2024 Engineers Without Borders university student challenge

Three first-year Charles Sturt engineering students, Toby Wilson, Daniel Skrinnikoff, and Hamish Lang have won first place in the 2024 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Australia national showcase event, for ‘Most Outstanding Design Project’. Their project, titled ‘Portable tarp-based rainwater catchment and storage for Pu Ngaol, Cambodia’ won the ‘Cambodia context’ section of the event, competing against 14 entries from Australia and New Zealand. With their tarp-based solution, they solved the issue of water scarcity in the region of Pu Ngaol. Their innovative design utilised locally-sourced materials, reducing the cost of the project.

“The judges spoke highly of the students’ project pitch, including how the team empathised with the community, sourcing locally available materials to reduce any cost, as well as using native language khmer for communication,” stated Dr Miao Li, course Director and senior lecturer in Civil Engineering, who is extremely proud of their work.