Engineers Without Borders - USA - Eliminate Digital Divide for Panamanian Villagers

Address

Engineers Without Borders - USA
4665 Nautilus Court, Suite 300
Boulder,, CO, 80301
United States
303-772-2723
www.ewb-usa.org

Mission

The mission of EWB-USA is to partner with developing communities to improve their quality of life through the implementation of environmentally sustainable, equitable, and economical engineering projects. In the process of working to advance developing communities, EWB-USA promotes the development of globally aware and internationally responsible engineers, students, and professionals.

Programs

Projects range from implementing clean water systems to serve developing communities, renewable energy projects that enable a local manufacturing economy to develop, and designing needed structural facilities such as a health clinic to serve a developing community

Personnel Overview

Gilda Garreton - Senior Staff Engineer
Gilda Garreton is a researcher for Sun Microsystems Laboratories, working on the Electric project and also with the VLSI Research Group. Her research interests include algorithms, computer-aided design tools, computer graphics algorithms, java, mesh generation, object oriented programming, software and user interfaces.

Personnel Statistics

Cathy Leslie, Executive Director
Founded in 2000
Employees: 20
Volunteers: 1,000