Peace engineering in practice: A case study at the University of New Mexico

•Peace engineering includes climate change, water, health care, food security, ethics, transparency, social equity, and diversity.•A complex systems approach to measure positive and negative interactions is proposed to be introduced into undergraduate engineering programs.•The creation of the peace...

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Published in:Technological forecasting & social change 2021-12, Vol.173, p.121113, Article 121113
Main Authors: Jordan, Ramiro, Agi, Kamil, Arora, Sanjeev, Christodoulou, Christos G., Schamiloglu, Edl, Koechner, Donna, Schuler, Andrew, Howe, Kerry, Bidram, Ali, Martinez-Ramon, Manel, Lehr, Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Climate action
Climate change
Complex systems
Distributed generation
Education
Engineering
Engineering education
Engineers
Environmental ethics
Fairness
Food security
Health services
Laboratories
Lebenswelt
Microgrid
NOx monitoring
Peace
Peace engineering
Peace engineering curriculum
Project echo
Research ethics
Resilience
Science and technology
Sustainability
Telemedicine
Water resources
Water supply
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Summary:•Peace engineering includes climate change, water, health care, food security, ethics, transparency, social equity, and diversity.•A complex systems approach to measure positive and negative interactions is proposed to be introduced into undergraduate engineering programs.•The creation of the peace engineering consortium (PEC) is an outcome of the first global peace engineering conference held November 2018 in Albuquerque NM, USA.•The global peace laboratories network is a network of laboratories around the world being designed and implemented to connect students globally.•Water stress is caused by growing population, increasing demands on existing surface and groundwater supplies, declining water availability brought on by changing climate and over-pumping of aquifers, and increased water contamination caused by human activities.•Microgrid technology is relevant to peace engineering in that it provides infrastructure security and better access to underserved communities.•The engineering research community must assume a leadership role in communicating their contributions to prosperity, health, and infrastructure and responding to critical quality-of-life issues.•There is a deep need for systems level research comprised of social-ecological-systems equipped to respond to a nonlinear change or disturbance and rebounding quickly and with strength.•Wi-NOx™ identifies polluting vehicles, supports existing regulations, and establishes the foundation for future incentive programs, while enabling socially conscious smart cities and individuals to effectively practice sustainability – a cornerstone of peace engineering.•Project ECHO is an innovation in adult learning which facilitates the rapid exchange of specialized knowledge and field experience between specialists at academic and other research centers and local personnel working in underserved areas. This article presents an overview of Peace Engineering activities at the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Engineering (SOE) and Health Sciences Center (HSC). In 2018, UNM's SOE hosted the joint summit of the World Engineering Education Forum and Global Engineering Deans Council. The theme, “Peace Engineering,” focused on science and engineering-based solutions to the world's grand challenges. Outcomes of this first global conference on Peace Engineering include creating new academic programs and opening a wide new area for education, research and innovation addressing climate change, water, health care, f
ISSN:0040-1625
1873-5509
DOI:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121113