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Humanitarian Engineering [electronic resource] / by Carl Mitcham, David Munoz.

By: Mitcham, Carl [author.].
Contributor(s): Munoz, David [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2010Edition: 1st ed. 2010.Description: XIII, 73 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783031799648.Subject(s): Engineering | Social sciences | Education | Religion | History | Technology and Engineering | Society | Education | Religion | HistoryAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 620 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Engineering -- Humanitarianism -- Humanitarian Engineering -- Humanitarian Engineering Education -- Challenges -- Conclusion: Humanizing Technology.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: Humanitarian Engineering reviews the development of engineering as a distinct profession and of the humanitarian movement as a special socio-political practice. Having noted that the two developments were situated in the same geographical and historical space -- that is, in Europe and North America beginning in the 1700s -- the book argues for a mutual influence and synthesis that has previously been lacking. In this spirit, the first of two central chapters describes humanitarian engineering as the artful drawing on science to direct the resources of nature with active compassion to meet the basic needs of all -- especially the powerless, poor, or otherwise marginalized. A second central chapter then considers strategies for education in humanitarian engineering so conceived. Two final chapters consider challenges and implications. Table of Contents: Engineering / Humanitarianism / Humanitarian Engineering / Humanitarian Engineering Education / Challenges / Conclusion: Humanizing Technology.
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Engineering -- Humanitarianism -- Humanitarian Engineering -- Humanitarian Engineering Education -- Challenges -- Conclusion: Humanizing Technology.

Humanitarian Engineering reviews the development of engineering as a distinct profession and of the humanitarian movement as a special socio-political practice. Having noted that the two developments were situated in the same geographical and historical space -- that is, in Europe and North America beginning in the 1700s -- the book argues for a mutual influence and synthesis that has previously been lacking. In this spirit, the first of two central chapters describes humanitarian engineering as the artful drawing on science to direct the resources of nature with active compassion to meet the basic needs of all -- especially the powerless, poor, or otherwise marginalized. A second central chapter then considers strategies for education in humanitarian engineering so conceived. Two final chapters consider challenges and implications. Table of Contents: Engineering / Humanitarianism / Humanitarian Engineering / Humanitarian Engineering Education / Challenges / Conclusion: Humanizing Technology.

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