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We increasingly realize that engineers not only need to excel in their discipline but
must also be able to work efficiently in economically, socially, and environmentally
diverse contexts. To create a new generation of practitioners and social entrepreneurs,
formal training at academic institutions must strive to include additional skill sets
based on interdisciplinary training and design-based thinking in order to bridge the
gap between innovation and social impact.
References
Croitoru, A. (2012). A review to a book that is 100 years old. Journal of Comparative Research in
Anthropology and Sociology, 3(2), 137–148.
De Jager, H. J., et al. (2017). Towards an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem: A case study of
the Central University of Technology, Free State. Science Technology & Society, 22(2), 310–331.
Dotz, D. (2015). A Pilot of 3D printing of medical devices in Haiti. In S. Hostettler, E. Hazboun, &
J.-C. Bolay (Eds.), Technologies for development: what is essential? (pp. 33–44). Paris: Springer.
Ettinger, K. M., Pharaoh, H., Buckman, R. Y., Conradie, H., & Karlen, W. (2016). Building quality mhealth for low resource settings. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 40(7–8),
431–443.
Friedman, Z, & Karlen, W. (2015). Medical devices and information communication technologies
for the base of the pyramid. In S. Hostettler, E. Hazboun & J. -C. Bolay (Eds.), Technologies for
development: What is essential? (pp. 113–118). Berlin: Springer.
Hostettler, S. (2015). Technologies for development. What really matters? In S. Hostettler, E.
Hazboun, & J. -C. Bolay (Eds.), Technologies for development: What is essential? Paris: Springer.
Lee, K., Brewer, E., Christiano, C., Meyo, F., Miguel, E., Podolsky, M., et al. (2016). Electrification
for ‘under grid’ households in rural kenya. Development Engineering, 1, 26–35. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.deveng.2015.12.001.
Levine, D. I., Lesniewski, M. A., & Agogino, A. M. (2016). Design thinking in development
engineering. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3B), 1396–1406.
Martin, Brandie Lee, & Abbott, Eric. (2011). Mobile phones and rural livelihoods: Diffusion, uses,
and perceived impacts among farmers in rural Uganda. Information Technologies & International
Development, 7(4), 17–34.
Sachs, J. (2015). The age of sustainable development (p. 521). New York: Columbia University
Press.
Schumpeter, J. A. (1911, 2008). The theory of economic development: an inquiry into profits, capital,
credit, interest and the business cycle (R. Opie, Trans.). New Brunswick, U.S.: Transaction
Publishers.
United Nations. (2015). The millennium development goals report 2015. http://www.un.org/
millenniumgoals/2015_MDG_Report/pdf/MDG%202015%20Summary%20web_english.pdf
Accessed November 1, 2016.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). (2016). Human development report 2016:
Human development for everyone. Retrieved from http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2016_
human_development_report.pdf.
Wooldridge, A. (2010, April 17). The world turned upside down. A special report on innovation in
emerging markets. The Economist, pp. 1–14.
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We increasingly realize that engineers not only need to excel in their discipline but
must also be able to work efficiently in economically, socially, and environmentally
diverse contexts. To create a new generation of practitioners and social entrepreneurs,
formal training at academic institutions must strive to include additional skill sets
based on interdisciplinary training and design-based thinking in order to bridge the
gap between innovation and social impact.
References
Croitoru, A. (2012). A review to a book that is 100 years old. Journal of Comparative Research in
Anthropology and Sociology, 3(2), 137–148.
De Jager, H. J., et al. (2017). Towards an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem: A case study of
the Central University of Technology, Free State. Science Technology & Society, 22(2), 310–331.
Dotz, D. (2015). A Pilot of 3D printing of medical devices in Haiti. In S. Hostettler, E. Hazboun, &
J.-C. Bolay (Eds.), Technologies for development: what is essential? (pp. 33–44). Paris: Springer.
Ettinger, K. M., Pharaoh, H., Buckman, R. Y., Conradie, H., & Karlen, W. (2016). Building quality mhealth for low resource settings. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 40(7–8),
431–443.
Friedman, Z, & Karlen, W. (2015). Medical devices and information communication technologies
for the base of the pyramid. In S. Hostettler, E. Hazboun & J. -C. Bolay (Eds.), Technologies for
development: What is essential? (pp. 113–118). Berlin: Springer.
Hostettler, S. (2015). Technologies for development. What really matters? In S. Hostettler, E.
Hazboun, & J. -C. Bolay (Eds.), Technologies for development: What is essential? Paris: Springer.
Lee, K., Brewer, E., Christiano, C., Meyo, F., Miguel, E., Podolsky, M., et al. (2016). Electrification
for ‘under grid’ households in rural kenya. Development Engineering, 1, 26–35. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.deveng.2015.12.001.
Levine, D. I., Lesniewski, M. A., & Agogino, A. M. (2016). Design thinking in development
engineering. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3B), 1396–1406.
Martin, Brandie Lee, & Abbott, Eric. (2011). Mobile phones and rural livelihoods: Diffusion, uses,
and perceived impacts among farmers in rural Uganda. Information Technologies & International
Development, 7(4), 17–34.
Sachs, J. (2015). The age of sustainable development (p. 521). New York: Columbia University
Press.
Schumpeter, J. A. (1911, 2008). The theory of economic development: an inquiry into profits, capital,
credit, interest and the business cycle (R. Opie, Trans.). New Brunswick, U.S.: Transaction
Publishers.
United Nations. (2015). The millennium development goals report 2015. http://www.un.org/
millenniumgoals/2015_MDG_Report/pdf/MDG%202015%20Summary%20web_english.pdf
Accessed November 1, 2016.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). (2016). Human development report 2016:
Human development for everyone. Retrieved from http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2016_
human_development_report.pdf.
Wooldridge, A. (2010, April 17). The world turned upside down. A special report on innovation in
emerging markets. The Economist, pp. 1–14.