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Engineering World Health (EWH) is a non-profit organisation that aims to work with communities in developing nations to repair hospital equipment and to educate local workers about equipment maintenance. EWH is made up of (opens in a new window)more than 30 university chapters across the world. Chapters engage in focused student-led research and activities, which includes design competitions, and outreach to schools in their home countries. There are also annual EWH Summer Institutes that train interested chapter members and place them in developing countries for several months to work in local hospitals and healthcare settings repairing equipment.

UCD’s EWH chapter was established in late 2019. Riding roughshod over rolling covid restrictions using Zoom calls, the chapter grew its membership throughout the 2019-2020 academic year and is still going strong.

In this first year, led by an all-female executive committee, the chapter took 3rd place in the (opens in a new window)EWH Design Competition. Under new leadership since the start of the 2020-2021 academic year, the chapter has gone on to win (opens in a new window)EWH Chapter Of The Year twice, in both 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years, and also scooped 2nd and 3rd places in the EWH Design Competitions in respective years.

The UCD EWH chapter engages in a range of activities, which are typically organised by subcommittees. These include activities such as: an outreach programme which involves creating STEM-themed challenges for schools and youth clubs, running these challenges, and giving talks on engineering to pre-college students; the EWH UCD Design Competition Team; the social committee; and the fundraising committee.

The UCD EWH chapter is always looking for new members to join. If you’re interested and would like some more information, you can check out some of the social media links below, or reach out by email to (opens in a new window)ewh@ucd.ie. Members from all disciplines are welcome, not just engineers!

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UCD College of Engineering and Architecture

Room 122 & Room 126, UCD Engineering and Materials Science Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
T: +353 1 716 1868 | E: eng.arch@ucd.ie