Humanitarian Engineering E-Seminars
Humanitarian Engineering E-Seminars
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“Engineering” can be defined as “the use of science and mathematics to invent, create, design, develop, or improve technologies.”
“Technology” is often thought of simply as a “tool” that extends human capability (e.g. from hammers to the internet).
“Humanitarian” has been defined as “concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare” (Apple dictionary), which is quite a bit broader than typical interpretations of this word (e.g., it does not just apply to disasters or international work, but local/domestic work).
Humanitarian engineering is the creation of technology to promote human welfare
Topics
Engineering-based student organizations and programs:
- Service project presentations (final reporting and recruitment)
- Organization coordination
Service:
- Service project presentations (final reporting and recruitment)
- Service project coordination (between sites/groups)
Education:
- Undergraduate/graduate
- Service project support
- Humanitarian Engineering Minor
- Graduate-level education
Research:
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
External speakers (remote or recorded visitor seminars):
- Topic of broad interest
- Top experts from a range of areas
Online Seminars
Date/Time | Session Topic(s)/Moderators/Presenters | Resources and Session Video |
Nov. 6, 2013, 8:30am | Humanitarian Engineering e-Seminars: Introduction, Prof Kevin Passino, passino.1@osu.edu | |
Jan. 15, 2014, 10:00am | Ohio State-Ethiopia One Health Partnership: Overview of Activities and Opportunities for Partnership, Dr. Wondwossen Gebreyes (Panel discussion after talk, with Dr. Wondsossen Gebreyes, Dr. Michael Bisesi, and Dr. Deselegne Degefaw), Wondwossen.Gebreyes@cvm.osu.edu | |
April 25, 2014, 10:00am | Design for Lasting Impact at Scale, Eric Reynolds, MIT D-Lab, ewr@mit.edu | |
Nov. 12, 2014, 3:30pm | Creating a New Hand Pump Solution in Africa, Dr. Greg Bixler, OSU EEIC, Design Outreach, greg@doutreach.org | |
April 23, 2015, 1pm |
Take an Hour, Change your Life: Learn How You Can Live, Learn, and Work Overseas with the Peace Corps, Danny Livengood, US Peace Corps, wlivengood@peacecorps.gov |
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Nov. 6, 2015, 3:00pm | Institutional Maintenance: The Case of Handpump Technology Projects in Rural Malawi, Dr. Beatrice Chisenga, Design Outreach, beatricec@doutreach.org | |
April 6, 2016, 10:00am | Scale vs. Sustainability: Evolving Business Models for Technology Based Solutions in Emerging Markets, Vineeth Vijayaraghavan, Solarillion Foundation, India, vineethv@gmail.com | |
June 30, 2016, 11:00am |
A View from Down Under - The Emergence of Humanitarian Engineering Education in Australia, Jeremy Smith, Australian National University, u9214901@uds.anu.edu.au |
Sessions - From the Social Justice Virtual Community of Practice
Date | Session Topic(s)/Moderators/Presenters | Resources and Session Video |
Oct. 10, 2013 | Introduction, Kevin Passino | |
May 30, 2014 | Dean's Panel on Scholarship in Engineering Service Learning and Humanitarian Engineering, Dean Amr Elnashai (Penn State Univ), Dean Leah Jamieson (Purdue Univ), Dean Stephen Silliman (Gonzaga Univ) | |
Nov. 12, 2014, 3:30pm | Creating a New Hand Pump Solution in Africa, Greg Bixler, Ohio State University EEIC, Design Outreach | |
May 20, 2015, 12:00pm | Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice, Jon Leydens and Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines |
e-Seminar format:
- Similar to a traditional seminar, a presenter presents an electonic presentation (e.g., power point) on a topic of broad interest.
- The “Host” moderates (e.g., keeps presenter to time constraints and calls on participants with questions).
- The session is opened up for questions after the talk (host picks who is to allowed to ask a question, tries to keep subsequent discussion from wandering off-track).
- Limit talk to 45min, question/answer to 15 min. This case is much like a traditional seminar format.
- The session is recorded and posted with suggested documents and links as shown below.
OSU HE e-Seminars web site was initiated: 11/1/13
Some of the content at this site is based on the Scholarship in Engineering for Social Justice: A Practitioner's Forum that was collaboratively edited with Thomas Colledge at Penn State.