“…In the aftermath of the Flint Water Crisis, engineers that practice public-inspired science have been centered in these conversations (Akay, 2003;Ravesteijn et al, 2006;Cruickshank and Fenner, 2007;Edwards, 2016;Edwards and Pruden, 2016;Sedlak, 2016;Oransky and Marcus, 2017). At one level, Flint was an example of a community engagement by engineers that helped expose environmental crimes and injustice (Edwards, 2016;Edwards and Pruden, 2016a;Oransky and Marcus, 2017), allowing engineering trainees and opportunity to navigate complex terrain and consider their motivation for engineering careers (Bates, 2016;Kolowich, 2016), and at another level concerns have been expressed about jeopardizing precious funding and the social engineering contract, exacerbating power imbalances, and who is credited for success (Lambrinidou, 2016;2016b;Sedlak, 2016;Roldan-Hernandez et al, 2020;Carrera and Key, 2021;). These diverse viewpoints indicate that the perils and promise of such work will continue to be debated.…”