Ann-Perry Witmer on the importance of environmental and cultural factors in humanitarian engineering

As the world assesses how they can support projects in non-industrialized countries, a new study brought to light just how important cultural and environmental factors are when providing humanitarian engineering aid in these regions. Ann Perry Witmer, a lecturer of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, joins the program to discuss her study on how contextual engineering improves the success of projects in non-industrial societies. It takes an in-depth look at some of the perspectives that may determine its effectiveness. She has created and supported a number of organizations that have provided engineering assistance to communities in Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and Africa and was a past faculty advisor for Illinois’ chapter of Engineers Without Borders.

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Ann-Perry Witmer on the importance of environmental and cultural factors in humanitarian engineering is an episode from Illinois Engineering.

This episode is 00:35:11 long.

This episode was published on Nov 15, 2019.

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