What Is Global Engineering?

Thomas, Evan

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“…Engineering and related sectors have multiple terms for work focused on ESD; see Figure 6. It is critical to note that different terminology for ESD-related fields of study, such as Engineering for Global Development [46], Global Engineering [47], Development Engineering [48,49], Humanitarian Engineering [13,50], Design Justice [51], and Activist Engineering [52], among many others, cannot necessarily be used interchangeably, as these represent different schools of thought and academic ancestry (e.g., "Humanitarian Engineering" has received official sanction in Australia by the peak research funding agency, the Australian Research Council, and by the peak body for professional engineers, Engineers Australia). However, a single umbrella term and accompanying lexicon or terminology acceptable to and adopted by the field as a whole will reduce confusion, facilitate coordination, and lay the groundwork for sustainable efforts.…”

Section: Engineering For Sustainable Development: Terminology Recomme...mentioning

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Advancing Sustainable Development: Emerging Factors and Futures for the Engineering Field

Burleson,

Lajoie,

Mabey

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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This study set out to identify emerging trends in advancing engineering for sustainable development, supporting the engineering workforce to address wicked problems, and strengthening pathways between engineering education, industry, and policy. The following question guided this work: What are the emerging factors impacting the future of global sustainability efforts within engineering, and how can these be amplified to increase the impact of engineering for sustainable development? Using an adapted Delphi method with surveys, focus groups, and member-checking interviews, we hosted the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2022 Engineering Global Development (EGD) Stakeholder Summit. The summit convened industry leaders, innovators, and academics to explore emerging factors impacting the future of global sustainability efforts in engineering. This manuscript synthesizes emerging trends and proposes recommendations for engineering, particularly in the specific focus area of engineering for sustainable development (e.g., ‘humanitarian engineering’, ‘global engineering’). Critical recommendations include the adoption of emerging cultural mindsets, which include: (1) take an interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach, (2) consider dynamic and interconnected systems, (3) increase humility and intercultural competence, (4) prioritize diversity and inclusion, (5) increase localization and center community perspectives, (6) challenge the perception that engineering is neutral, and (7) broaden the goals of engineering. Ultimately, this study highlights pathways forward for the broader engineering community to more effectively contribute to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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Advancing Sustainable Development: Emerging Factors and Futures for the Engineering Field

Burleson,

Lajoie,

Mabey

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…The strengthening of this dual understanding, a dedication to improving the world despite the feebleness of global justice, is in line with critical race theory tenets -and consequently community cultural wealth -of social justice activism despite the permanence of racism. HE programs agree on the importance of training students on historical causes and present conditions of global inequality" [42]. An in-depth understanding of the historical and present-day inequality can sometimes cause apathy, dread, or frustration in students [43].…”

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Passing Along Experiential and Learned Understandings of Inequality: Marginalized Communities are Shapers of Humanitarian Engineers

Stine,

Javernick-Will,

Tanksley

2022 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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where she is researching student experiences before, during, and after attending a graduate program in humanitarian engineering, focusing on how these experiences influence career goals and outcome expectations. She is interested in how these goals align with social justice movements, including if and how students and practitioners are addressing global inequality and the SDGs in career pathways, especially now, when activists are calling for the development sector to implement decolonized and antiracist structures. Emma graduated from the California Polytechnic with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 and an M.S. in Irrigation Engineering in 2020. Amy Javernick-will (Assistant Professor) (University of Colorado Boulder)Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Bouler

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“…The required textbook for the course is "The Divide" by Jason Hickel [12], which argues that persistent poverty is a political and economic phenomenon, as opposed to a natural one caused by climatic, geographic, and cultural forces. This book is supplemented by sections of Evan Thomas' book "The Global Engineers" [13] and other lecture-specific materials.…”

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Sustainability Inclusion Efforts in Three Unique First-Year Engineering Courses

Tisdale,

Bielefeldt,

MacDonald

et al.

2022 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Joan Tisdale's research focus is in engineering education and specifically sustainability across engineering curricula. She has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering rom Auburn University, a masters degree in mechanical engineering from MIT and is currently working on her PhD in civil engineering, with a certificate in global engineering, at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has also worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a process engineer.

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What Is Global Engineering?

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

Advancing Sustainable Development: Emerging Factors and Futures for the Engineering Field

Advancing Sustainable Development: Emerging Factors and Futures for the Engineering Field

Passing Along Experiential and Learned Understandings of Inequality: Marginalized Communities are Shapers of Humanitarian Engineers

Sustainability Inclusion Efforts in Three Unique First-Year Engineering Courses

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