2018 EWB Conference
On February 10th, ten students from both our Kenya and Ghana projects attended a one-day regional EWB conference at the University of Connecticut sponsored by the Hartford, CT Professional Chapter. The day consisted of many different lectures and workshops that varied from personal stories from local chapters to implementing solar energy to hands on activities with water quality testing. The students that attended included Juniors, Faith Duffy, Victoria Hennon, Sami LeValley, and Hannah Wharton. As well as freshman, Hichul Chung, Dalton Macres, Josh McGee, Cody Richter, Alex Shea, and Laura Wang.
Here are some of their favorite moments from the conference:
“I had a great time learning about other EWB projects and interacting with different members outside of our chapter. The conference was a good way to network with students and professionals, as well as get to know other students from the UMass Kenya group better.” -Victoria Hennon
“Of all of the workshops, the one on integration of technology to improve surveying methods was extremely interesting, and I found it amazing how much precise position information a consumer drone could map and provide to the workers of a project.” – Cody Richter
“I thought learning about EWB 2.0 was exciting because I was able to understand the future of EWB and thought having different in country offices was an amazing idea.” – Hichul Chung
“One of my favorite sessions was about the plausibility of using solar energy in our projects. As the Kenya project has talked a little about using solar power to pump water, it was interesting to hear from the Harvard faculty advisor, who specializes in solar, about his thoughts on how to implement it effectively.” – Hannah Wharton
“My favorite part was learning how to properly test water because this skill will be highly useful as the Ghana project will be implementing bio-sand water filters in August 2018.” – Dalton Macres
Here are some of their favorite moments from the conference:
“I had a great time learning about other EWB projects and interacting with different members outside of our chapter. The conference was a good way to network with students and professionals, as well as get to know other students from the UMass Kenya group better.” -Victoria Hennon
“Of all of the workshops, the one on integration of technology to improve surveying methods was extremely interesting, and I found it amazing how much precise position information a consumer drone could map and provide to the workers of a project.” – Cody Richter
“I thought learning about EWB 2.0 was exciting because I was able to understand the future of EWB and thought having different in country offices was an amazing idea.” – Hichul Chung
“One of my favorite sessions was about the plausibility of using solar energy in our projects. As the Kenya project has talked a little about using solar power to pump water, it was interesting to hear from the Harvard faculty advisor, who specializes in solar, about his thoughts on how to implement it effectively.” – Hannah Wharton
“My favorite part was learning how to properly test water because this skill will be highly useful as the Ghana project will be implementing bio-sand water filters in August 2018.” – Dalton Macres
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