Engineers for a Sustainable World at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute brings together the RPI commun
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ESW-RPI was founded May 2005 and officially recognized by both ESW National and the Rensselaer Union that fall. In its first four semesters, the members of ESW-RPI engaged in a flurry of activity, including hosting a workshop on the benefits of biodiesel, designing a sustainable water pumping and filtration system for the Nigerian village of Umuluwe, facilitating Earth
02/04/2022
ESW is heading to Mexico to build a septic system, adobe bathrooms, and a solar cistern pump for a village in Ek’Balam, Mexico. Please help us by sharing this post with your followers or viewing our donation page to make a donation.
Link to WeRGold: https://impact.rpi.edu/project/29816/wall
11/14/2019
Hello all! ESW-RPI and SSTF present to you guest lecturer, Aaron Perry, Colorado writer, public speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, artist, and father. The author of Y on Earth: Get Smarter, Feel Better, Heal the Planet, Aaron works with the Y on Earth Community to spread the message of sustainability and empower diverse communities.
Join us for this multi-disciplinary talk! We will be having an interactive soil activation activity, and free food/reception.
Come learn more about sustainability, soil stewardship, and community mobilization and action!
10/20/2019
Hello ESW members! We're interested in celebrating the spook season with real Halloween style. We'd have Halloween treats, a movie, and popcorn. Costumes would be welcome. Please sign up in the Google form below! Hope you all have a happy Halloween season!
Halloween Party Hi everyone! We're going to celebrate the spook season with real Halloween style. We'll have Halloween treats, movie, and popcorn. Feel free to come in costume, and hope you all have a happy Halloween time:)
06/02/2019
Take a look at the cool things going on in RPI ESW! This is the first release of our Spring 2019 Semesterly Newsletter. We invite you to read through to see all the changes and progression of our club now that we have finished another great semester. Hope you enjoy it!
04/28/2019
We have some 'artistes' in the room! ESW's Mac and Cheese and Art Therapy event was a fun break where we got to 'brush off our feelings' into art:)
Lit times at ESW's Laser Cutting Workshop this past Sunday:)
04/15/2019
What a perfectly sunny day for Accepted Students day in Troy! ESW was glad to meet so many prospective students at the activities fair. Hope to see you all next year!
04/10/2019
ESW participated in RPI's Exploring Engineering Day this year and helped lead a fun (and wet!) water pipe delivery system activity with Engineers Without Borders . I hope the girls and boys who attended enjoyed it as much as we did! Thanks to RPI's SWE and School of Engineering for organizing this great event every year!
Engineers for a Sustainable World RPI was at the ESW national conference in El Paso, Texas this past weekend! We had a fantastic time meeting other ESW chapters across the nation and attending all of the ESWCon events. We are completely charged with new ideas, new connections, and sunny Texas skies, and are ready to work on our own projects with newfound enthusiasm. A giant thanks to ESW HQ and University of Texas at El Paso for organizing and hosting the conference this year! As first-timers to ESWCon, we were blown away by the outstanding experience and look forward to attending the next one!
04/03/2019
While preparing for our May Mexico trip, our Mexico team learned about Solar Collectors from Dr. Diana Borca-Tasciuc on Monday to see how they can improve the design of the solar water heaters we're going to be assessing, repairing, and building on the trip.
Dr. Diana Borca-Tasciuc focuses her research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on power harvesting MEMS, heat transfer, luminescent solar concentrators, and PV materials.
Please support our team! Today's the last day to donate to our weR Gold project. https://impact.rpi.edu/project/13166
04/01/2019
“Through ESW, I’ve learned that we can’t just wait around for others to solve the problems in the world, we have to take the initiative and go challenge them ourselves.” -Amy Wang, Chemical Engineering ‘21
3 days left to donate to ESW-RPI through our weR Gold! Please help us reach our goal so that we can continue to build solar water heaters and solar PV systems in Ek'Balam, Mexico! Any and all contributions are appreciated.
Engineers for a Sustainable World: Mexico Help Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute raise $10,220 for the project: Engineers for a Sustainable World: Mexico. Your gift will make a difference!
03/28/2019
Tonight, ESW alumni and past VP of Education and Haiti Project Lead, Chris Warmann, shared his experiences traveling to Haiti, Thailand, Singapore, and other countries and how being a part of ESW and a student at RPI influenced his career path. This is one cool dude. Thanks for coming, Chris!