Meet Our Project Leads

Engineers Without Borders – Georgia Tech project leads oversee our projects and help facilitate relationships between EWB-GT members and communities worldwide.

Ecuador Health Center Project Lead: Thanmayee Kavuri
Hometown: Monroe Township, New Jersey
2nd Year Biomedical Engineering Major
Favorite Part of EWB: My favorite part of EWB would have to be the community, both the local NGO we’re collaborating with and my lovely friends on the Ecuador project! It’s been a honor to work with individuals so passionate about humanitarian engineering and global health.
Email: ecuador@ewbgt.org

Nicaragua Water Supply Project Lead: Violeta Escandon Correa
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia & Queens, New York City
3rd Year Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering Major with a minor in Sustainable Cities
Favorite Part of EWB: A combination of both building and being part of a team filled with a passion for humanitarian engineering work, along with a shared vision to impact many people, which has been a privilege. Along with the hardworking, driven, and balanced personalities within our project have transformed EWB into more than just an organization with members but friends.
Email: nicaragua@ewbgt.org

Malawi Sanitation Solutions Project Co-Lead: Shreya Terala
Hometown: Milford, Ohio
3rd Year Mechanical Engineering Major with a Robotics Minor
Favorite Part of EWB: All the people I’ve met 🙂
Email: malawi@ewbgt.org

Malawi Sanitation Solutions Project Co-Lead: Ilyana Bonfoh
Hometown: Kennesaw, Georgia
3rd Year Biomedical Engineering Major with a Global Development Minor
Favorite Part of EWB: Being able to gain hands-on experience in a field I love, humanitarian engineering!
Email: malawi@ewbgt.org

Wish 4 Wash Co-Director: Dhruv Ranjan
Naperville, Illinois
4th Year Biomedical Engineering Major
Fun Fact: DJ Khaled quotes keep me going.

Wish 4 Wash Co-Director: Jillian Armstrong
Johns Creek, Georgia
4th Year Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Major
Fun Fact: I still have two baby teeth!