Humanitarian Engineering

Humanitarian Engineering

Humanitarian engineering may be defined as 'research and design under constraints to directly improve the wellbeing of underserved populations'. What is most distinctive about this type of engineering is its targeted audience - those that might be classified as 'underserved'. Humanitarian engineering places strong emphasis on the cultural context of engaging in engineering activities which impact the poor, the marginalized, the disenfranchised, and those that lack the means to address pressing problems. As such, training for one who participates in humanitarian engineering incorporates history, politics, economics, sociology, language, as well as rigorous engineering basics.

References

* [http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2006-09-12/news/engineering-human-face/ Queen's Journal – Engineering with a human face. New program geared towards development work]
* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118107398.html Gosink, Joan. Humanitarian support. (letters) (Letter to the Editor) Mechanical Engineering-CIME. June 1, 2004]
* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10CF6E99EB266300&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM 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."


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