Based on my experience with engineering in the first three years of my undergrad, I assumed that there was not much overlap between social impact and engineering and planned to be done with engineering as soon as I finished my undergrad. Luckily, I was wrong! Here is a small sample of companies finding ways to […]

As discussed in my original blog post, technology is an incredibly powerful force in shaping modern society, and the consequences of lack of ethical thinking amongst scientists and engineers can be staggering.  Scientists and engineers build things that deeply affect people on a large scale by nature of the profession, although it feels like more […]

Below we’ve compiled resources, events, and opportunities specifically deigned for students engaged in STEM fields. Resources Toolkit for infusing social impact into CS/STEM at your university Coding it Forward:  a student-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering computer science, data science, and design students to create social good by breaking down the barriers to entry in social impact […]

Universities have the power to touch students at a highly influential point in their lives and empower them to live their life and build a career in a way that makes world a better place.  Imagine the scale of impact of a professor over the span of their career if they left students simply with […]

I decided to study engineering in college during my senior year of high school, when I learned that engineering was simply the application of math and science to real world problems, not just driving trains and constructing buildings. Fast forward three years – I was a junior in college, disillusioned with engineering and resenting my […]