Engineers Without Borders

Welcome to the 2022-2023 Engineers Without Borders Society at Queen Marys!

Engineers Without Borders QMUL is an EWB-UK affiliated student group that aims to inspire and drive change within the engineering community with a focus on sustainability, the environment and global responsibility. As a member of the society, you will be a part of a team of enthusiastic students who are working on year-long engineering projects that will allow you to trial your ideas and concepts!

Our goal is to see a real change in engineering sustainably, and our community will allow you to network with students who are working to reach a safe and just future for all. We have a wide range of events for you to enjoy including fun socials, challenge events, trips and technical skills development. We hope to encourage students and empower communities to pursue careers in sustainability and international development.  

Sustainability Impact Award

Student Group Award 2022 Sustainability Impact Winner

Thank you for nominating us for the Sustainability Impact Award! We are pleased to let you know we won this category for 2021-2022! We appreciate everyone who recognised our efforts in sustainability for this year.

What we have to offer

We have arranged a wide range of events for this year including challenges and competitions, to make most of your experience with us we’d love for you to participate in as much as you can!

• Weekly project sessions. Hands on experience to design and fabricate devices on sustainability focused engineering projects. Take part in our continuing projects from previous years or come up with your own ideas! Maker space will be available for groups that are in the build stage of their concepts. Weekly meetings will be held in Engineering 2.16 every Wednesday from 5^th October.
• Social Events. Throughout the year there will be a range of socials you can take part in. Social events will cover awareness months, as well all as fun holiday socials for everyone to take part in. Social events will be free for all society members, other students may attend with a small contribution fee. Stay up to date with the latest details posted on our Instagram!
• Speakers Series. We have organised industry speaker events open to all students who want to network and receive academic support. Industry professionals will share an insight into their career journey and what steps you could take for a bright future. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions, all speaker series will be free events so make sure you bring your friends along too!
• Outreach. Would you like improve your presentation and speaking skills? Our outreach event will be perfect for you! EWB-QMUL will collaborate with local schools to inspire students who are interested in a career in STEM. Share your experiences and inspire the next generation of engineers!   
• Workshops. We know how important it is to be proficient in technical skills. Are you unsure where to start? We will be hosting a variety of training sessions to help cover the basics. CAD training sessions and electronics workshops will be held this year to help you develop your technical abilities. These will help you make progress in your year long projects with us, the best projects will be in for a prize!
• Designathon. EWB hosts a student designathon every year, a month long design challenge in February to produce practical solutions to real world problems. For the event you may sign up as a team of up to five or individually. The challenge concludes with a final event at which prizes will be awarded by a judging panel. We are hoping our student group will take part in this year!

Next year, you might get the chance to lead this society.

Getting Involved

1. If we have interested you, we’d very much appreciate if you purchase a membership to support our society.
2. Follow us on Instagram for latest updates on events and projects taking place.
3. Join our Public WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JAMS2b9Yr4VG1d07djurcy 
4. If you have any queries, please contact us on engineerswithoutborders@qmsu.org or DM us on Instagram.

Membership information

We can’t wait to have you join our society! Here’s our information for our types of memberships.

• Standard Membership. Membership available for all Queen Mary students. Membership gives access to all EWB-QMUL events and year-long projects.
• Associate Membership. For alumni, staff and students from other universities to be able to join our society.

Committee

Here’s our committee members for 2022-2023!

President - Samantha Berry

Treasurer - Manraj Bhogal

Co-Vice President - Thamina Islam

Co-Vice President - Balvinder Dhillon

Welfare Representative - Vaccancy Available! Get in touch via Whatsapp, Instagram or email for more information.

Upcoming Events for Semester A:

• Meet and Greet Taster Session (Free) – 28th September 1-3pm Sign up link here!  
• Black History Month Awareness – October
• Science Museum Trip – October
• Speaker Series Event – October
• Halloween Social – October
• One Day Design Challenges – November
• Christmas Social – December

In-person meetings will be held in Engineering 2.16 every Wednesday starting from the 5th October 2022.

Visit our Instagram page for the latest updates!