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Dhara Shah

Dhara Shah is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Illinois Institute of Technology studying Biomedical Engineering. She has had experiences engineering and designing for the developing world through the Engineers Without Borders chapter at IIT. Currently she is managing the design and implementation of a water supply and distribution system in La Victoire, Haiti. She has been involved in two other projects in Haiti: a photovoltaic design for a secondary school in Pignon and now IPRO 335. She has visited Haiti three times for assessment, scoping and implementation trips. She has also been working as a student representative to Haiti Outreach, an NGO that collaborates with EWB-USA, IIT to fundraise for projects. Her interest is in designing sustainable and appropriate technology for the developing world.