This series covers current topics of research interest in development engineering. The course content may vary semester to semester. Check with the department for current term topics. All topics will address the development engineering goals of developing technology interventions designed to improve human and economic development within complex, low resource settings.

In this class, you will practice framing and solving actionable, human-centered problems from a complex systems space: Disaster Response, Recovery & Resilience. Selecting from a range of pre-defined problem sets in the disaster response space sourced in collaboration with the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), students spend the class immersed in a semester-long project to design a technology-based intervention that addresses specific needs identified through the process of the class. Students will develop fluency in key concepts in disaster response, while developing expertise in key design and technology toolkits: design thinking, systems thinking, and readily-accessible platforms to prototype solutions. Interventions will be contextualized and assessed for their relevance as a follow-on program, initiative, or venture by NSIN, and presented to a committee of stakeholders for feedback. Application & Enrollment Instructions: Please complete this application and return it ASAP (link: https://forms.gle/8TFbPqkFcumkdAnP6); you do not have to be on the official department waitlist for the class - don't worry about using your Phase 1. If you are admitted and commit to adding the course to your schedule, we will provide you with a permission code to get into the class.

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