By Tamara Straus The goal of the PhD is to do original research in a specific discipline. That means in-depth and often narrow inquiries that build on academic knowledge. But for many STEM and social science graduate students, the great draw of the PhD is developing research that can have wide societal benefit—in clean water … Continue reading “InFEWS Fellows Take on Sustainable Development Goals”
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Why Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning? Assessing the Benefits and Challenges at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education
By Nicole Rangel College graduates with interdisciplinary and hands-on skills are in demand in today’s job market. Because they have exposure to more than one discipline and curiosity about the interplay of fields, these graduates are being positioned as necessary to solve societal challenges–from natural disasters and climate change to automation-induced unemployment and epidemics. This … Continue reading “Why Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning? Assessing the Benefits and Challenges at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education”
Continue ReadingInFEWS Fellow Alana Siegner on Urban Agriculture and Food Security
InFEWS Welcomes New Graduate Cohort
Last month, the Blum Center hosted a networking reception for its inaugural cohort of Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (InFEWS) doctoral students. InFEWS is a prestigious National Science Foundation-funded graduate research program that uses the Development Engineering (DevEng) methodology to create solutions for challenges that span food, energy and water … Continue reading “InFEWS Welcomes New Graduate Cohort”
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Thinking Inside the Cardboard Box
By Sonia Travaglini
Continue ReadingDevelopment Engineering: A Critical Overview
https://impactdesignhub.org/2017/01/19/development-engineering-critical-overview/
Continue ReadingDevelopment Engineering Awarded $3 Million From National Science Foundation
How to Attract Female Engineers (New York Times Op-Ed by Blum Center Director of Innovation Lina Nilsson)
Engineering Improvements for the World
(Published in the Washington Post) By Lina Nilsson and Shankar Sastry In labs around the world, a new generation of engineers is emerging. They are men and women concerned by the gulf between rich and poor and by environmental changes and resource depletion. They are what we call “development engineers” — engineers (and often economics, … Continue reading “Engineering Improvements for the World”
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