Download - Problems, Solutions, and Opportunities
Problems, Solutions, and
Opportunities
What do you want to do
when you grow up?
What kinds of problems do
you want to solve?
Important Problems facing the World’s Population
Group Work - 5 Min
Identify at least 5 major problems/challenges, facing people in the world today
Some resources:
● https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
● https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/
● https://www.businessinsider.com/world-economic-forum-world-biggest-
problems-concerning-millennials-2016-8
● http://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-
indicators/themes/environment.html#featured-indicators_1
About 1 billion people lack access to electricity
3 billion lack access to clean cooking fuels
http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/Files/Maps/Global_hap_deaths_2016.png
800 million undernourished
About 2.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water
About 2.3 billion people lack adequate sanitation
Engineering Grand Challenges
● Make solar energy economical
● Provide energy from fusion
● Develop carbon sequestration
methods
● Manage the nitrogen cycle
● Provide access to clean water
● Restore and improve urban
infrastructure
● Advance health informatics
● Engineer better medicines
● Reverse-engineer the brain
● Prevent nuclear terror
● Secure cyberspace
● Enhance virtual reality
● Advance personalized learning
● Engineer the tools of scientific
discovery
http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/challenges.aspx
“Engineers must frame their work with the ultimate goal of
universal accessibility in mind”
Engineering Grand Challenges
Which challenges address world’s problems?
Which challenges should have been listed with important
world problems
Which world problems are not expressed by engineering
challenges.
Concept Map: Food Insecurity
Pick a engineering grand
challenge; Create a concept
map.
● What is the root of the problem?
● What kinds of additional problems
does it lead to?
● What are some attempted
solutions?
● What injustice does it lead to?
● What is impact on society if
challenge is overcome?
Practice of Engineering
What are major employers of engineers?
What are major employers of Rowan grads.?
Top US/European Engineering Firms
GE Energy
Siemens AG
Bosch Corporation
Honeywell International Inc
Top Rowan Employers
Practice of Engineering
To what extent do these employers address world challenges?
How can an engineer pursue engineering for social good?
Post Graduate Pathways
https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780789755988/samplepages/9780789755988.pdf
https://www.technik-consulting.eu/en/analysis/stable_drone.html
https://www.robotshop.com/community/tutorials/show/how-to-make-a-drone-uav-lesson-2-the-
frame
Medicine’s greater purpose is human health; the law’s greater purpose is justice; nothing similar exists for
engineers. Because of this lack of a greater purpose, the authors argue that engineers frequently behave in
morally disengaged ways.