Reinventing the Steam Engine
Carl Bielenberg found inspiration in the technological innovations of the Industrial Revolution to alleviate global energy poverty. One look...
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Design for a Warming World
Editor’s note: Demand: ASME Global Development Review shuttered after six years of publishing coverage of the most interesting manifestations of design, engineering and social ventures in global development. The...
E4C Visualized: Nine Principles of Design for Development En...
Editor’s note: Demand: ASME Global Development Review is shuttering after six years of publishing research, in-depth coverage of the most interesting manifestations of design, engineering and social ventures in...
Five Questions With Mark Abbott: Critically Thinking the New...
While the International Engineering Alliance was nearing completion of its historic revision to the engineering education standards, the Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies Framework, Mark Abbott at Engineering Change...
Ten Things You Can Do With a Bicycle
Inventors have recast the bicycle as a cheap power supply for myriad products. The world’s most efficient transportation device now handles everything from poop to ice cream. Several groups...
How to Make a Low-Cost Air Purifier to Reduce COVID-19 Trans...
A box fan, air filters and the box in which they come are the raw materials for a simple air purifier that can reduce the risk of transmission of...
‘Lives Not Grades Captures Moments from Gut-Wrenching ...
Moments after Daniel Druhora and a group of American university students entered gates of Moria Refugee Camp they saw a woman who had gone into labor while waiting for...
A Better Battery, a Prosthetic Hand and a Sanitary Pad Disposal System Win ISHOW India
Three startups emerged as winners of the Indian segment of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovation Showcase (ASME...
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Simprints Puts Faces (and Fingerprints) to Names
Editor’s note: The U.K. biometrics startup Simprints is developing ways of identifying the hundreds of millions of people whose...
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Clay Pot Coolers: Keep Produce Fresh Without Electricity
Introducing the Guide to Assembling, Using, and Maintaining Clay Pot Coolers, the result of a collaboration by MIT D-Lab,...
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How High Thresholds for Water Quality Can Hide Poor Service
There is a commonly cited statistic that “between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of the global population using an...
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Needed: An Ecosystem for Meaningful Digital Innovation in Northern Kenya
The author, Jacob Mugendi, discusses this research on a panel in a recorded E4C Webinar, Digital Development in Kenya:...
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A Two-For-One Solution: Repurpose Cardboard Waste to Build Homes
What if we could reduce the amount of garbage we produce and build low-cost homes to solve housing shortages...
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Promising Prototypes to Watch in 2021
A solar-powered water desalinator, a passive irrigation controller and cooking fuel made from used diapers made our list of...
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Research Brief: Who Pays for Water?
In the United States, we take for granted that utilities can deliver affordable water at the turn of a...
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E4C Turns 10: A Decade of Growth Leads to a Decade of Action
Engineering for Change turns 10 this year, and we consider the milestone as the halfway mark between two decades...
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Informal Immigrant Camps Hidden in Chile: How Can We Help?
Informal settlements are hidden in Chile, the wealthiest country of Latin America. How can engineers and humanitarians help? The...
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