Study Humanitarian Engineering
Humanitarian Engineering brings engineering, science and social science together to help students understand the people, communities and systems connected to complex engineering challenges. Whether you’re adding a minor to your undergraduate degree or pursuing graduate study, you’ll learn to look beyond the technical problem, consider different perspectives and work with communities to define challenges and co-create solutions that are socially responsible and sustainable.
Undergraduate | Humanitarian Engineering Minor
Complement your technical engineering education with perspectives on people, communities, environments and the broader context in which engineering decisions are made. Through interdisciplinary coursework, the Humanitarian Engineering minor develops skills in community engagement, sustainability, communication, social responsibility and interdisciplinary problem-solving.
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Graduate | Master’s in Humanitarian Engineering and Science
Take a deeper, interdisciplinary approach to complex challenges through the Master’s in Humanitarian Engineering and Science. Combine technical expertise with community-based research and explore how engineering and science can contribute to solutions that are just, socially responsible and sustainable.
More then 20 years of Humanitarian Engineering at Mines
- Home to the nation’s first Humanitarian Engineering program since 2003.
- An interdisciplinary program where students work at the intersection of society, technology, and environmental systems.
- Experiential projects designed to serve domestic and global communities.
- Funding opportunities for graduate students.
- Graduates find careers across sectors and recent placements include the United Nations, startups, and U.S. federal agencies.
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Want to hear some professionals share their experiences with Humanitarian Engineering? Please check out our Humanitarian Engineering and Science colloquium lectures and our Gold Nuggets Humanitarian Engineering interview series!
Need to connect with HE faculty? Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Juan Lucena, Samantha Temple, and Elizabeth Reddy for any of your HE needs.
learn about our projects
Harnessing the power of engineering and social science, we work directly with communities to jointly define problems and create sustainable solutions.
What it’s like in HE@Mines
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RESPONSIBLE MINING, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Learn more about our partnership with RMRC @ Mines. “We are an interdisciplinary, multi-institution, and global research collaboration funded by the US National Science Foundation. Our goal is to co-design socially responsible and sustainable mining practices with communities, engineers, and social scientists.”