Engineers Without Borders is a non-profit, humanitarian organization committed to partnering with developing communities worldwide to implement sustainable engineering projects. At the University of Tulsa, our chapter has started a project entitled "Sustainable Energy for North East Asia". We are working in China's Jilin province with an American NGO that is trying to teach the local people sustainable, organic agriculture practices. Jilin is a rural province in northeast China, next to Russia and North Korea.

During my sophomore year, my fascination in the content of my math courses and interest in real life applications (I've wanted to be an engineer since my freshman year) prompted me to found a math club. At first, I felt unsure if my peers would share my enthusiasm for mathematics. I was pleasantly surprised, however, to find that many students shared my interest. My high school math courses moved so quickly that we were unable to delve into useful applications of the skills we were learning.

As students at an engineering college with a passion for making a positive difference, our interests lie at the intersection of engineering design and social responsibility. We view engineering as the art of solving problems, and already a host of problems—from education to appropriate technology—are topics in which we can make change, even as college students. Drawn together by our common desire to empower others, we have come up with a plan for a socially conscious design firm where everybody wins.