SAE Colorado Section Newsletter

Presentation/Discussion

Dr. David Munoz

Humanitarian Engineering

Wednesday, Nov. 28

Meeting Time: 6:00 to ~7:30 pm
Meeting Place: Colorado School of Mines, Brown Eng. Building, Rm. 201

Sustainable Development for the economically impoverished requires significant trust and awareness of local culture and society, far beyond that which is understood by most engineers. Our lives in the developed world ill prepare us for the challenges that lie with those less fortunate that make up the majority inhabitants of our planet. To be sure, we are connected in more ways than we know or perhaps care to acknowledge. We enter the service projects for the poor with the belief that "we" are using our professional skills to help "them" but we soon learn that "we" are in this process actually helping "ourselves".

This talk will focus on aspects found important for the engineers in training and engineering faculty working in sustainable development or humanitarian engineering. Examples will be taken from the experiences of students and faculty working on projects that are the culmination of a new minor program at Colorado School of Mines entitled Humanitarian Engineering. The minor is designed to prepare students for a capstone design experience in service learning and sustainable development for the underserved.

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SAE Section Officer Contact Information Chair: Jeff Barber, 303-887-6090 jeffrey_barber@hotmail.com Vice Chair: Gy Wooden, 303-242-1305 gwooden@comcast.net Secretary: Open Treasurer: Jerry Cronin, 303-652-3372 jeremiahcro05@msn.com Vice Chair Student Activities: Christi Theis ctheis@honda.hra.com 303-371-4490 Vice Chair Southern Colorado: Major Monty Greer, 719-333-4393 monty.greer@usafa.af.mil Vice Chair Northern Colorado: Open		Presentation/Discussion Dr. David Munoz Humanitarian Engineering Wednesday, Nov. 28 Meeting Time: 6:00 to ~7:30 pm Meeting Place: Colorado School of Mines, Brown Eng. Building, Rm. 201 Sustainable Development for the economically impoverished requires significant trust and awareness of local culture and society, far beyond that which is understood by most engineers. Our lives in the developed world ill prepare us for the challenges that lie with those less fortunate that make up the majority inhabitants of our planet. To be sure, we are connected in more ways than we know or perhaps care to acknowledge. We enter the service projects for the poor with the belief that "we" are using our professional skills to help "them" but we soon learn that "we" are in this process actually helping "ourselves". This talk will focus on aspects found important for the engineers in training and engineering faculty working in sustainable development or humanitarian engineering. Examples will be taken from the experiences of students and faculty working on projects that are the culmination of a new minor program at Colorado School of Mines entitled Humanitarian Engineering. The minor is designed to prepare students for a capstone design experience in service learning and sustainable development for the underserved. Back to Main Page

Visit our website for more information at: http://www.saesections.org/colorado/ Colorado School of Mines, Brown Engineering Building From Hwy 6 on the Western edge of Golden, turn East onto 19th Street. Turn North (left) onto Illinois then West (left) onto 17th. The Brown Engineering Building is on your right and takes up the whole block. You will find parking on the streets surrounding the building. The conference room will be found on the 2nd floor, Room 201. Maps/Directions can be found at: http://www.mines.edu/csm_maps/