Many basic challenges still exist in poor and disadvantaged communities, and human-centered engineering, also known as Humanitarian Engineering, offers solutions to fix them.
UNSW Engineering has welcomed a new report on the future of engineering education in Australia – and believes it is already ahead of the curve in respect of many of the recommendations.
Every year on World Humanitarian Day (WHD), we recognise the sacrifices made by humanitarian workers across the world, as well as the hardships faced by those in need of humanitarian assistance.
The Miami apartment collapse is a grim reminder of why engineering matters, and why comprehensive education in ethics should be embedded in the training of engineers.
A recent study by an international team from ETH Zurich, IHE Delft and UNSW identified a significant bias in these measurements and developed a correction scheme.
If we are to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, we haven’t made a good start. Governments, industry and individuals need to do much more, a new study shows.
