Skip to main content



About ESW

Engineers for a Sustainable World (formerly called Engineers Without Frontiers) is a student group, founded at Cornell in 2001 and now represented at over 60 campuses nationwide, which addresses critical global challenges such as safe drinking water, food security, energy needs, and information technology (to name a few). Email ESWCU for general questions.

Check out our blog!

DRIVE NOT TO DRIVE 2008 is officially here!!!

Our Mission

To engage engineers in reducing poverty by improving environmental, social, and economic sustainability worldwide.

Our Goal

  • Mobilize engineers to address the unique challenges of developing communities and to promote global sustainability.
  • Educate a generation of engineers to have greater understanding of global issues and the ways technology can be employed for human progress.
  • Promote a positive image of engineering through outreach, service, and international goodwill.