Engineering Issues/Challenges

• Engineering Issues (UNESCO, 2010)

  • energy, transportation, and climate change
  • clean drinking water
  • natural and man-made disaster mitigation
  • environmental protection
  • natural resource management
• Engineering Challenges (UNESCO, 2010)

  • attracting and retaining broader sections of the youth, particularly women
  • forging effective interdisciplinary alliances with the natural and social sciences, and the arts
  • enhance focus on innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation
• Engineering Issues/Challenges (UNESCO, 2021)

  • insufficient engineering capacities to achieve SDGs
  • lack of diversity in the field
  • human health - COVID-19
  • water supply
  • climate change
  • disaster risk management
  • mining
  • data management
  • AI
  • smart cities
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

  1. no poverty
  2. zero hunger
  3. good health and well-being
  4. quality education
  5. gender equality
  6. clean water and sanitation
  7. affordable and clean energy
  8. decent work and economic growth
  9. industry, innovation, and infrastructure
  10. reduced inequalities
  11. sustainable cities and communities
  12. responsible consumption and production
  13. climate action
  14. life below water
  15. life on land
  16. peace, justice, and strong institutions
  17. partnerships for the goals
• 10 Major Engineering Challenges of the Next Decade

  • Improving our health and well-being through life sciences, nanotechnology, & bio-engineering is a significant engineering challenge for the next decade.
  • Feeding our growing population through cutting-edge bio-engineering and agricultural innovations is a major engineering challenge for the next decade.
  • Addressing climate change through engineering innovation is a significant engineering challenge for the next decade.
  • Safeguarding our personal data and wealth from cyberattacks is a major engineering challenge for the next decade.
• 10 Major Engineering Challenges of the Next Decade

  • Making STEM more appealing to young students
  • Rethinking how the city looks and works
  • Identifying viable alternative energy sources
• 10 Major Engineering Challenges if the Next Decade

  • Promoting green engineering to improve sustainability and reduce carbon footprint in manufacturing
  • Educating first-world engineers to understand how to solve third-world problems
  • Upgrading the sagging US infrastructure