Gottilla, C. (2024, April), Lessons Learned: Looking Back at Ten Years of Student Engagement in Malawi through Engineers Without Borders  Paper presented at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia. 10.18260/1-2--45733

\bibitem{asee_peer_45733}
  Gottilla, C. (2024, April), \emph{Lessons Learned: Looking Back at Ten Years of Student Engagement in Malawi through Engineers Without Borders}
  Paper presented at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia.
  10.18260/1-2--45733

Charlotte Gottilla.  "Lessons Learned: Looking Back at Ten Years of Student Engagement in Malawi through Engineers Without Borders".  ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia, 2024, April.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45733 Internet.  04 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_45733}
  Charlotte Gottilla.
  "Lessons Learned: Looking Back at Ten Years of Student Engagement in Malawi through Engineers Without Borders".
  \emph{ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia, 2024, April}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45733 Internet.  04 Apr, 2025

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AB  - The Engineers Without Borders (EWB) program at the University of Delaware (UD) has supported a water access project in Malawi since 2014, assessing, constructing, monitoring, and repairing borehole well projects in four communities. UD’s EWB chapter, a student-run, faculty-advised organization with professional engineer mentors and nonprofit partnerships, has completed projects in Guatemala, Cameroon, the Philippines, and Bolivia. As the program’s longest-running project, the ongoing program in Malawi offers a case study of a student-led engineering project that has endured for ten years, impacting the quality of life of 8,000 community members in Malawi and the professional development of dozens of undergraduate students. In this paper, the author outlines the current model used at UD and highlights key factors in the program’s success in facilitating student learning and producing community benefits for partners in Malawi. The paper examines the impact of project ownership and accountability, effective student onboarding, and annual travel on student engagement and learning. Additionally, an emphasis on sustainability, a strong relationship with in-country partners, and the development of technical understanding among students are key to the longevity of this program and the success of implemented projects. The author also presents the impact of EWB work in Malawi on graduates and identifies durable skills developed as students working on this project. This paper will provide insight to the engineering education community in the areas of student engagement, professional development, and project-based learning for both international and domestic service learning projects. 

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