Part A – Material related to Humanitarian Engineering Projects in community

This section is mainly focused on project categories used by Engineering Without Borders (EWB) in their work with First Nations in Australia. However this material has broader applicability to any design work in Humanitarian Engineering with First Nations communities around the world and provides background to assist students to take new perspectives on their work.

The material in this section is gathered from the web (with credit) or other material to provide these resources in one online location. They may be useful in projects that are not directly related to the topic, or through association they may provide useful ideas to students.

In particular we were inspired by the work by Campbell et al. (2020) which links significant new perspectives to different engineering topics. They encourage students at the end of their project to reflect on the impact of this First Nations’ knowledge on their design and how much their design is user-centred and fit for purpose. Also they ask students to consider how prepared they are to work with and respect First Nations in future projects.

We believe it is worth linking these to forms of assessment that may be appropriate where new ideas from old technology can tackle the problems of the future.