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2015-2016

End of Year Report Engineers Without Borders University of California, Riverside

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May 13, 2016 Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue Riverside, CA 92521 Dear BCOE Awards Committee: I would like to preface this letter with a brief overview of Engineers Without Borders (EWB)-USA. EWB is a non-profit organization that originated in 2000 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The founder of EWB, Dr. Bernard Amadei, created EWB to “connect a developing community that has a specific infrastructure need to engineers who can partner with the community to design a sustainable solution” (EWB-USA). EWB strives to help both domestic and international communities meet their basic human needs through cost-effective, sustainable projects. This academic year, the characteristics that make EWB at UCR unique were humility and diversity. EWB at UCR recognizes that we are privileged to live in the United States where higher education and healthier living conditions are more accessible than in third world countries. With this privilege comes a sense of duty that we utilize our knowledge and skills for the greater good. In Bourns College of Engineering, students are constantly taught that the best success comes from working with a multidisciplinary team. Our organization’s name, leaders, and activities show that we do not focus on a specific engineering major, but we encourage all people regardless of gender, religion, or background. This year we were pleased to secure our first International Project which has become the driving force for the organization’s success. The awards that are suitable for this academic year for EWB at UCR are Most Competitive, Most Improved, and Most Collaborative. Our goal for the 2015-2016 academic year was to collaborate and foster relationships within the BCOE community and firmly establish ourselves as a diverse and multidisciplinary organization at UCR. The chapter’s success can be attributed to the dedicated officers and members that have become part of the EWB family. This year we hosted more professional development events, socials, fundraisers and outreach events that have further embodied the organization compared to previous years. In the upcoming year, we hope to continue our projects and events and travel to Bohol, Philippines for our international project. I can truly say that I am proud of the events that were hosted by EWB at UCR this year, and I see great promise for the years to come. Sincerely, Julianne Rolf President 2015-2016 Engineers Without Borders

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Table of Contents

Club History ................................................................................................................................................. 1

Club Information ......................................................................................................................................... 2

EWB Officers ............................................................................................................................................... 3

Club Goals ................................................................................................................................................... 4

Calendar of Events and Activities ................................................................................................................ 5

Treasurer’s Report ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Activities in Detail ....................................................................................................................................... 9

Professional Development Activities .......................................................................................................... 9

Leadership Development Activities .......................................................................................................... 13

Academic Development Activities ............................................................................................................ 14

Outreach and Community Service Events ................................................................................................. 19

Club Development Activities ..................................................................................................................... 21

Assessment of Goals ................................................................................................................................. 25

Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................. 26

Appendix ................................................................................................................................................... 28

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Club History Engineers Without Borders at UC Riverside was founded in 2008 by Breanna Bornemann.

Although there were successful events in the past, transferred records of events have not been maintained until the previous academic year under the presidency of Nolan Fan. Based on previous officer information, we know that several events occurred between 2010 and 2013. In 2010 and 2011, EWB at UCR partnered with its sister chapters, Cal Poly Pomona Student and Inland Empire Professional, to travel to San Lorenzo, Guatemala to design and construct a water tank and water distribution system. In 2011, EWB helped construct the first prototype of a thermal solar collector that won a $15,000 grant at the EPA P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) Design Competition. EWB also worked with AIChE to design and construct a solar cooker and start the desalination project. At the 2011 BCOE Banquet, EWB received the Most Improved Organization award. In 2012, EWB partnered with American Society of Civil Engineers professional chapter to volunteer at the Riverside Arts Museum as well as attend the EWB West Coast Conference to socialize with student and professional chapters and attend workshops on EWB’s missions and plans. From 2014-2015, EWB at UCR built a stable infrastructure from its lack of transition from the 2011-2012 to the 2012-2013 board. Involvement with BCOE faculty and its academic advisor, Dr. Kawai Tam allowed for a wide variety of professional development events, which helped stabilize the chapter as a whole. Membership increased, and we were awarded the Best T-shirt Design at the 2014 BCOE Banquet.

Today, EWB at UCR has maintained this stable infrastructure and continued its growth as a multidisciplinary and prominent organization in BCOE and EWB-USA. This year, the focus of the organization was to develop our projects and collaborations with other organizations, while maintaining the same level of professional development, social, fundraiser, and outreach events that were displayed in the previous year. The Gazebo and Compost Toilet Project at the UCR community garden has received a large amount of students from EWB and Tau Beta Pi (TBP) that have volunteered to build and complete the projects. EWB collaborated with Material Research Society (MRS) to receive grants to build a solar cell. The Microbial Fuel Cell project was also reestablished as a EWB project and parts have been purchased to build our final prototype. Our main focus was our International Project in Bohol, Philippines. After a typhoon hit the island Bohol, new and sustainable methods became necessary to rebuild homes that were destroyed. EWB at UCR currently works with the Husk-to-Home design team to develop a particle board that would be used as sustainable building material. EWB and the design team have fundraised a total of over $30,000 through grant applications and competition events to go towards travel expenses and future research. Outreach events with GRID Alternatives, MESA, and Habitat for Humanity have continued to inspire our members to reach out and make a meaningful difference in the Riverside community. Last year EWB at UCR had the privilege to being invited to attend and speak at the Annual Symposium at UC Davis and had the honor of hosting the EWB First Annual Spring Beach Social with the southern California EWB chapters. EWB has always been a multidisciplinary organization and many steps were taken to foster relationships with engineering majors and disciplines. To help promote these relationships many socials and outreach events with AIChE, SWE, MRS, SHPE, ASME, BMES and TBP were created, such as BBQ socials and our first annual BCOE Trivia Night. We have hosted professional event with Shah Selbe, the former President of EWB-LA Professional and an employee at Boeing and National Geographic who received the Young Alumnus Award for his achievements. We have also opened our professional events to be co-hosted with BMES, TBP, MRS, and AIChE hosting Fisher & Paykel, LA Sanitation, EPA, SoCalGas, and the Second Annual Research Fair. We hope to continue our growth and partake in our first international travel by the next academic year.

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Club Information EWB-USA Address Engineers Without Borders USA 1031 33rd Street, Ste 210 Denver, Colorado 80205 Telephone: 303-772-2723 Fax: 303-772-2699 Website: http://www.ewb-usa.org/ Email: communications@ewb-usa.org EWB-LA Professional Chapter Name: Jared Deck Website: http://www.ewb-la.org/ EWB at UCR Student Chapter Website: http://ewbatucr.weebly.com/ Email: ewbatucr@gmail.com Club Advisor Name: Kawai Tam Position: Lecturer Telephone: 951-827-2498 Fax: 951-827-5696 Email: ktam@engr.ucr.edu Signature of approval: ______________________ Membership Total student members in 2015-2016: 168 Graduating members: 9 Active members: 20 Funding (Estimate) Bourns College of Engineering: $1,000 ASUCR: $1,148 Fundraising: $463 Donations/Competitions: $30,000

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EWB Officers

Officers 2015-2016

President Julianne Rolf jrolf001@ucr.edu

Vice President of External Affairs Vincent Van vvan001@ucr.edu

Vice President of Internal Affairs Brian Rojas broja002@ucr.edu

Treasurer Rish Shah rshah014@ucr.edu

Secretary Mark Hsu mhsu014@ucr.edu

Membership Dina Eldessouky delde002@ucr.edu

International Project Noah Rotter nrott001@ucr.edu

International Project Colin Eckerle cecke001@ucr.edu

Compost Toilet Project Lead Evan Kaihara ekaih001@ucr.edu

Solar Cell Project Lead Eduardo Lopez elope048@ucr.edu

Microbial Fuel Cell Kevin Li kli012@ucr.edu

Outreach Coordinator Salman Azmi sazmi001@ucr.edu

Professional Development Riko Ngan wngan001@ucr.edu

Fundraising Vijaypriya Ganesan vgane002@ucr.edu

Publicity Manik Sethi mseth001@ucr.edu

Officers 2016-2017

President Vijaypriya Ganesan vgane002@ucr.edu

Vice President of Club Affairs Mark Hsu mhsu014@ucr.edu

Vice President of Professional Development Wing (Riko) Ngan wngan001@ucr.edu

Treasurer Noah Rotter nrott001@ucr.edu

Secretary Manik Sethi mseth001@ucr.edu

Social/Fundraiser Chair Kryptokaran Ganesan kgane001@ucr.edu

Publicity Coordinator Haripriya Vasireddy hvasi001@ucr.edu

Microbial Fuel-Cell Project Leader Aaron Aliaga aalia001@ucr.edu

Solar Cell Project Leader Hau Chen hchen057@ucr.edu

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Club Goals Goals:

1. Increase professional development events for members.

2. Provide more opportunities for club development.

3. Grow as a chapter by participating in conferences.

Our Plan to achieve our Goals: 1. Goal 1:

a) Partnered with SHPE to host a guest speaker from Lockheed Martin to educate our members on resumes, cover letters, interviews, elevators speeches, and networking.

b) Invited professors and current graduate students to share advice on getting into graduate school.

c) Hosted Pedro Piqueras to share about his recent international trip to Tanzania with EWB-USA and his United Nations Initiative.

d) Took our members on a company tour of Brithinee Electric with IEEE.

e) Had guest speakers from Student Success Programs and SACNAS to encourage students to get internships.

f) Invited alumni back to come speak to our members in a joint with SHPE.

2. Goal 2: a) Hosting Nooners was a new fundraiser event we had this year that helped us raise money for

our projects. b) Planned the Block Party Food Sale, which was the largest fundraiser this year and still needs

some improvement for next year. c) Coordinating the Beach Social with SWE and SHPE was a successful social event and we hope to

have next year.

3. Goal 3: a) Attended the EWB-West Coast Regional Symposium and had Pedro Piqueras, graduate student

at UCR in the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department, host a workshop.

b) Assisted with a workshop at the AIChE Regional Conference to increase awareness about EWB with other engineers besides Environmental Engineers.

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Calendar of Events and Activities

Date Event Category Description

FALL

9/12/15 Nooner CD Fundraiser selling pizza on campus

9/22/15 University Honors Tabling AD Tabling event to attract incoming students to EWB

9/23/15 Dean’s Transfer Mandatory Orientation

AD Spoke to transfer students about EWB and projects within the club

9/26/15 Block Party Food Sale CD Fundraiser selling food during Block Party

9/29/15 Nooner CD Fundraiser selling pizza on campus

10/2/15 Nooner CD Fundraiser selling pizza on campus

10/5/15 EWB First General Meeting AD General meeting discussing various projects within EWB

10/12/15 EWB Ice Cream Social CD EWB member and officers bonding together over ice cream

10/16/15 R’Garden Rain Collection: Project Meeting

AD Discussed about future plans for the R’ Garden

10/19/16 EWB Second General Meeting

AD General meeting discussing about projects and membership

10/23/15 Lockheed Martin Guest Speaker

PD Manny Sanchez, a systems engineer from Lockheed Martin gave a presentation about tips for professional development

10/26/15 Graduate School Panel PD Panel consisting of graduate students and professors talking about their experience in graduate school and tips

10/31/15 Rain Collection Workshop AD Workshop to clear the area around the shed

11/9/15 Pedro Piqueras Presentation

PD Pedro was invited to talk about the professional EWB chapter and his campaign

11/10/15 Nooner CD Fundraiser selling pizza on campus

11/13-16/16 EWB West Coast Regional Conference

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EWB West Coast conference bringing members together to learn about opportunities within EWB as a national organization

11/16/15 Piad Amore Fundraiser CD Fundraiser at Piad Amore in the University Village

11/19/15 Enginuity Involvement Fair at Lothian Residence Hall

AD Speaking to freshman living in Lothian about EWB and our projects

11/19/15 Thanksgiving potluck with SWE

CD Thanksgiving potluck social with SWE

11/21/15 Brithinee Electric Tour PD Company tour at Brithinee Electric with IEEE

11/23/15 SACNAS Guest Speaker PD Invited Dr. Guillen to talk about internship opportunities with NASA JPL

12/1/15 Nooner CD Fundraiser selling pizza on campus

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WINTER

1/7/16 Student Success Programs PD Presentation to let students know where to find research and internship opportunities

1/14/16 EWB Bowling Night CD Bowling night to get to know EWB members more

1/20/16 Nooner CD Fundraiser selling pizza on campus

1/20/16 Become Effective at Professional Networking

PD Joint guest speaker event with NSBE to teach members how to network effectively

1/27/16 Project Updates General Meeting

AD Meeting to discuss about various projects in more detail

2/2/16 EWB & SWE Skyzone Social CD Social at Skyzone with SWE

2/3/16 Nooner CD Fundraiser selling pizza on campus

2/8/16 Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting AD Building a prototype of a microbial fuel cell

2/12/16 Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting AD Building a prototype of a microbial fuel cell

2/17/16 Compass Water Solutions Guest Speaker with SHPE

PD UCR Alumni, Mr. Rodriguez giving advice to students about interviewing skills, networking, and job hunting strategies

2/18/16 MESA Family Night O Hosted activities during MESA night in order to have local K-12th grade students interested in the STEM field

2/22/16 Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting AD Building a prototype of a microbial fuel cell

2/26/16 BCOE Dodgeball Tournament

CD Participated in the BCOE Dodgeball Tournament with other BCOE organizations

2/29/16 Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting AD Building a prototype of a microbial fuel cell

3/4/16 EWB Trivia Night Social CD Hosted a trivia night to spend time with EWB members and other BCOE students

3/9/16 Nooner CD Fundraiser selling pizza on campus

3/10/16 Club Fair for International Students

AD Tabling events to have international students interested in EWB

3/15/16 Winter Quarter Study Jam AD Participated in the BCOE study jam to provide a place to study and relax during finals week

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SPRING

4/2/16 EWB, SWE, and SHPE Beach Social

CD Social at Huntington Beach with members of EWB, SWE, and SHPE

4/6/16 EWB Officer Panel LD Panel in order to recruit new board members for EWB

4/16/16 AIChE Regional Conference PD AIChE Regional Conference hosted at UCR

4/17/16 Lothian Enginuity Presentation

AD Invite freshmen students to know about EWB and hopefully recruit them

4/20/16 EWB Barbeque Social CD BBQ Social outside of Bytes to celebrate the Husk 2 Home design team

4/28/16 EWB LEED Training LD Prepare EWB members for the LEED examination

5/7/16 R’Garden Gazebo Bench Project

AD Patched up spots on the benches in the R’Garden

5/13/16 Engineers Got Talent with SHPE

CD Fundraiser and social with SHPE displaying talents from students

5/18/16 Getaway Fundraiser CD Fundraiser at Getaway Cafe

5/25/16 General Meeting / Ice Cream Social

CD Last meeting of spring quarter and ice cream social

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Treasurer’s Report Engineers Without Borders - UC Riverside

Financial Balance - 2015-2016 School Year

October 2015 - Current Day

Transaction Description Payment, Fee, Withdrawal (-) Deposit, Credit (+)

Transfer to the ASUCR account

$1,148.00

Rollover $2,860.00

Dean's Funding $1,000.00

Chapter fee $1,000.00

Food $84.50

Office Supplies $64.00

Project Supplies $300.00

Printing $34.50

Nooners $76.00

Goodshop Fundraiser $10.91

Meal Tickets $375.75

Membership dues $425.00

T-Shirts $345.30

Initial Balance at Start of School Year: (+) $2,860.00

ASUCR Funding: (+) $1,148.00

Dean’s Funding: (+) $1000.00

Total EWB Membership Fees: (+) $425.00

Total Fundraiser Money: (+) $462.66

Total Spending Amount /Reimbursement: (-) $1,828.30

Total: $4,067.36

***International Project funding is managed by CEE Dept. under the supervision of Dr. Kawai Tam***

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Activities in Details EWB at UCR hosted many events during the 2015-2016 academic year. Below we have provided our prominent professional development, leadership development, academic development, outreach/community service, and club development activities information. Professional Development Activities The objectives of the listed professional development events were hosted for members and students to develop the skills and knowledge of engineer students to ensure that they are well rounded and prepared for the real world job market. The professional development activities include workshops, seminars, and guest speakers.

1. Lockheed Martin Guest Speaker (October 23, 2016) 2. Graduate School Panel (October 26, 2016) 3. Pedro Piqueras Presentation (November 9, 2015) 4. Brithinee Electric Tour (November 21, 2015) 5. SACNAS Guest Speaker (November 23, 2015) 6. Student Success Programs (January 7, 2016) 7. Become Effective at Professional Networking with NSBE (January 20, 2016) 8. Compass Water Solutions Guest Speaker with SHPE (February 17, 2016) 9. AIChE Regional Conference (April 16, 2016)

Name of Activity: Lockheed Martin Guest Speaker Date of Activity: 10/23/2015 Purpose of Activity: Educate our members on resumes, cover letters, interviews, elevator speeches and networking. History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 27 Students: 27 Male: 17 Female: 10 Club members: Professional members: N/A Teachers: 0 Parents: 0 Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: We invited Manny Sanchez, the system engineer from Lockheed Martin, and he gave a presentation about some tips of professional development. Evaluation of the activity: The event went well as everyone greatly benefited from the guest speaker and improved their skills.

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Name of Activity: Graduate School Panel Date of Activity: 10/26/2015 Purpose of Activity: Inform EWB members about the graduate school application process and learn more about graduate school programs in general. History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 27 Students: N/A Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 27 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $40 Description of the activity: We invited 3 graduate students and 3 professors to come and talk about their experience in graduate school. Dr. Nugent was also here to go over the graduate school application and requirements. Evaluation of the activity: I think the event went well in general, but the PowerPoint slides do not work due to technical issue. We could have been better prepared next time to make sure everything went well ahead of time.

Name of Activity: Pedro Piqueras Presentation Date of Activity: 11/9/2015 Purpose of Activity: Teach our members about Pedro’s United Nations campaign History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 17 Students: 17 Male: 11 Female: 6 Club members: N/A Professional members: 1 Teachers: 0 Parents: 0 Cost of Activity: $30 Description of the activity: We invited Pedro Piqueras to be our guest speaker and he talked about EWB as a national chapter and his United Nations campaign. Evaluation of the activity: This event went well, but the guest speaker ran out of time. It might be better for us to minimize our announcement time and give the guest speaker more time.

Name of Activity: Brithinee Electric Tour Date of Activity: 11/21/2015 Purpose of Activity: Show our members the Brithinee Electric facilities History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 9 Students: 9 Male: 7 Female: 2 Club members: 5 Professional members: 0 Teachers: 0 Parents: 0 Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: We collaborated with IEEE and organized this company tour. The staff in Brithinee Electric Company gave a presentation about the company’s history and the production line before giving us a tour. Evaluation of the activity: This event went well as everyone enjoyed this company tour and learned a lot from it.

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Name of Activity: SACNAS Guest Speaker Date of Activity: 11/23/2015 Purpose of Activity: To let our members know more about the FIELDS program and the application process History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 23 Students: 23 Male: 11 Female: 12 Club members: Professional members: 0 Teachers: 0 Parents: 0 Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: We invited Dr. Guillen to talk about the possibly to get an internship at NASA JPL or do NASA research on campus. Evaluation of the activity: The event went well. Our members were able to learn more about the FIELDS program and a lot of members were eager to talk to Dr. Guillen afterwards.

Name of Activity: Student Success Programs Date of Activity: 1/7/2016 Purpose of Activity: Teach the members about summer research opportunities on and off campus History of Activity: N/A Number of Participants: 9 Students: 9 Male: 6 Female: 3 Club members: N/A Professional members: 0 Teachers: 0 Parents: 0 Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: We invited the Director of Student Success Programs, Gladis Herrera-Berkowitz and Student Coordinator of Student Success Programs, Julianne Rolf to establish plans for our members. Evaluation of the activity: The event went well and our members learned a lot about different opportunities. They were excited to know more. We may want to change the time next time because a lot of people could not attend the event due to time conflict with classes.

Name of Activity: Become Effective at Professional Networking with NSBE Date of Activity: 1/20/2016 Purpose of Activity: To teach our members how to network with the professionals effectively History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 41 Students: 23 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 18 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $15 Description of the activity: We invited UCR alumni Mr. Ibekwe to talk about some tips when we would like to establish our network with professionals. Evaluation of the activity: The event went well. Our members were excited and asked the guest speaker a lot of questions. I think we can improve the duration of the event to make sure the event would not go overtime again next time.

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Name of Activity: Compass Water Solutions Guest Speaker with SHPE Date of Activity: 2/17/2016 Purpose of Activity: To let our members learn some tips about life after graduation, job hunting strategies, and networking opportunity with Compass Water Solutions History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 20 Students: 20 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: N/A Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: We invited UCR alumni Mr. Rodriguez to talk about some tips for graduating seniors, such as interview skills. Evaluation of the activity: The event went well with a lot of members that were enthusiastic and asked the guest speaker a lot of questions. However, it would be better if we can have the card access to the room early next time. The guest speaker arrived one hour early and we didn’t have access to the room until 7pm and the event got delayed a little bit. All in all, the event itself turned out really well.

Name of Activity: AIChE Regional Conference Date of Activity: 4/16/16 Purpose of Activity: To introduce Chemical Engineers to EWB History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 39 Students: 36 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 3 Professional members: 1 Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: EWB members from UCR as well as a few from Cal Poly Pomona attended the AICHE Western Regional Conference held at UCR this year to describe what EWB was and how it could add some value to their lives. Alan, the professional member who set this up, was both an AICHE and EWB professional member, and wanted others to join EWB because he believed it added to their professional development. We spoke on our projects and then had a workshop after where we broke into groups of 5 and discussed the idea of going to a 3rd world country where water would have to be provided from a river 5-10 km away, and the challenges that may arise. Evaluation of the activity: It went well despite have very little information on what we would be doing. Alan (the professional member we were working with that asked us to join him at the AICHE conference) did seem to have an idea on what he was doing as he had done this before and so he helped lead us. Students filled out a questionnaire after and a majority found the panel very informative.

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Leadership Development Activities To help develop members and officers into strong leaders there were some trainings and the EWB regional conference.

1. EWB West Coast Regional Conference 2. EWB Officer Panel 3. LEED Green Associate Training

Name of Activity: EWB West Coast Regional Conference

Date of Activity: 11/13/15 to 11/16/15 Purpose of Activity: To learn about EWB and the EWB professional chapter History of Activity: Annually Number of Participants: 200 Students: 150-200 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 2 Professional members: 5 Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: EWB student chapters from the west coast came together to learn about the different opportunities that EWB as a national organization has to offer and participate in multiple informational workshops from technical to project based. Evaluation of the activity: It was a great conference. We learned about other organizations similar to EWB, such as Doctors Without Borders. We also learned how the international project process works and met other EWB chapters.

Name of Activity: EWB Officer Panel Date of Activity: 4/6/2016 Purpose of Activity: To recruit the board members for the club. History of Activity: Annually Number of Participants: 17 Students: 17 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 15 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: In the event, we explained to our members about the duties for each officer position and handed out the officer application for the people who were interested. Evaluation of the activity: The event went well, in that people are interested in knowing more about what are the duties of different officer positions.

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Name of Activity: LEED Green Associate Training Date of Activity: 4/28/2016 Purpose of Activity: To prepare the members to get involved into the green industry History of Activity: Annually Number of Participants: 10 Students: N/A Male: 4 Female: 6 Club members: 10 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $200/$300 for each participant Description of the activity: This is a course to help students pass their respective exam and teach the students about the latest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system. Evaluation of the activity: This event went well and all the members were eager to learn the material and concentrated in the course, but we experienced the technical issue of setting up the projector. Maybe we can set up early and try to figure out setting up everything early instead of delaying the event next time.

Academic Development Activities During the academic year, EWB at UCR has hosted Study Jams with the BCOE-LC committee to help foster collaboration between students that have a strong desire to understand materials in preparation for their finals. Students were also involved in the research and development of our domestic projects on campus and with our international project. Many general meetings consisted of committee breakout sessions which allowed students to meet and research information on designing the projects or funding for the projects.

1. University Honors Tabling (September 22, 2015) 2. Dean’s Mandatory Transfer Orientation (September 23, 2015) 3. EWB First General Meeting (October 5, 2015) 4. EWB Second General Meeting (October 19, 2015) 5. Enginuity Involvement Fair at Lothian Residence Hall (November 19, 2015) 6. Project Updates General Meeting (January 27, 2016) 7. Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting (February 8, 2016) 8. Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting (February 12, 2016) 9. Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting (February 22, 2016) 10. Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting (February 29, 2016) 11. Club Fair for International Students (March 10, 2016) 12. Winter Quarter Study Jam (March 15, 2016) 13. Lothian Enginuity Presentation (April 17, 2016)

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Name of Activity: University Honors Tabling Date of Activity: 9/22/15 Purpose of Activity: Recruit new member History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 176 Students: 173 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 3 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Officers explained the purpose of the club to incoming students in the University Honors Program. Evaluation of the activity: The activity went very well; the club collected many emails, and generated a lot of interest for the club within the honors community. An area to improve on is finding ways to garner interest with non-engineering students.

Name of Activity: Dean’s Mandatory Transfer Orientation Date of Activity: 9/23/15 Purpose of Activity: To invite transfer students to know about EWB and hopefully recruit them. History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 151-201 Students: 150-200 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 1 Professional members: N/A Teachers: 1 Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: I spoke with a number of transfer students about EWB and our projects. Evaluation of the activity: It went well. Multiple transfer students seemed interested in our organization, especially about our projects and professional networking events. More officers could have helped table.

Name of Activity: EWB First General Meeting Date of Activity: 10/5/16 Purpose of Activity: First general meeting to get students interested in joining EWB History of Activity: Typical meeting every quarter Number of Participants: 51 Students: 51 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: N/A Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $50 Description of the activity: This was the first general meeting of Fall Quarter. We went over general information about projects. Students were able to network with officers in the end. Evaluation of the activity: We were able to get a good attendance filled with interested freshman through seniors. Areas of improvement include allotting extra time for students to communicate with other members.

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Name of Activity: EWB Second General Meeting Date of Activity: 10/19/15 Purpose of Activity: General Project Introduction and Updates History of Activity: This happens quarterly Number of Participants: 37 Students: 37 Male: Female: Club members: Professional members: Teachers: Parents: Cost of Activity: $25 Description of the activity: General meeting discussing about various projects within EWB. Evaluation of the activity: Gained a lot of attention for various projects. Improvement can be to add a rotation so students can gain knowledge in multiple projects.

Name of Activity: Enginuity Involvement Fair at Lothian Residence Hall Date of Activity: 11/19/15 Purpose of Activity: To invite freshmen students to know about EWB and hopefully recruit them. History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 25-35 Students: 20-30 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 5 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: To speak with freshmen students about EWB and our projects. Evaluation of the activity: It was an alright event. Some students seemed interested in our organization. We were able to discuss our projects and professional development events. Advertisement for the event by the Lothian RA host was poor.

Name of Activity: Project Updates General Meeting Date of Activity: 1/27/16 Purpose of Activity: To give project info to members History of Activity: Happens quarterly Number of Participants: 17 Students: N/A Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 17 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: Description of the activity: This was a general meeting to break into project sessions. Information on projects were delivered to members. Evaluation of the activity: This meeting went well. Many members were able to get involved in project ideas.

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Name of Activity: Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting Date of Activity: 2/8/16 Purpose of Activity: To gain hands on experience, build a sustainable fuel cell, and solve problems that arise when experimenting History of Activity: Ongoing from last year Number of Participants: 10 Students: 10 Male: 9 Female: 1 Club members: 5 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Attempted to build a fuel cell and acquire a computer to collect data. Evaluation of the activity: Members were very interactive and interested in the project. The meeting was Monday 6-7PM with great attendance. The project meeting had a good turnout.

Name of Activity: Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting Date of Activity: 2/12/16 Purpose of Activity: To gain hands on experience, build a sustainable fuel cell, and solve problems that arise when experimenting History of Activity: Ongoing from last year Number of Participants: 7 Students: 7 Male: 6 Female: 1 Club members: 4 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Had technical difficulties in installing the proper software into a lab computer for use. Worked on the fuel cell and used silicone sealant. Evaluation of the activity: Members were very interactive and interested in the project. The meeting was Friday 2-3PM with great attendance. The project meeting had a good turnout.

Name of Activity: Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting Date of Activity: 2/22/16 Purpose of Activity: To gain hands on experience, build a sustainable fuel cell, and solve problems that arise when experimenting History of Activity: Ongoing from last year Number of Participants: 11 Students: 11 Male: 10 Female: 1 Club members: 6 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Successfully installed the proper software into a lab computer for use. Worked on the fuel cell and was ready for testing, but could not repair unforeseen leakage. Evaluation of the activity: Members were very interactive and interested in the project. The meeting was Monday 6-7PM with great attendance. The project meeting had a good turnout.

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Name of Activity: Microbial Fuel Cell Meeting Date of Activity: 2/29/16 Purpose of Activity: To gain hands on experience, build a sustainable fuel cell, and solve problems that arise when experimenting History of Activity: Ongoing from last year Number of Participants: 6 Students: 6 Male: 5 Female: 1 Club members: 4 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Rebuilt the fuel cell and prevented leakage. Ran the software overnight to record the voltage generated over 15 hours and analyzed the data. Evaluation of the activity: Members were very interactive and interested in the project. The project meeting was held on Monday 6-7PM and had a good turnout. An improvement needed it to have funding to acquire more materials and produce a higher voltage of electricity.

Name of Activity: Club Fair for International Students Date of Activity: 3/10/16 Purpose of Activity: Recruiting new members History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 26 Students: 23 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 3 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Explained the purpose of the club to attract new members Evaluation of the activity: The tabling effectively generate interest amongst some of the participants, but the event itself did not attract many students.

Name of Activity: Winter Quarter Study Jam Date of Activity: 3/15/16 Purpose of Activity: To provide a sanctuary to study during finals week History of Activity: End of each quarter LC hosts a final week study jam. Number of Participants: 15 Students: 10 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 5 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Engineering students can take a break and relax or study during the study jam Evaluation of the activity: Students were very pleased with the environment of this event. Provided a place to study in peace. However the turnout seemed low. This can be due to poor advertisement and people prefer to study in other places during finals week.

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Name of Activity: Lothian Enginuity Presentation Date of Activity: 4/17/16 Purpose of Activity: To invite freshmen students to know about EWB and hopefully recruit them History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 15 Students: 10 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 5 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: To speak with freshmen students about EWB and our projects. Evaluation of the activity: It was an alright event. Some students seemed interested in our organization. We were able to discuss our projects and professional development events. Advertisement for the event by the Lothian RA host was poor.

Outreach and Community Service Events EWB is a non-profit organization and we have a strong desire to expand our network by reaching out to help other non-profit organizations. This year we were only able to participate in one outreach event and plan to increase this number next year.

1. R’Garden Rain Collection: Project Meeting (October 16, 2015) 2. Rain Collection Workshop (October 31, 2015) 3. MESA Family Night (February 18, 2016) 4. R’ Garden Gazebo Bench Project (May 7, 2016)

Name of Activity: R’Garden Rain Collection: Project Meeting Date of Activity: 10/16/16 Purpose of Activity: To introduce more details and plans for the rain collection project History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 3 Students: 2 Male: 2 Female: 0 Club members: 1 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Met and discussed future plans and what this project would need. Evaluation of the activity: It was good to see that there are people that are interested. We drew up a list of supplies and planned the next event.

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Name of Activity: Rain Collection Workshop Date of Activity: 10/31/15 Purpose of Activity: To clear the area around the shed History of Activity: First event, was planned out in a previous meeting Number of Participants: 7 Students: 7 Male: 6 Female: 1 Club members: 2 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Cleared the vines and bushes around the shed, then threw all the greens in the compost. Evaluation of the activity: This event went well. Everyone was involved. Next time will need to use an axe to clear the bush.

Name of Activity: MESA Family Night Date of Activity: 2/18/16 Purpose of Activity: Various local K-12 students from local schools visited the Winston Chung courtyard at BCOE, where the clubs of BCOE host small events and tables to get students excited about STEM subjects History of Activity: Annually Number of Participants: 300+ Students: 300 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 8 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: 75ish Cost of Activity: $50 Description of the activity: Activities hosted by EWB included oil in milk, followed by the addition of dye to show how their bonds interact while providing a cool visual, as well as food dye and oil inside two 2-liter bottles connected to one another to show a whirlwind and visual inside the bottles. Evaluation of the activity: Kids really enjoyed the milk and oil with food coloring. It was fairly easy for many members to explain, even in simple terms to those who may have been really young. Many kids enjoyed it. The 2-liter bottle activity would leak and didn't work very well, less science behind it regardless.

Name of Activity: R’ Garden Gazebo Bench Project Date of Activity: 5/7/16 Purpose of Activity: To patch up the benches History of Activity: EWB originally built the benches but they have slowly eroded away Number of Participants: 7 Students: 7 Male: 4 Female: 3 Club members: 1 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $11 Description of the activity: Patched up spots on the benches in the R’Garden. Evaluation of the activity: Went well, tried a new mixture that says it is crack resistant but not as fast as previous mixtures. Used a higher concrete to dirt ratio than the original recipe (7:3). Will continue again and evaluate the current mixture. In the future will fully coat with a water sealant.

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Club Development Socials and fundraisers were created to help develop student relationships within the organization and with other BCOE organizations. Overall, our club development events were very beneficial in creating a collaborative group of dedicated members.

1. Nooner (9/12/15, 9/29/15, 10/2/2015, 11/10/2015, 12/1/2015, 2/3/16, 3/9/16) 2. Block Party Food Sale (January 26, 2015) 3. EWB Ice Cream Social (October 12, 2015) 4. Piad Amore Fundraiser (November 16, 2015) 5. Thanksgiving Potluck with SWE (November 19, 2015) 6. EWB Bowling Night (January 14, 2016) 7. EWB & SWE Skyzone Social (February 2, 2016) 8. BCOE Dodgeball Tournament (February 26, 2016) 9. EWB Trivia Night Social (March 4, 2016) 10. EWB, SWE, and SHPE Beach Social (April 2, 2016) 11. EWB Barbeque Social (April 20, 2016) 12. Engineers Got Talent with SHPE (May 13, 2016) 13. Getaway Fundraiser (May 18, 2016) 14. General Meeting/Ice Cream Social (May 25, 2016)

Name of Activity: Nooner Date of Activity: 9/12/15, 9/29/15, 10/2/2015, 11/10/2015, 12/1/2015, 2/3/16, 3/9/16 Purpose of Activity: Fundraiser for club projects History of Activity: 7 Number of Participants: 100+ Students: 100+ Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 3-6/Event Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $50 Description of the activity: EWB fundraiser bought pizza from Costco, drove back, sold the pizza. The other food we sold at a Nooner were burritos. Evaluation of the activity: We roughly made from $40 to $80 an event. An improvement is having more people work at the event to speed the process.

Name of Activity: Block Party Food Sale Date of Activity: 9/26/2015 Purpose of Activity: Advertise club, networking, fun with members History of Activity: New for EWB Number of Participants: 23 Students: 22 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: N/A Professional members: N/A Teachers: 1 Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $200 Description of the activity: This was a EWB fundraiser to organize the social, bought food items, and created activities for everyone that attended. Evaluation of the activity: We had many people who came and enjoyed the social. The food was really good. The equipment needed for the BBQ should have been more organized. We forgot the BBQ spatula. We also could have sold less expensive food to have had a larger profit margin.

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Name of Activity: EWB Ice Cream Social Date of Activity: 10/12/2015 Purpose of Activity: Social for EWB members History of Activity: Occurs at least once a year, sometimes more Number of Participants: 38 Students: N/A Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 38 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $25 Description of the activity: EWB members and officers got to know each other better over ice cream. Board games were also played and announcements of EWB were announced. Evaluation of the activity: The social went well. Many people showed up and had fun playing board games. This event was used to help retain our members.

Name of Activity: Piad Amore Fundraiser Date of Activity: 11/16/15 Purpose of Activity: Fundraiser at Piad Amore in the University Village History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 33 Students: N/A Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 33 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: We had a fundraiser at Piad Amore restaurant. The restaurant provided flyers and EWB officers passed them out to classmates and everyone who might come. Evaluation of the activity: The fundraiser was well advertised, and many showed up to the fundraiser. However, the money was not collected in time, and the restaurant closed down, so we never receives the money we made.

Name of Activity: Thanksgiving Potluck with SWE Date of Activity: 11/19/15 Purpose of Activity: Advertise club, networking, fun with members History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 32 Students: N/A Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 32 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $125 Description of the activity: Dina the Social Chair was able to collaborate with the social chair of SWE to organize the social, bought food items, and created activities for everyone that attended. Evaluation of the activity: We had many people who came and enjoyed the social. I felt like the lines for the food have been more organized because it was slow to grab food.

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Name of Activity: EWB Bowling Night Date of Activity: 1/14/16 Purpose of Activity: To spend time getting to know our EWB members and students History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 12 Students: 12 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 6 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Multiple EWB members went bowling for this social event. Evaluation of the activity: It was great, and the members had fun. We hope to host this event again next year.

Name of Activity: EWB & SWE Skyzone Social Date of Activity: 2/2/16 Purpose of Activity: To spend time getting to know members of EWB and SWE History of Activity: New Number of Participants: 11 Students: 11 Male: 8 Female: 3 Club members: 7 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: EWB and SWE social at Skyzone. Chance for EWB and SWE members to network with each other. Evaluation of the activity: It was a great event! Everyone had fun jumping around in the trampolines at Skyzone. However, there could have been better advertisement because we expected more members to join. Need to plan out events earlier so the publicity coordinator can send out fliers in advance.

Name of Activity: BCOE Dodgeball Tournament Date of Activity: 2/26/16 Purpose of Activity: Participated in the BCOE Dodgeball Tournament with other BCOE organizations History of Activity: Annually Number of Participants: 160 Students: 150 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 10 Professional members: N/A Teachers: Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $15 Description of the activity: Everyone needs to destress from schooling once in a while and take a break from studying and junk food to get healthy. The dodgeball tournament was a fun way to do that and interact with other club members from various clubs, as well as other BCOE students who aren’t in clubs but attended the event. Evaluation of the activity: Everyone can have fun at dodgeball, brings out the competitiveness of each team, some teams would end up short, and thus borrow players, lots of socializing with one another and making friends in a setting outside of usual school work.

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Name of Activity: EWB Trivia Night Social Date of Activity: 3/4/16 Purpose of Activity: To spend time with other BCOE students and give prizes History of Activity: Annually Number of Participants: 24 Students: 16 Male: 6 Female: 5 Club members: 6 Professional members: N/A Teachers: N/A Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $0 Description of the activity: Multiple BCOE students attended the trivia competition. Many teams competed for an In-N-Out gift card. The teams had to write answers on a paper and turn it to the VP. The VP checked answers and awarded the team with the most number of correct answers. Evaluation of the activity: It was a good event, because we had a prize which increased the competitiveness of all the players. The students had a lot of fun, but we could have had more people come to it.

Name of Activity: EWB, SWE, and SHPE Beach Social Date of Activity: 4/2/16 Purpose of Activity: To spend time with EWB, SHPE, and SWE members History of Activity: 2st time Number of Participants: 40 Students: 25-30 Male: N/A Female: N/A Club members: 12 Professional members: N/A Teachers: Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $40 Description of the activity: Multiple EWB, SWE, and SHPE students went to Huntington Beach. Many people participated in sports such as football and Frisbee. To end the event, we gathered around the bonfire to roast marshmallows. Evaluation of the activity: It was a very fun event. Many students came. There could have been more types of food at the social. However, the event went great that there is not too much room for improvement.

Name of Activity: EWB Barbeque Social Date of Activity: 4/20/16 Purpose of Activity: To socialize with members and prospective members History of Activity: Annually Number of Participants: 16 Students: 9 Male: 12 Female: 4 Club members: 7 Professional members: N/A Teachers: Parents: N/A Cost of Activity: $40 Description of the activity: EWB members, officers, and a few others cooked up some burgers and hot dogs in front of Bytes and socialized for a couple hours. Evaluation of the activity: The activity went well. Our advisor Dr. Tam showed up and socialized as well.

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Assessment of Goals Goals:

1. Goal 1: Increase professional development events for members.

g) Very successful as we gave the members variety in events.

h) Relationships forms with others organizations as we hosted joint events with several clubs for the second year in a row.

i) We would like to collaborate will more clubs next year to provide more events off campus and a wider variety of opportunities for our members.

2. Goal 2: Provide more opportunities for club development.

d) Successful as we fundraised a large amount of money for our projects through our food

fundraisers. e) We would like to have more large scale fundraisers to be able to raise more money for

our international project to be able to travel to the Philippines. f) Successful in that we had great events to get to know our members. g) There is room for great improvement to keep members for the entire year through the

entire year.

3. Grow as a chapter by participating in conferences.

c) Extremely successful as we were able to participate in two conferences. d) We would have liked to get more members at these conferences, which is where

fundraising is needed. e) We also thought about having a professional development event about networking at

conferences to teach our members before they go to these conferences.

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Conclusion The events that were created by EWB at UCR during the 2015-2016 academic year have been

extremely successful. These goals include increasing professional development events for members, providing more opportunities for club development and growing as a chapter by participating in conferences. Overall, the 2015-2016 officers performed their tasks adequately, and the quality of their work can be seen in the EWB events that were held during the academic year. Our membership has increased dramatically since previous years. EWB-USA focuses on International Projects and fosters creative leaders within their organization. The professionalism and growth of our chapter has continued since the 2014-2015 academic year due to the hard work and efforts of the officers from the last two years. EWB at UCR is unique compared to other EWB chapters because it emphasizes not only our projects, but our outreach events and professional development events. In our efforts to grow stronger relationships with other EWB Chapters and the BCOE Community, we have done our best to reach out to these groups for both guidance and partnerships.

This year we had 43 events, with a focus on professional and club development events. Our

active members attended at least one social, fundraiser, outreach, or project event and attended an adequate amount of general club meetings. This has improved since the previous year.

Organization collaboration was the biggest success for the 2015-2016 academic year. We

successfully hosted the second BCOE Annual Trivia night, which comprised of 24 students making 5 competitive teams. We hope to continue this event to foster collaboration with the BCOE community. Our organization also hosted several professional development and social events with other BCOE and UCR organizations. It was an honor and a privilege to work with other organizations and collaborate with SWE, IEEE, NSBE, AIChE and the SHPE.

Another success was the continuation Gazebo project at the UCR Community Garden. Another

major success for our organization this year was our first International Project in Bohol, Philippines winning the EPA P3 award. With our design team we were able to raise over $30,000 for the projects future research and international travel. We have also coordinated with the CEO of the International Deaf Education Association (IDEA) to establish a location where we will be able to provide our services. In the upcoming year, we hope to take the first international trip to assist students of IDEA to build homes with our rice husk particle board.

This year we were able to host an event at the AIChE Regional Conference and encourage

Chemical Engineers to join to their local EWB chapters on campus. We received great feedback from the workshop attendees, hearing that the event was very helpful. The EWB West Coast Conference was a great networking conference and the AIChE Conference gave us the chance the reconnect with those members.

EWB is a non-profit organization that opens up excellent opportunities for BCOE students to

work with communities in both international and domestic settings. Our overarching objective was to foster an atmosphere that encourages more of the BCOE community to go beyond the borders of academia and Riverside activities. Thank you for setting aside time to read this comprehensive report of EWB at UCR in 2015-2016. We hope you will strongly consider EWB at UCR for an award at the BCOE Banquet.

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Appendix The following images are our EWB t-shirt design and pictures events that were hosted by EWB. Fliers

and photos are posted below the t-shirt design.

T-Shirt Design

Figure 1. EWB T-Shirt

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Labeled Photos and Fliers from Events

Photos 1 & 2. Lockheed Martin Professional Development Event

Photos 3, 4 & 5. Rain Barrel Collection Project: Shed Clearing

Photos 6 & 7. EWB West Coast Regional Conference

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Photo 8. Piad Amore Fundraiser

Flier 1. SACNAS Guest Speaker

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Photo 9. SACNAS Guest Speaker

Flier 2. EWB Bowling Night

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Photo 10. EWB Bowling Night

Flier 3. Become Effective at Professional Networking with NSBE

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Flier 4. Project Updates General Meeting

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Flier 5. Student Success Programs

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Flier 6. Skyzone Social

Photo 11 & 12. Skyzone Social

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Flier 7. Compass Water Solutions Guest Speaker with SHPE

Photo 13. Compass Water Solutions Guest Speaker with SHPE

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Flier 8. BCOE Dodgeball Tournament

Flier 9. EWB Trivia Night

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Photo 14. Club Fair for International Students

Flier 10. EWB Beach Social

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Flier 11. EWB Officer Panel

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Flier 12. EWB Barbeque Social

Photos 15, 16, & 17: EWB Barbeque Social