Humanitarian Engineering in Spain: Ingenieros sin Fronteras

Cañavate, Javier; Casasús, Josep María

doi:10.1109/mts.2010.935976

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“…There are multiple parallels in the literature on HE and similar fields that can help understand this domain. For instance, Canavate and Casasus (2010) argue that humanitarian technology is "linked to the cultural, social, economic, political, and environmental context in which it is developed" (p. 16) and Passino (2009) contends that humanitarian engineers need to be aware of the ethical implications of their practice. This domain emphasizes the importance of sustainable development, which is again a core tenant of HE practice (Lissenden et al, 2015).…”

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Socio‐technical thinking of students and practitioners in the context of humanitarian engineering

Mazzurco

Daniel

2020

J of Engineering Edu

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Background Humanitarian engineering (HE) is rapidly emerging in universities and professional workplaces worldwide. In HE, socio‐technical thinking is fundamental as HE projects exist at the intersection of engineering and sustainable community development. However, the literature still lacks an understanding of the key features of socio‐technical thinking. Purpose/Hypothesis The purpose of this article is to investigate the key characteristics that distinguish the socio‐technical thinking of an expert from a novice in the context of HE projects. Design/Method We distributed the Energy Conversion Playground (ECP) design task to students starting their engineering degree (n = 26) and practitioners (n = 16). We iteratively and inductively analyzed the responses to develop a rubric characterizing the key features of expert socio‐technical thinking. We then scored participants' responses and compared them to identify differences between students and practitioners. Results The analysis showed that expert socio‐technical thinkers can provide high‐quality considerations across three domains: technology, people, and broader context. The comparison of the participants' scores showed that both students and practitioners scored highly in the technology domain. In contrast, students scored poorly in the people and broader contexts domains, identifying only simplistic considerations in these non‐technical areas, if at all. Conclusions This study provides novel insights into the development of socio‐technical thinking and further validates the ECP as a trustworthy measure of socio‐technical thinking. Implications for engineering educators and multiple lines of future research are also discussed.

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Socio‐technical thinking of students and practitioners in the context of humanitarian engineering

Mazzurco

Daniel

2020

J of Engineering Edu

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“…To make sure to include only more contemporary literature, we decide to focus on literature published no earlier than the 1990s. Specifically, we choose 1992 as the starting date because it was when the second Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter in Europe was created (the first being in 1982 in France) (Paye, 2010;Canavate & Casasus, 2010). The literature is limited to an end date of August 2015, as this is when the search was conducted.…”

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Five Guiding Principles to Enhance Community Participation in Humanitarian Engineering Projects.

Mazzurco

Jesiek²

2017

JHE

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Humanitarian engineering (HE) is a very complex endeavour that requires addressing technical problems whilst concurrently engaging the community members who will ultimately benefit from the engineers’ solutions. Community participation is particularly important because it is directly linked to the sustainability of projects. Whilst many strategies have been proposed to engage partner communities, the HE literature lacks a comprehensive framework of guiding principles for more effectively engaging community members. The goal of this study is to develop a framework of principles that can support humanitarian engineering professionals and educators to enhance the participation of community members. In this study, we used a qualitative systematised literature review to collect 49 journal articles focused on humanitarian engineering projects and strategies. The analysis of the collected papers led to identification of five guiding principles: 1) collaborating with local champions (NGOs and similar), 2) harnessing local resources and expertise, 3) integrating ethics and social justice, 4) building trusting and equitable relationships, and 5) creating competent multi or inter-disciplinary teams. The identified principles provide a framework that can enable humanitarian professionals and educators involved in small-scale HE projects to enhance the way they interact with community members. We conclude the paper with a series of questions based on the five principles that may allow humanitarian engineers to reflect on the way they interact with community members and thus enhance their relationships. We also invite other humanitarian engineers to further expand concepts related to the suggested principles, and to explore ways to best apply these principles in practice.

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“…For example, "Engineers without Borders" and its many national and regional branches "aspires to help integrate cultural, political, social, economic, and environmental contexts into technology, and to use technology for the service of human development". (p. 13) 26 Humanized Humanized design has "drawn a great concern within contemporary design trends", originating from a "focusing on the needs of human-being in modern age". (p.1) 27 Zhang, Shang, Yu, Li and Zhao regarded humanized design to designing something by "exploring human nature and application of human behavior, abilities, instincts limits and other characteristics and to create a good human-computer interaction".…”

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Empathy and Caring as Conceptualized Inside and Outside of Engineering: Extensive Literature Review and Faculty Focus Group Analyses

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Sprowl²,

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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School of Civil Engineering with an environmental emphasis and philosophy minor during May of 2011. His research interests involve establishing a better understanding of the role of empathy/care within engineering, considering how alternative worldviews, such as indigenous and/or non-Western, might influence today's engineering disciplines, and studying the relation of resistance to change to environmental awareness. He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Chi Epsilon (XE), Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE), and Engineering Education Graduate Student Association (ENEGSA).

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Humanitarian Engineering in Spain: Ingenieros sin Fronteras

Cited by 5 publications

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Socio‐technical thinking of students and practitioners in the context of humanitarian engineering

Socio‐technical thinking of students and practitioners in the context of humanitarian engineering

Five Guiding Principles to Enhance Community Participation in Humanitarian Engineering Projects.

Empathy and Caring as Conceptualized Inside and Outside of Engineering: Extensive Literature Review and Faculty Focus Group Analyses

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