Achievement

IGERT trainees were leaders in sustainable engineering student organizations. Cassandra Thiel is the Co-President of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) North East Region with the role of building and cultivating the NER’s state representative program; creating organizational structure and guidance documents; and participating in EWB-USA national governance. Cassandra Thiel is also the State Representative for EWB-USA Western PA. She relays non-technical information to all Pennsylvania-based EWB chapters, writes and distributes monthly EWB-PA newsletter, facilitates the sharing of information and techniques related to international travel, engineering, and fundraising via conference calls and emails. Alexander Dale is the Director of Communications & Technology for Engineers for a Sustainable World (National). Alex develops educational content, writes monthly articles, manages digital community, rebuilds the organizational website, and leads organizational strategic planning.