World Engineering Day: Celebrating engineers solving problems of the future
The challenges of the future will require the efforts of engineers, and, this month, the world is acknowledging the necessity of that contribution.
The challenges of the future will require the efforts of engineers, and, this month, the world is acknowledging the necessity of that contribution.
On 4 March, the global engineering community will mark the first ever World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development.
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development.
Chandra Ximenez, a petroleum engineer, has been working in Timor-Leste as a Technical Project Officer to encourage more women into the engineering profession.
The international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty. However, inequality persists and large disparities remain regarding access to health, employment, education and other services.
When we discuss climate change in engineering, and its relation to natural disasters, there are two major themes: transition risk and physical risk.
“We don’t want to be sitting here in 50 years wondering what has happened to Australia’s most iconic animals.”
Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. There are challenges ahead to keep them this way.
Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy and information technology – are crucial to achieving sustainable development and empowering communities in many countries.
Dr Pablo Juliano has spent his professional life thinking about how food engineering can improve the world.