Engineering for Good: Including social perspective in engineering programs

<< Objectives >>The project intends the buildout of a training program for a multidimensional development of the technology courses that integrates the analysis and evaluation of the engineering technologies from different perspectives: political, economic, environmental. The ultimate goal of the project is to equip future engineers with the skills required for a comprehensive review of how new technologies, and even their commercialization, can impact on personal, social, economic or political level.<< Implementation >>1. Development of training program. It will focus on the:- Definition and specification of the training program and materials- Training the trainers event- Virtualization and translation of training materials2. Teaching training program to students. To put into practice and evaluate the teaching methodology- Pilot on the participant HEIs (local course)- Evaluation and report of local courses- International School in Porto 3.Dissemination and exploitation of the project results.<< Results >>The project intends the development of improved teaching/learning methodologies of technological courses leading to professionals with a integral view of technology that includes social, economic, political and environmental perspectives.Concrete results will be the definition of a training program for the multidimensional approach of the engineering courses, a guide for its implementation and the virtualized material developed for the pilots at the HEIs.