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SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON ENGINEERS TECHNOLOGY & SO...

Over the last two decades  globalization has had a profound impact on how we view the world and
its sustainability. One group of professionals that lies at the heart of sustainability is the
engineers. Engineers are trained problem solvers  required to implement technical solutions and
are at the forefront of the development of new technologies. Although engineers play a critical
role in sustainability  traditional engineering programs typically only focus on the
technocentric and ecocentric dimensions of sustainability  providing little training on the
sociocentric dimension. With more and more interest in sustainability  it is becoming
increasingly important to also provide engineers with an awareness of sociocentric issues and
the necessary skills to address them.The aim of this book is to provide engineering educators
with a real-life case study that can be brought into existing courses to help bridge the gap
between engineering and the global world. The case study focuses on how our engineering study
of different natural plant fibers for soil erosion control led us to small villages in Kerala 
India  where marginalized women workers often stand waste deep in water several hours a day 
clean and beat coconuts by hand  and separate and spin coconut (coir) fibers into yarn by hand
for very low wages. The case study provides insight into the three dimensions of sustainability
(technocentric  ecocentric  and sociocentric) and how they come together in a typical
engineering problem.Table of Contents: Reinforcing the Classroom   Natural Plant Fibers for
Engineering Applications: Technocentric and Ecocentric Dimensions of Sustainability   The Coir
Fiber Industry in Kerala  India: Sociocentric Dimension of Sustainability   Case Study  
Conclusion   Bibliography

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