Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
All Science and Engineering Community-based Service Learning Computing Diversity Design Engineering Diversity Engineering Ethics General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Community - General |
| Author(s): |
Joan Gosink |
| Description: | Faculty at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) have initiated a program in Humanitarian Engineering to encourage service endeavors in engineering. Specific goals of the program include: creating a culture of acceptance for humanitarian service endeavors among engineering students and faculty; increasing the number of engineering graduates that enter occupations and /or internships in service related industries and organizations; and, increasing the recruitment and retention of women and minority students. In a capstone experience, students participate in structural, health, and power development projects both in the USA and in third-world nations. Recent project sites include Belize, Mexico, Mauritania, and Thailand. We have developed a minor degree program in Humanitarian Engineering, involving extensive collaboration and participation of faculty from the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies (LAIS). LAIS coursework provides students with the ethical and cultural sensitivity required in these projects, while Engineering Division coursework provides the technical skills and expertise. First envisioned as a minor degree available only to students in civil, electrical, environmental and mechanical engineering, the concept has evoked widespread interest among students and faculty at CSM, resulting in the planning of a second minor degree in Humanitarian Studies and Technology, which would serve all students in the School. |
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| Is Component of: |
Engineering Schools of the West Initiative (ESWI) |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Attitude (c) Design a system, component, or process (e) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) Understand professional and ethical responsibility (g) Communicate effectively (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context Engagement Retention |
| Intervention(s): |
Projects/project-based |
| Use of Resource: |
Excellent program funded by the Hewlett Foundation. |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
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| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://eswi.hewlett.org/institutions/Participating+Institutions+S |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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