Khanjan Mehta

Khanjan Mehta is the inaugural Vice Provost for Creative Inquiry and Director of the Mountaintop Initiative at Lehigh University. Mehta champions the creation of learning environments and ecosystems where students, faculty, and external partners come together to increase their capacities for independent inquiry, take intellectual risks and learn from failure, recognize problems and opportunities and effect constructive and sustainable change. In a previous avatar, Mehta was the Founding Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program, Assistant Professor of Engineering Design, and Affiliate Professor of International Affairs at Penn State. Mehta serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and Contributing Editor for the Engineering 4 Change portal. His latest book, Solving Problems that Matter (and Getting Paid for It), takes a deep dive into STEM careers in social innovation and global sustainable development.

Khanjan Mehta

Everyday Transportation Around the World

January 24, 2018

There is a world of vehicle designers, artists and modification experts working without much recognition under the mainstream media...

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How to Make Hard Decisions in Sustainable Development

January 29, 2017

This methodology can guide ethical decision-making in the practice of sustainable global development. Syringe design presents a surprisingly complicated...

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Sustainable Building: Changing the Way We Look at Construction Materials

October 24, 2016

As the population heads toward 9 billion, pressure rises for more housing. Meeting the global demand, however, is more complex...

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Lean Manufacturing of Disease Screening Strips: How a Stamp Simplifies the Process

September 14, 2016

Using paper, a couple of assays and a simple foam stamp, a new manufacturing technique can make disease screening strips more affordable....

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The leading-edge tools for low-cost diabetes screening

April 21, 2016

Not too long ago, the health scourges in the developing world were a nearly exclusive club of communicable diseases...

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3D printed prostheses may not be practical in developing countries, yet

February 4, 2016

3D printed prostheses, especially prosthetic hands, have seen a surge in developing countries, but the technology may not be...

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E4C Drawn Out: Is that a corn sheller?

June 4, 2015

Frame Changers takes a funny view on issues in global development and social entrepreneurship. For more please see E4C...

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E4C drawn out | Of phones and famine

October 23, 2014

Frame Changers takes an ironic glance at the contrast of excellent mobile service in the hands of hungry people....

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Should Outsiders Get Involved?

July 3, 2014

The Big Design Questions series has taken on some of the deep controversies and unasked questions over the last...

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The Big Design Questions | Should we promote technologies even if they hurt the environment?

June 25, 2014

This week’s Big Design Question takes on the issue of cost versus environmental friendliness. The question is part of...

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