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Engineers Without Borders Students – Aalborg Activities and Perspectives

Engineers Without Borders Students – Aalborg Activities and Perspectives. Northern Denmark University College March 25, 2010. David Christensen Chairman , EWB-Students Aalborg Research Fellow, Department of Development and Planning Aalborg University.

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Engineers Without Borders Students – Aalborg Activities and Perspectives

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  1. EngineersWithoutBorders Students – AalborgActivities and Perspectives Northern Denmark University College March 25, 2010 David Christensen Chairman, EWB-Students Aalborg Research Fellow, Department of Development and Planning Aalborg University

  2. Student-related activities are carried out at EWB-Students chapters at four locations in Denmark: • Copenhagen (Technical University of Denmark) • Aalborg (Aalborg University) • Århus (Engineering College of Århus) • Odense (University of Southern Denmark) • Who we are and who we want to be: • Research and teaching staff • Students (PhD, M.Sc., Bachelor) • Related to all fields, technical and non-technical

  3. The EWB-Denmark Students Aalborg Board • David Christensen • Research Assistant (Environmental Management), AAU • Nicola Marchetti • Post Doc (ICT), AAU • Martin Vandborg • Building Technician • Mathias Boysen • Student (Health Technology) AAU • Thomas Nørgaard Nielsen • Ph.D. Student (Health Technology) AAU • Jens Myrup Pedersen • Associate Professor (ICT), AAU • We Need More Students! • General Assembly to be Held Soon! • New board to be constituted • If interested in participating, please send email to aau@iug.dk

  4. Mission Statement • To give students the opportunity contribute with their engineering skills in humanitarian and development assistance. • To expand their professional competences • To facilitate cooperation between students, aid organizations and companies • To disseminate knowledge about Engineers Without Borders to strengthen it’s activities, and • To promote education activities relating to humanitarian and development engineering assistance at higher education institutes • . • Events • Seminars, workshops, etc. • Outreach • Companies, NGO’s • Student internships • At home or abroad • Project assistance • Full or ad-hoc supervision • Social activities • The fun stuff

  5. Projects • Past • Biogass energy supply for Masanga Hospital, Sierra Leone • Rehabilitation of solar thermal system, Machabeng Government Hospital, Lesotho • Sustainable construction materials for low-income housing, India • Remote sensing and digital mapping of water resources for refugee camp planning, Kenya • Future • New engineering fields (industrial design engineering, global business engineering) • UCN Northern Jutland projects, e.g. Technology and Business studies students? • Current • Rural electrification of Bedouin villages in the West Bank of the Palestine • Find our previous student project reports on River Research Webshelf: • http://www.researchwebshelf.com/

  6. Thankyou! Project suggestions & collaborationproposalsverywelcome, pleaseemail aau@iug.dk

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