EWB Newcastle

REMINDER - Tonight! 😊🌍🌱

📢 AGM 📢
Join our 22-23 Committee!!! This Thursday 12th May! 🌍🌱😊
7pm on Zoom. Here's the link: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/84643672559

Here's why you should join us! Please feel free to spread the word to fellow engineers and don't hesitate to let us know if you have any questions! 😊

📢 AGM 📢

Join our 22-23 Committee!!! This Thursday 12th May! 🌍🌱😊

7pm on Zoom. Here's the link: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/84643672559

We'd absolutely love for you to join our committee for next year! We are a small society so chances are there will be a role for you (if all the core roles get filled then we will add some). The positions up for grabs are President, Secretary, Treasurer, Welfare Officer and Outreach Coordinator.

All you have to do is be prepared to commit some of your time next year to make this society amazing, turn up to our AGM on Thursday at 7pm, introduce yourself and tell us which role you would like to run for.

Please feel free to spread the word to fellow engineers and don't hesitate to let us know if you have any questions! 😊

REMINDER - TOMORROW 🌍🌱😊🎉

Hi everyone!

Hope you are all doing well and enjoying a bit of a break!

We are holding a social (🎉) at 10:30am on Sunday 24th April, where we will be going for a walk down the Ouseburn (and treating ourselves to a hot chocolate!). It will be a really relaxed event, just to catch up with you and see how everyone is holding up. It'll also be a great chance to ask us any questions if you are interested in joining our committee at our upcoming AGM later in the semester. We are meeting outside of the front of NUSU at 10:30am.

You can sign up on our NUSU page here https://www.nusu.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/society/6856/?, under 'Activity Sign-Ups' (just so we know to wait for you!).

Any questions, feel free to give us an email or DM us on social media.

Hope to see you there!

EWB Newcastle 😊🌱🌍

Reminder!!! Tonight at 6pm. Hope to see you there

📢 LAST WEBINAR OF THE SEMESTER 📢

This Thursday at 6pm. Zoom link: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224.

Hope to see you there!! 😊🌱🌍

Tomorrow!! See you there 🌍🌱😊

📢 NETWORKING WEBINAR 📢

Our next webinar of the series is next Thursday 25th November, 6-7pm on Zoom. All welcome- hope to see you there! 🌍🌱😊

Please find the Zoom link here: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224

See you tomorrow!! 😊

📢 NETWORKING WEBINAR 📢

Hi everyone,

Our next webinar of the series is next Thursday 18th November, 6-7pm on Zoom. Our special guest next week is Kimberley Dewhirst, a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and energy specialist for the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Kimberley will be joining us from Washington DC, so that's quite exciting!

Please find the Zoom link here: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224

All welcome- hope to see you there! 🌍🌱😊

Tomorrow!!! 😊🌱🌍

📢 NETWORKING WEBINAR 📢

Join us, Monday 8th November, 7-8pm 🌍🌱😊

Link here or in our bio:
https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224

Hope to see you there!


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Reminder! Tomorrow at 6pm. Hope to see you there! 🌍🌱😊

📢 OUTREACH ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

Hi guys! 😊

Just a quick announcement about getting involved with our Outreach Activities for this year 🌍

You can now register your interest in helping with outreach on our NUSU page, under 'Activity Sign-Ups', so if you're interested in inspiring future Engineers through our activities in local schools, please let us know by signing up! Here's the link: https://www.nusu.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/society/6856/

We're in the process of arranging DBS checks with NUSU, so will be contacting members who sign up with further details about that in the next few weeks. We'll also be arranging a few sessions introducing our outreach workshops (so you don't need to worry about not knowing what to do!) once we have a better idea of how many of you are interested.

Any questions, please let us know by email or on social media, or feel free to come along to Tuesday's webinar and ask us.

Hope to have you onboard! 🌍🌱😊

📢 NETWORKING WEBINAR 📢

Hi everyone, 😊

Thanks to everyone who attended Tuesday's session- hope you all found it as useful and fun as we did!

Our next webinar of the series is next Tuesday 26th October, 6-7pm on Zoom. Our special guest next week is Georgios Askounis, a Civil Engineer and Associate Director at KLH Sustainability!

Please find the Zoom link here: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224 (same link for all of our webinars)

You can also join our society LinkedIn page, where you'll be able to find all of our webinar guests and link up with them. Our webinars are a good starting point for making industrial connections!

Any questions, please just let us know.

Hope to see you there!

EWB Newcastle 🌍🌱😊

Tomorrow!!!

📢 NETWORKING WEBINAR 📢

Join us for our second webinar of the series on Monday 18th October, 6-7pm.

Find the link here: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224

Hope to see you there!! 🌱🌍😊

HAPPENING TOMORROW!!! 😊🖥️🌍🌱

Hope to see you there 😊

📢 NETWORKING WEBINAR ON THURSDAY 📢

Our networking webinar series is starting this Thursday 14th October, 6-7pm on Zoom. These are a great way for you to learn about different aspects of sustainable engineering and network with some incredible industry professionals and amazing academics. We'll be adding plenty more webinars to our schedule throughout the semester too!

Please find the Zoom link here: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224 (we'll be using the same link for all of our webinars!)

Kicking off our series is Florian Kleinhoven Kincaid, who you may recognise as last year's EWB Newcastle Secretary. Florian is a Graduate Environmental Engineer and will be talking to us about his work on water treatment and distribution systems.

No need to sign up, just join on the day. Please pass the word onto your engineering (or any!) pals too- we'd absolutely love to see you there!!! 😊🌱🌍

HAPPENING TOMORROW 😃🍕🎉

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF TRAILBLAZING BLACK ENGINEERS🎉

As part of Black History Month, EWB Newcastle are celebrating the achievements of some incredible black engineers throughout history. Our hope is that engineering can become more diverse and open to all, which is why outreach and widening participation are central to our society's activities.

😊🌍🌱

The first great figure in our series is Elijah McCoy.

McCoy was born in Canada, the son to parents who had fled slavery. Taking an interest in mechanics from an early age, he travelled to Scotland at aged 15 for an apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering.

Returning home to Michigan as a fully certified engineer, he was unable to find work as an engineer in the US due to racial barriers, instead taking a position as a fireman and oiler for the Michigan Central Railroad.

It was in this role that McCoy invented an automatic lubricating device, improving efficiency in the system of oiling axles and allowing trains to run continuously for long periods of time without maintenance. For his lubrication device, McCoy received his first patent in 1872 and it went on to be used for long distance locomotives, transatlantic ships, and factory machines.

McCoy went on to hold a further 56 patents for his inventions and is often, though perhaps incorrectly, attributed to the origin of the phrase "the Real McCoy" for the reputation of his machinery.

Sources:

Biography.com (2014) - https://www.biography.com/inventor/elijah-mccoy

HowStuffWorks (2021) - https://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/famous-black-engineers.htm

National Inventors Hall of Fame (2021) - https://www.invent.org/inductees/elijah-mccoy

📢 PIZZA AND PROJECT SOCIAL 😁🍕🎉

Hi everyone! 😊

It was so great to see you all at our online social on Sunday- we loved meeting you!

Our next social will be in-person (🎉) at 6pm on Thursday 7th October in the Barbara Strang Teaching Centre, Room BSTC.B.29.

The event is totally free (pizza included 🤯), so you don't need to have bought your membership yet if you're still not quite convinced that we're the society for you. We're happy for you to come along and see what EWB is all about 🌱🌍.

We'll be posting directions to the room on our Instagram story (so you don't need to worry about getting lost!).

You can sign up on our NUSU page, under 'Activity Sign-Ups' (don't worry if you don't sign up/can no longer attend, this is just to give us an indication of how much food to buy! 😆). Find the link here: https://www.nusu.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/society/6856/

Any questions, feel free to give us an email or DM us on social media 😊

Hope to see you there!

🌍🌱 JOIN US NOW 🌱🌍

Hi Everyone! 😊

We're really looking forward to seeing you at our first social on Sunday.

Here's just a few reasons why you should get involved in EWB Newcastle...

Membership is just £5 for the year and that will include all of our events and outreach activities🥳.

You can join us via the NUSU website here:https://www.nusu.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/society/6856/

📢 OUR 2021/2022 COMMITTEE 📢

Hi everyone! 😊

We really enjoyed meeting you all at the Societies Fair and FS1 Induction session, so here is a quick introduction to us too!

We're really excited to get started with our events for this year and hope to see you all there 😁🌱🌍.

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

Join us here: https://www.nusu.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/society/6856/

📢 SOCIETIES FAIR - TODAY 🎉

See you soon! 😊🌍🌱

🖐️In Person: The Venue, Level -2 of Students Union building

🖥️ Online: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224

Open to all students! 😄

Join us for an introduction to EWB Newcastle, running as part of induction week for all incoming FS1 Engineering students.

We'll have our committee there to give you an overview of who EWB are and what we do here in the Newcastle University Chapter. 🌱🌍

We look forward to seeing you!

https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/82665600388

📢 We're now on LinkedIn!

Join us here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ewb-uk-newcastle-university

📢 SOCIETIES FAIR 2021 📢

We'll be there! 10am to 4pm on 19th September.

Look forward to meeting you all there! 🌍🌱😊

🖐️In Person: The Venue, Level -2 of Students Union building

🖥️ Online: https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/86888677224

🎉 First in-person meeting with some of our 2021-22 committee 🎉

We're excited to get this year's events up and running! 😊🌍🌱

Hope to see you there: https://linktr.ee/EWBNewcastle

Here's an intro to what we do at EWB Newcastle 🌱🌍😊

Keep an eye on all of our upcoming events here on our FB page, on our Instagram or our *new* LinkedIn page.

We look forward to seeing you there! 😁

Join us here: https://linktr.ee/EWBNewcastle

EWB Newcastle updated their website address.

📢 EWB 2021-22 - COMING SOON! 📢

Work has begun on our exciting schedule for next year! 🎉

We're working to bring you both in person and online events across the year, so that you can be part of the movement towards more globally responsible engineering and make a difference 🌍🌱

Keep up to date with all our upcoming events on our newly revived Instagram () and our FB page.

We hope to see you there! 😊

https://linktr.ee/EWBNewcastle

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Would you like to get more involved with our society next year? If so we are holding an AGM on the 20th of May (a few weeks time) and would love you to put yourself forward. If you are interested then please message our page :)

Hey all,
I hope that you have had a great holiday and are getting back into the groove of uni work. I will be providing details on our upcoming AGM in the next few days, we would love for you to get involved with EWB next year!

I also want to make you aware of a volunteering opportunity external to Engineers Without Borders for your consideration:

Become an Ambassador for Dig Deep, an international development charity, by recruiting and supporting a team of fundraisers to climb Kilimanjaro with you in the Summer of 2022.

Applications will be accepted until Sunday 23rd May. Go to climbforcleanwater.org/leadateam to find out more and apply.

Watch our information webinar for more information about the Kilimanjaro challenge.

Dig Deep Challenges | Team Leaders Lead a team to the Roof of Africa. Recruit a group of like-minded people to summit Kilimanjaro with and achieve something incredible.

Just attended an amazing talk from Nav at The Washing Machine Project. Thanks so much to Engineers Without Borders Sheffield for hosting the event.

If you want to find out more about the washing machine project or donate then head over to here:

https://www.facebook.com/thewashingmachineproject

The Washing Machine Project We are the Washing Machine Project. Our vision is of a world where everyone has access to a washing solution that limits the burden of hand washing clothes.

Another day another great opportunity!

Newcastle council are running some great sustainable design competitions. Get yourself signed up.

Sign up here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/newcastles-student-climate-change-summit-tickets-140288764471

Newcastle's Student Climate Change Summit Newcastle City Council invites you to join our first Student Climate Change Summit & Net Zero Innovation Challenge.

EWB Newcastle updated their information in their About section.