Need to re-establish communication

- EWB-USA can help link us with professional engineers in the area

Networking with other Chapters

• Princeton

• Missouri School of Science and Tech.

• Columbia

• Drexel

• Carleton

• University of Florida