Engineers Without Borders

Henry C. Turner Prize

September 21, 2010  

The National Building Museum selected Engineers Without Borders-USA to receive its prestigious Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology for its notable work connecting engineering students with international development projects. Panelists shared EWB-USA’s efforts to provide clean water, sustainable energy, and needed infrastructure to communities across the world while also instilling a sense of global responsibility in the next generation of engineers.

EWB-USA at work in Mali.

Image courtesy Engineers Without Borders-USA

EWB–USA, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, has chapters at universities and colleges across the United States. Each chapter makes multi-year commitments to build infrastructure in developing countries in partnership with local communities and non-governmental organizations. With active projects in more than 45 countries, this inspirational organization is not only providing clean water, sustainable energy, and needed infrastructure to communities in every corner of the world, but is also instilling a sense of global responsibility in the next generation of engineers.

EWB–USA was selected as the recipient of the Turner Prize by the Henry C. Turner Prize jury, composed of five members—Tom Turner, past vice president of Turner Construction Company; M. Arthur Gensler, founder and chairman of the architectural firm Gensler; Clyde Tatum, professor and chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University; and Hal Parmalee, past president of Turner Construction Company.  

The Henry C. Turner Prize is supported by an endowment from Turner Construction Company