D-Lab: Designing Sustainable Low-Cost Energy Technologies for the Poor
Author: Christina Gossmann Giving a man a fish is good. Teaching a man how to fish is better. Yet, fishing is useless without a river. According to Dr.
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What Are the Ethics of Humanitarian Technology? An Interview with Blum Center Postdoc Imran Ali in Engineering for Change
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The Blum Center and the Sustainable Development Goals
By Sybil Lewis On September 25, 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, establishing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end
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Development Engineering Graduates Producing Solutions Scholarship
Engineers have the potential to play an instrumental role in helping marginalized communities improve their living conditions. That is because engineers are adept at applying
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I-School Course Teaches New Approaches to Measuring Impact
By Tamara Straus Ever since Hansen Lui was a kid, he loved building things and then taking them apart. During his undergraduate years at UCLA,
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Berkeley X-Force Fellows Team Up with Military Sponsors to Solve Real-World Problems
In South Dakota, Ellsworth Air Force Base has some 1,500 maintenance personnel, who are essential to maintaining the base’s aircraft and overall readiness. Every month, a small team of airmen must spend an entire week analyzing the efficiency and effectiveness of the 1,500 airmen’s training, certifications, and workflow. Much like the base’s aircraft, the team wants to ensure they have the right tools and resources to meet any challenge, but this burdensome process takes up a fourth of their time each month.
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