Humanitarian engineering
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Humanitarian engineering is research and design to directly improve the well-being of poor, marginalized, or under-served communities, which often lack the means to address pressing problems.
Training for one who participates in humanitarian engineering incorporates history, politics, economics, sociology, language, as well as rigorous engineering basics. Several universities in the United States focus efforts on Humanitarian Engineering: Penn State University integrates engineering design and research with a strong social entrepreneurship thrust.[1] Colorado School of Mines offers a minor in Humanitarian Engineering. The Ohio State University, which also offers a minor in the field, has many local and international service projects, courses, and research in Humanitarian Engineering.[2] Arizona State University offers a 3-course humanitarian engineering/entrepreneurship capstone as a part of the GlobalResolve program.[3]
Programs
- Penn State, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE)
- The Ohio State University, Humanitarian Engineering Center
- The Ohio State University, Humanitarian Engineering Scholars (HES)
- Colorado School of Mines, Humanitarian Engineering Program
- MIT, D-Lab - (see also Amy B. Smith)
- Arizona State University, GlobalResolve
- Humanitarian Engineering at Oregon State University
- University of Dayton, Engineers for Technical Humanitarian Opportunities for Service-Learning (ETHOS)
- The Ohio State University, Engineers for Community Service (ECOS), since 2004
- Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering (DHE)
- Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities
Journals
- International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering: Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (IJSLE)
- Journal of Humanitarian Engineering - Engineers without Borders Australia
- The Engineer and The Development of His Immediate Environment; Engr. Ovens Ehimatie, C.E.O of WASARD Organisation
See also
- Engineers Without Borders
- Engineers for a Sustainable World
- Appropriate technology
- Kevin M. Passino, Humanitarian Engineering course at Ohio State University, free access to on-line course (42 lectures) and short courses on the topic. This course is also at iTunesU and YouTube.
References
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- ↑ https://osuhe.engineering.osu.edu Humanitarian Engineering Center
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Further reading
- Convergence: Philosophies and Pedagogies for Developing the Next Generation of Humanitarian Engineers and Social Entrepreneurs. Published by: International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering: Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (IJSLE) 2012
- Kevin M. Passino, Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Technologies That Help People, Edition 2, Bede Pub., Columbus, OH, 2015 (book available free on-line, 735 pages and >160 homework problems).
External links
- Queen's Journal – Engineering with a human face. New program geared towards development work
- Gosink, Joan. Humanitarian support. (letters) (Letter to the Editor) Mechanical Engineering-CIME. June 1, 2004
- ENGINEERING'S SOFT SIDE by Jennifer Brown. Denver Post, September 30, 2005
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070606.wlgreenu06/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/ "The faculty of civil engineering at Queen's University in Kingston has added a mandatory first-year course called humanitarian engineering."
- http://media.www.ecollegetimes.com/media/storage/paper991/news/2009/11/19/News/And-Then.There.Was.Light-3837613.shtml "GlobalResolve develops lighting system for villages with no electricity."
