EWB goes beyond ‘just building something’

February 13, 2023

During an Engineers Without Borders trip to Don Juan, Dominican Republic
During an Engineers Without Borders trip to Don Juan, Dominican Republic, Andrew Rojnuckarin, Hannah Rickert, and Bridgit Nguyen stabilize the foot valve tube that goes inside a chlorination tank to improve the flow of pure chlorine for a water purification system the team has installed for the elementary school.

Six Hajim students who are members of the Engineers Without Borders student chapter were in Don Juan, Dominican Republic, during January break. They were making adjustments to a water purification system the EWB chapter installed for an elementary school during previous trips.
The team members included EWB chapter president Hannah Rickert ’25 of biomedical engineering, past president Andrew Rojnuckarin ’23 of chemical engineering, and Katie Lambright,’26, Rosemary MacLean ’23, Bridgit Nguyen ’26, and Hong Zhang ’25, all of biomedical engineering.

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