ASCE
Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) represents more than 133,000 members of the civil engineering profession worldwide, and is America's oldest national engineering society. ASCE's vision is to position engineers as global leaders building a better quality of life.
Through a combination of service and fun, the Carroll College student chapter of ASCE applies its unique resources and vision to advance the mission of the organization.
Recent Projects
Concrete canoe competition
Cardboard bridge competition at local high schools
Adopt a Highway
Habitat for Humanity
EWB-USA is a non-profit organization that helps college students and professionals' partner with developing communities to give them basic necessities of life.
Vision
Engineers Without Borders-USA envisions a world where all people have access to adequate sanitation, safe drinking water, and the resources to meet other self-identified engineering and economic development needs.
Mission
EWB-USA partners with developing communities to improve their quality of life through implementation of environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects, while developing and fostering a relationship among internationally responsible engineers.
Go to www.ewb-usa.org for information about EWB-USA. Since the conception of EWB-USA in 2000, over 150 chapters across the country have arisen. Over 100 projects are now active in 30 countries. These projects range from implementation of renewable energy sources, to clean water incentives, to sustainable enterprise development. In 2005 alone, 350 volunteers in EWB-USA, including 250 students improved the life of 45,000 people.
Carroll College EWB Student Chapter
Carroll's student chapter of EWB is very active and is currently engaged in two major projects. The first project is at the Santa Maria del Mexicano Orphanage near Colon, Mexico. This is a water reuse project that includes a wastewater treatment facility, fish farm, and irrigation system. The Carroll students work with professional engineering mentors to design and install the project. At least two times each year, CC-EWB sends work and assessment teams to the project site in Mexico. You can find out more about the CC-EWB project at www.ewb-usa.org/project_search.php?country=Mexico.
The second project is to work with middle school students at the De La Salle Blackfeet School in Browning. At least once a year, a team of CC-EWB students and Carroll faculty members spend a day at the De La Salle School interacting with the kids and teachers. Activities include attending Mass, eating lunch, recess, and doing in-class engineering projects.
Students from all majors are welcome in CC-EWB. In addition to engineering students, there are also student members from nursing, biology, political science, theology, and psychology.
Carroll Engineering Students Help High School Students Test Model Bridges
Helena High physics students got a little insight into the world of civil engineering, testing the strength of their model truss bridges Tuesday.
It took some research and testing, but students in Mr. McCarthy's physics class made some pretty impressive model bridges out of some of the most simple items. "We found out that we could use 3 file folders and a certain amount of glue to build a bridge that needed to hold up weight," explained Helena High student Meredith Sargent. "So we used a West Point bridge designing software and tried out different experiments with it."
Carroll College engineering majors made a few visits to give them some pointers, but it was the process that was the learning experience. "They've just had a few weeks to trial and error, see what works the best. Some people have tried something that works perfect. Other people's, they had great ideas, but it just didn't work as well," Carroll student Kolten Knatterud said.
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