"Engineers Without Borders is a non-profit humanitarian organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life."

The global organization that is Engineers without Borders (EWB) began after a single project in San Pablo, Belize. The project was completed in May 2001 and the Civil Engineering professor who was involved began forming EWB shortly thereafter. There are now 25 established professional chapters, 26 developing professional chapters, 104 established student chapters, with another 43 in development.

The University recognized our chapter as a student organization on February 15th, 2006. At the time we had a short list of 10 students who were eager, or at least willing, to help us out by signing their name to the University required paperwork for new and re-registering organizations. Our E-mail list now contains over 100 students who voluntarily gave their contact information to be kept up-to-date on the chapter news and meetings. The first informational meeting was held on March 9th, 2006 with more than 30 students attending. These students spanned 6 of the 8 Engineering Departments of the University and showed a tremendous interest in the organization.

The entire College of Engineering has shown immense support for the organization, helping to send the three main founders of the organization to the International Conference in Houston, hosted by Rice University. Each individual department has begun to show interest in the organization as well, the Department of Mechanical Engineering donated a substantial amount for the International Conference, and we now have 6 faculty advisors from 5 of the Engineering Departments.

The chapter is continuing to forge ahead. We are still recruiting officers, who will be immensely valuable to the organization, especially as we tackle our next big hurdle, earning support from the University and signing our contract with the national organization. The continued support from so many students and faculty will ensure the success of this endeavor and any others that we plan to undertake.