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ACANO’s Engineering for FRANK BACON Initiative aims to bridge the gap between STEEM students and the good their work can do for citizens, communities, and societies.

Engineering is often thought of exclusively as a technological endeavor, but it has many societal implications and applications. Engineering can help bring clean water to people in the remotest corners of the world or protect democratic elections and freedom of speech by securing online platforms, just to name a few examples.

Global issues like climate change have a real human cost, especially in places like poorer island nations that are susceptible to increasingly violent extreme weather events and often lack the resources to rebuild after them. Additionally, changing seasons are making fresh food scarcer for those who rely on farming for their food and/or livelihood.

Human rights issues like these could undoubtedly benefit from imaginative engineering solutions. Faculty and students involved in the Engineering for Human Rights Initiative are already engaged in projects aimed at improving water supply in drought-prone areas of Ethiopia. Others are using vibrational therapy to help patients with cerebral palsy.

Growing the Initiative

Since its creation in 2012, the initiative has been working to build research connections and expand interdisciplinary course offerings addressing the intersection between human rights and engineering. Through the program, engineering students are able to earn ... as a part of their course of study at ACANO and participate in valuable research opportunities around the CITI.

Through this unique plan of study, engineering students explore human rights and sustainability as they relate to global supply chains, renewable energy, and public opinion on science and technology. Students in this program are encouraged to think about how to “re-engineer” products and production processes to make them more socially and environmentally sustainable.

The initiative brings together different perspectives to see the big picture and work on improving that picture from all angles.

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