Resumen de Humanitarian Engineering: a proposal to articulate engineering education with social issues
María Paula Flórez, Diana María Duarte Gómez, Luis Alejandro Ángel
The academy has focused on theoretical discussions that distancethemselves from real social and economic issues of the communities.Aiming to create synergy between engineering education and lowincome communities, the School of Exact Sciences and Engineering of Sergio Arboleda University has focused on Humanitarian Engineering.This study seeks to establish the first model used in the design of thefirst academic offer of this approach: a course where students must face challenges of communities and design artifacts, systems or engineering processes under social, environmental and technical constraints.A framework is established for Humanitarian Engineering, followedby a case study where the proposed course model is analyzedthrough students and teachers’ perceptions after its implementation.The proposed changes for a second version of the course are concluded.
