Our mission is to partner with disadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life through implementation of environmental and economically sustainable engineering projects, while developing internationally responsible engineering students. EWB-UCLA strives to uphold this vision; furthermore, we hope to encourage local community awareness of environmental/global issues through outreach and education programs.
If you have any questions or comments, please shoot us an email at ewbucla at gmail.com.
EWB-UCLA is a student chapter of the parent organization, EWB-USA.
EWB in the news
Daily Bruin - Engineers Without Borders constructs a better worldEngineers Without Borders constructs a better world
From Thailand to Guatemala, UCLA’s EWB chapter goes the distance for philanthropy
Sophie Rane, Bruin Contributor
(Contact)
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
In the village of No Lae in Northern Thailand, 50 students currently attend school in a single small room with no power.
Engineers Without Borders UCLA, a group of students who work to
develop environmentally and economically sustainable engineering
projects around the world, is currently working to improve schooling
conditions in No Lae.
Jordan Spatz, a graduate student at Harvard and MIT, is currently
heading the group’s project to construct a new schoolhouse in the
village.
The project came about as the result of a collaboration between
Engineers Without ...
Posted Oct 27, 2009 10:52 PM by oren f
Our local computer and science education project, BOOTUP, is happy to receive your equipment donations. We refurb these donated equipment for use in charities, schools, and any other organization that might need it.
We are registered with Microsfot as an Authorized Refurbisher. You can also find our info at techsoup.org.
Please fill out this form if you are interested in donating
EWB-LA Fundraising Gala | Friday, November 13 | 8 PM - 12 AM | The Artists' Gallery, Santa Monica |Come
help support EWB-LA’s projects! Paid admission to this fundraising
party at hip westside art gallery “TAG” includes OPEN BAR, music by a
DJ & LIVE BAND, HOR d’OEUVRES, and the chance to participate in a
SILENT AUCTION! Pay $20 for a student ticket at http://www.ewb-la.org/?p=41.
Please contact Julia at j.pasternack@ucla.edu if you'd like to carpool.
Posted Nov 2, 2009 7:10 PM by oren f
BOOTUP updateThanks for your interest in BOOTUP, an EWB project that conducts
technical skills or resources outreach local to Los Angeles. In brief,
we collect donated computers and equipment, refurbish them, and donate
them to schools or organizations that need them. There is an education
component as well that consists of computer-building or computer skills
workshops, depending on the interest and time of all of you.
For those of you who were not able to make the meeting last week,
we discussed the different types of responsibilities that make up this
project:1) Coordinating equipment donations (max 5-10 hr/month)2) Coordinating with the donation/workshop recipient or site contact (5-10 hrs/month, depending on how the site ...
Posted Nov 2, 2009 7:08 PM by oren f