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Everyday Transportation Around the World
There is a world of vehicle designers, artists and modification experts…
About Khanjan Mehta
Khanjan Mehta is the inaugural Vice Provost for Creative Inquiry and Director of the Mountaintop Initiative at Lehigh University. Mehta champions the creation of learning environments and ecosystems where students, faculty, and external partners come together to increase their capacities for independent inquiry, take intellectual risks and learn from failure, recognize problems and opportunities and effect constructive and sustainable change. In a previous avatar, Mehta was the Founding Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program, Assistant Professor of Engineering Design, and Affiliate Professor of International Affairs at Penn State. Mehta serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and Contributing Editor for the Engineering 4 Change portal. His latest book, Solving Problems that Matter (and Getting Paid for It), takes a deep dive into STEM careers in social innovation and global sustainable development.
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How to Make Hard Decisions in Sustainable Development
This methodology can guide ethical decision-making in the practice of sustainable…
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Sustainable Building: Changing the Way We Look at…
As the population heads toward 9 billion, pressure rises for more housing.…
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Lean Manufacturing of Disease Screening Strips: How a…
Using paper, a couple of assays and a simple foam stamp,…
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The leading-edge tools for low-cost diabetes screening
Not too long ago, the health scourges in the developing world…
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3D printed prostheses may not be practical in…
3D printed prostheses, especially prosthetic hands, have seen a surge in…
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E4C Drawn Out: Is that a corn sheller?
Frame Changers takes a funny view on issues in global development…
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E4C drawn out | Of phones and famine
Frame Changers takes an ironic glance at the contrast of excellent…
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Should Outsiders Get Involved?
The Big Design Questions series has taken on some of the…
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The Big Design Questions | Should we promote…
This week’s Big Design Question takes on the issue of cost…
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The Big Design Questions | Is it more…
In this week’s Big Design Question we’re looking at advantages of…
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The Big Design Questions | Are technologies that…
Welcome to The Big Design Questions, a weekly series that tests…
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The Big Design Questions | Should we make…
Welcome to The Big Design Questions, a weekly series that tests…
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The Big Design Questions | Is a technology…
The drive to improve the quality of life in economically depressed…
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Leverage Western or Indigenous Knowledge?
Technology carries the knowledge, perspectives and lifestyles of the people who…
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The Big Design Questions | Should we design…
We have championed a core set of design principles to follow when creating…