Rowan University's EWB Team in Ashram School in Ranshet, India during Spring 2018. Pictured above, Katie Barellies, Ben Muska, Karen Tayar, Andrew Biglin, John Paul Anderson, Zachary Weintraut.

Following our team’s successful Assessment trip to India in the spring of 2018 we created an Alternatives Analysis for the Ranshet School community. This community experiences frequent power outages, especially during monsoon season, leading to a lack of water needed for the school. The team determined 10 potential implementation ideas to help with this issue, these alternatives were then evaluated and ranked to determine which would have the greatest impact for the community. Lastly, these alternatives were combined into different “packages” which our team would implement this upcoming semester. The package chose as having the highest impact includes fixing leaks in their current piping system, creating a battery grid for use during blackouts, installing a solar pump system, and implementing water management training to better conserve the water they receive. A team will be sent to the community this upcoming semester/ summer in order to implement this “package”.

Local Projects

 

Rowan University's Junior/Senior Clinic Team at Resilient Roots Garden in Camden, NJ. Pictured above (Left to right): Joe Jackson, Rob Schablik, Trevor Stebbins

Vietlead is a non-profit community organization that reached out to Rowan EWB in the spring of 2018 for help with their Resilient Roots garden located in Camden, NJ. Since that time we have completed a water catchment system which works as intended and provides the Vietlead volunteers with the water needed for the garden. Additionally, we created a bicycle-powered water pump which we plan to install in the spring of 2019. Vietlead provided the Rowan EWB team with a water pump, which we then modified to be operated via the friction of a bicycle tire. This will allow the Vietlead volunteers to more easily water their garden while remaining completely green. We plan to continue our partnership with Vietlead with the construction of a greenhouse and the inclusion of aquaponics to further enhance the garden in the spring. The work done during previous semesters at this garden is available here.

Rowan Club Projects

In addition to the projects detailed above, the EWB Club is also engaged in the following projects:

• Intro to Engineering
• Ronald McDonald House - Little House on Wheels
• Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge