Building a hospital to meet the needs of the world’s largest refugee camp
Engineer Rob Baker arrived in a refugee camp with a formidable task: build a 100-bed hospital in just two months.
Tag: humanitarian engineering
How necessity inspires invention in the mind of engineer James Trevelyan
Professor James Trevelyan opens up about the many inspired inventions that have characterised his career.
Is the humanitarian angle missing from engineering’s public image?
Eleanor Loudon, CEO, Engineers Without Borders Australia, says it's time to shake things up to encourage more diversity.
A creative program is helping kids discover the wonderful world of engineering
Simil Raghavan is attracting more young people to engineering with an innovative program that puts women at the centre of ...
How engineers are empowering communities to roll out renewable energy projects
Engineers are busy helping small communities achieve their sustainability goals and transition to renewable power, both in Australia and overseas.
10 of Australia’s most influential women in engineering
From public service to private enterprise, biomedical breakthroughs to space exploration, women engineers are changing the world and shaping the ...
Every one of the Sustainable Development Goals needs engineers, says expert
If the world is to meet the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it must turn to engineers for help, ...
Drones deliver vaccines to remote areas of the South Pacific in world-first trial
A Melbourne-based startup founded by a robotics engineer and former RAAF pilot has bagged world-first commercial contracts to ship vaccines ...
Agents of change: How engineers can make a difference in the world
Satisfaction, skills and the improvement of society all result when engineers – and the organisations that employ them – lend ...
This ‘makerthon’ wants to help solve problems for people with disabilities
Engineers Without Borders Australia is running a ‘hackathon with a twist’ in Queensland to produce a working hardware prototype to ...
