DEVENG.ORG

Dr. George Bugliarello (2008) refers to engineering for development or development engineering; an interdisciplinary thrust in engineering which "responds to the global need for engineers who understand the problems of development and sustainability, can bring to bear on them their engineering knowledge, are motivated by a sense of the future, and are able to interact with other disciplines, with communities and with political leaders to design and implement solutions."... Development engineering calls for a demystification of engineering practice as usual, which traditionally provides value-neutral technical solutions to well-defined problems irrespective of any social context. Instead, engineers are also called to be change makers, peacemakers, social entrepreneurs, and facilitators of sustainable development.