EWB-USA Conference
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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