Engineers Without Borders
October 14th, 2025
Lunch will be served at 11:45am
Presentation will begin at noon
This meeting will be In-Person with a Virtual Option
This meeting will be held at the Scott Conference Center (6450 Pine Street in Aksarben). Free Parking in Lot 9 across street (Figure included below). Please submit any unique diet requests a week in advance.
A virtual Teams Option will also be available. Virtual meeting log-in information will be sent out the Monday prior to the club meeting.
The University of Nebraska Engineers without Borders Chapter will present two of their recent projects in Zambia and Madagascar.
Zambia Team: Isabella Sangimino Braeden Smoyer Keithen Cudly
Our team will share the technical process behind designing a pedestrian bridge to connect two rural communities, including design calculations, construction preparation, and the challenges of working thousands of miles from the construction site. We’ll discuss the lessons learned from collaborating across cultures and how these experiences are shaping us into more capable and empathetic engineers. Finally, we’ll highlight the long-term benefits the bridge will bring and how engineering can be a powerful tool for positive change.
Madagascar Team:Jack McDowall Jamie Krab
Our team will discuss the engineering process behind designing, installing, and sustaining small-scale solar power systems for schools in Kianjavato, Madagascar, a region isolated from any grid. We'll cover the challenges of designing robust, low-cost PV systems in a remote setting: optimizing solar arrays and battery storage for tropical conditions, implementing reliable well constructed DC circuits for LED lighting, and ensuring the security of our system. Lastly, we'll explain how we communicate and collaborate with our partner community to allow community involvement, making our system long lasting.
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