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.

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Definition

The Humanitarian Engineering Center at the Ohio State University states that "Humanitarian engineering is the creation of technologies that help people" while the University of Warwick states that "Humanitarian Engineering is defined as the use of science and engineering to invent, create, design, develop, or improve technologies which promote the well-being of communities which are facing grand humanitarian challenges (fast growing populations, poor, disaster-hit, marginalised, or under-served communities)".

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Training and Education in Humanitarian Engineering

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. Colorado School of Mines as well as the Missouri University of Science & Technology offer Humanitarian Engineering as a minor. 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. Arizona State University offers a 3-course humanitarian engineering/entrepreneurship capstone as a part of the GlobalResolve program.

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Educational Programs

• University of Sydney, Humanitarian Engineering Major
• Penn State, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE)
• The Ohio State University, Humanitarian Engineering Center
• The Ohio State University, Humanitarian Engineering Scholars (HES)
• Miami University, Humanitarian Engineering & Computing (HE&C)
• 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)
• University of Colorado Boulder, Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities
• Baylor University
• Santa Clara University, Frugal Innovation Hub
• University of Canterbury.[1]
• University of Warwick, MSc Humanitarian Engineering
• University of Warwick, MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Management
• University of Warwick, MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability

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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

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See also

• Engineers Without Borders
• Engineers for a Sustainable World
• Engineering for Change
• 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.

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References

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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).

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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
• The faculty of civil engineering at Queen's University in Kingston has added a mandatory first-year course called humanitarian engineering
• GlobalResolve develops lighting system for villages with no electricity
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