George Roter is the co-founder and CEO of Engineers Without Borders (Canada)

Engineers Without Borders (Canada)

Engineers Without Borders Canada , abbreviated EWB or ISF, is a non-governmental organization devoted to international development...

. He and Parker Mitchell

Parker Mitchell

Parker Mitchell is the co-founder and former co-CEO of Engineers Without Borders . He and George Roter founded the Canadian organization in 2000.Mitchell has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a B.A...

 founded the Canadian organization in 2000.

Roter received a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 in mechanical engineering from the University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

 and left part-way through his master's degree

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

 to focus full-time on Engineers Without Borders. His area of research was orthopaedic tribology

Tribology

Tribology is the science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion. It includes the study and application of the principles of friction, lubrication and wear...

, particularly studying hip implants under John B. Medley.

Roter lives in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

. In 2004, he was selected to be on Canada's Top 40 Under 40 list.