• Humanitarian Engineering Center:

  OSU Humanitarian Engineering Center (Passino, founding Director, served as Director from June 2014 to May 2018), click here.

• Humanitarian Engineering Book:

  Kevin M. Passino, Humanitarian Engineering: Advancing Technology for Sustainable Development, 3rd Edition, Bede Pub., Columbus, OH, 2016. Click here for a free download.

• Humanitarian/Development Engineering Courses:

  Humanitarian Engineering (ENGR 5050) in OSU College of Engineering (first offered Spring 2014, offered annually). On line videos of lectures, slides, etc. available at this web site. Also, videos of Spring 2015 lectures are at iTunesU and YouTube.

  Computational Humanitarianism (ECE 5550) in OSU Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering.

  Short courses based on these two courses.

  Anti-Poverty Technology (ARTSSCI 1138-22), Freshman Seminar

  Service Learning Courses: (1) ENGR 4692.01S-0040 OSU-Colombia Collaboration, Spring 2015; (2)  ENGR 4692.01S-0060 Colaboración Guatemala, Spring 2015

  "Early participant" in the IEEE/United Nations Humanitarian Technology Network / Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC) (my challenge problem: Reliable Electricity), 2009. Named leader of the education component of this program, named "weHTC" ("world-wide education" for the HTC). Developed course and public wiki for it: "Humanitarian Technology Challenge" a capstone design course, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, OSU, offered Spring 2010, 2011.

• Humanitarian/Development Engineering Projects:

  iSTEM: International Inclusive STEM Education

  Colaboración Guatemala

  Tech4Community, See article "A Grand Challenge? Maybe Not" in the ASEE Prism, Dec. 2017 (about engineering for people who are homeless).

  Other work in the US, Colombia, Paraguay, and Honduras

• Fulbright:

  A Fulbright Specialist Scholar, 2016-2021, for humanitarian/development engineering education

• Distinguished Lectureship:

  IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Distinguished Lecturer, 2007-present (for humanitarian/development engineering and engineering ethics)

• Guest Editorships:

  K.M. Passino, Guest Editor for Special Issue on Volunteerism and Humanitarian Engineering - Part I, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Dec. 2009.

• Committees:

  IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee, 2015-present.

  Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), Community Engagement Program, Faculty Research Advisory Committee, 2015-present

  OSU-Athens Albert Schweitzer Fellow Program, Faculty Advisory Committee, 2017-present

  Engineering for Change (E4C), Engineering for Global Development (e.g., EGD 101), Education Development Steering Committee, 2017-present

  Ohio State University Office of Outreach and Engagement, Evaluation Committee for “Connect and Collaborate” grant program, 2017-2018

• Student Organizations, Faculty Advisor:
  1. Founding faculty advisor for the OSU College of Engineering student organization, Engineers for Community Service (ECOS). In Autumn 2003, worked with students from my class ECE 3080 Ethics in Electrical and Computer Engineering to form this group; formed official OSU student organization early in 2004.
  2. Active in a range of ECOS activities, local and international projects, especially in "building bridges over the digital divide" for children at orphanages (see ECOS web site), which has so-far meant installation of computer laboratories and educating kids about computers (at Orphanages in Honduras, and two in Colombia, Medellín and Cali).
  3. Engineers for Community Service was the recipient of the 2005, 2007, 2012, and 2017 "Spirit of Ohio State" Award for its activities. It also won the OSU best web site award in 2008.
  4. Founding faculty advisor for the OSU College of Engineering student organization, Code 4 Community, in Autumn 2017. Worked with CSE/ECE students to form this organization. Working with them on projects.

• Courses and Short Courses in Engineering Ethics:
  1. ECE 3080 Ethics in Electrical and Computer Engineering which covers: (i) Professionalism, social justice, and ethical decision making, (ii) engineering as social experimentation, (iii) safety and risk, (iv) case studies in design (saftey) and workplace professionalism/organizational issues, (v) global issues (e.g., environment/sustainability, appropriate technology, weapons development), and (vi) foundations for engineering volunteerism. Taught this at OSU annually since Fall 1991. Annual enrollment varies, but it has not been below 150, and in Autumn 2004 it was >200, it was >190 Autumn 2005, it was 260 in Autumn 2012, 230 in Autumn 2013, 175 in Autumn 2014,...
  2. K.M. Passino, Engineering Ethics, Short courses at Universidad Centroamerica and Universidad El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, Aug. 13 and 14, 2013.
  3. ECE 7080 Ethics and Professionalism, for Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate students only. Covers topics in ECE 3080 below plus professional standards for the graduate student, research integrity, publication ethics, etc. Course first ran Autumn 2014, runs annually.
  4. "Engineering Ethics," Short course at workshop (>100 attendees) by International Institute for Developing Engineering Academics (IIDEA), at the Center for Engineering Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July 10-11, 2015.

• Publications, Presentations, and Professional Activities (short courses and other presentations on humanitarian engineering, click here):
  1. "Teaching Professional and Ethical Aspects of Electrical Engineering to a Large Class," IEEE Trans. on Education, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 273-281, Nov. 1998.
  2. Andrews C., Passino K.M., Co-Guest Editor's Editorial, “Social Implications of Systems Concepts,” IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Special Issue on the Social Implications of Systems Concepts, Vol. 19, No. 4, p. 9, Winter 2000/2001.
  3. A presentation on Engineering Volunteerism, Talk first given Feb., 2005 (given at Cornell Univ., Univ. Dayton, Western. Mich. Univ., Univ. Kentucky, Univ. Pittsburgh).
  4. A presentation entitled "Making the Soft Side of Engineering Harder," Dec. 14, 2006 version (given at Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nov. 28, 2006).
  5. Lead organizer, for round-table discussion event on “Teaching Engineering Ethics: Strategies for Educating the Educators” (organizers, K. Passino, B. Schrag (IU), and M. Kalichman (UCSD)), Assoc. for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, Feb. 24, 2007.
  6. Panel Member, for Panel discussion at Mini Conference: “Underserved Areas for Resources in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Education”, representing engineers and social responsibility, talk "Educating Socially Responsible Engineers," Assoc. for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, Feb. 24-25, 2007.
  7. General Chair, Conference on Engineers for Community Service, April 14, 2007.
  8. Invited speaker, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society, "Engineering, Social Justice, and Sustainable Community Development," 2008
  9. K.M. Passino, "Educating the Humanitarian Engineer," Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 15, pp. 577-600, Dec. 2009.
  10. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Conference, Moderator of a Session for mini-conference entitled “Engineering Towards a More Just and Sustainable World,” March 2010
  11. Program Committee, 2010 IEEE Int. Symp. on Technology and Society, Wollongong, Australia, June 7-9, 2010.
  12. A presentation, K.M. Passino, Educating the Humanitarian Engineer, talk at Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, Aug. 14, 2013.
  13. “Educating the Volunteering Engineer”, IEEE SSIT Distinguished Lecture, University of Pittsburgh, March 27, 2013.
  14. “Educating the Volunteering Engineer”, William and Patricia Stacy Ethics Lecture, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky, April 9, 2013.
  15. “Educating the Humanitarian Engineer”, presentation, Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, Aug. 14, 2013.
  16. “Engineering Solutions to Problems of the Homeless,” presentation, Women in Engineering Living/Learning Community, The Ohio State University, Sept. 15, 2014.
  17. “Humanitarian Engineering and Innovation,” Battelle Center for Science, Technology and Policy, Glenn School of Public Policy, The Ohio State University, Sept. 25, 2014.
  18. Panel member and speaker, Diaspora Tour, International Diaspora Engagement Alliance, US Dept. State, at The Ohio State University, Oct. 1, 2014.
  19. “Do I Really Want to Be a Humanitarian Engineer?” presentation, Humanitarian Engineering Scholars, The Ohio State University, Oct. 21, 2014.
  20. “Humanitarian Engineering Center,” presentation, Engineers Without Borders student organization, The Ohio State University, Wed. Dec. 3, 2014.
  21. Greg Bixler, Joseph Campbell, Roger Dzwonczyk, Howard Greene, John Merrill, and Kevin M. Passno, “Humanitarian Engineering at The Ohio State University: Lessons Learned in Enriching Education While Helping People,” Int. Journal of Service-Learning in Engineering: Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, pp. 78-96, Fall 2014.
  22. “Engineering Ethics,” Seminar for graduate program in Dept. Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Oct. 26, 2015.
  23. “Principles and Opportunities for Humanitarian Engineering,” Engineers Without Borders (EWB) student organization, The Ohio State University, Wed. Oct. 28, 2015; also to Design Outreach Student Club, The Ohio State University, Wed. Nov. 18, 2015.
  24. “Feedback Control for Social Change,” Invited Presentation in the Workshop entitled Social Change as a Complex Dynamical System, Uppsala, Sweden, Dec. 11-12, 2015.
  25. “Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Technologies That Help People,” OSU Academic Summit, Friday, March 4, 2016.
  26. “Humanitarian Engineering Center,” Presentation for the Humanitarian Engineering Meet-up for the Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Sept. 28, 2016.
  27. Program Committee, 2010 IEEE Int. Symp. on Technology and Society, Wollongong, Australia, June 7-9, 2010.
  28. Program Committee Member, Engineering for Society (E4S) Conference, Lueven-Heverlee, Belgium, Sept. 15-16, 2016.
  29. “Research Challenges in Humanitarian Engineering,” Talk, Nile University, Cairo Egypt, May 31, 2017.
  30. “Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Technologies That Help People,” Talk, Nile University, Cairo Egypt, May 31, 2017.
  31. “Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Technologies That Help People,”, Talk Universidad de Autónoma de Occidente, Cali, Colombia, June 14, 2017.
  32. “Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Technologies That Help People,” Talk, Universidad de Nariño, Pasto, Colombia, June 20, 2017.
  33. “Engineering as Social Experimentation: Involving the Public in the Design Process,” Talk to IEEE Section, Cleveland, OH July 27, 2017.

• Funding Activities:
  1. Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA), "Engineers for Community Service: Model Programs for the Develoment of a Profession" (K. Passino, PI, co-PIs are H. Walker, J. Merrill, and B. Lilly), 2005-2007. We seek to educate future engineering leaders to become more sensitive to social needs, and to illuminate the path toward life-long professionalism via ethical technological leadership. Model community service programs for engineering education are being established. Each model program provides concrete examples of societal impacts, demands for appropriate technology and sustainable development, cultural interchange, and globalization challenges. Nation-wide impact will be achieved via publication of the model service programs and proceedings of a proposed conference. Many activities under this program are done with the student group Engineers for Community Service (ECOS).
  2. Co-Principal Investigator (PI, H. Walker, co-PI, J. Merrill), US Environmental Protection Agency (P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People Prosperity and the Planet), "Development of a Sustainable and Appropriate Drinking Water System for Montana de Luz and Nueva Esperanza, Honduras", July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007
  3. Co-Principal Investigator (Mark Walter, ME, PI, L. Tilder, G. McKenzie, J. Box, S. Korpela, H. Walker also co-PIs), National Renewable Energy Lab, US Dept. of Energy, "Health and Harmony: Solar Decathlon Competition", Feb. 1, 2008-Jan. 31, 2009.
  4. Investigator on National Academy of Engineering program funded by the National Science Foundation, "Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering," Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2019.
  5. Battelle Engineering, Technology, and Human Affairs Endowment (BETHA), "Engineering, Technology, Human Affairs, and Social Justice: From Columbus to Colombia", (K. Passino, PI, co-PIs, Betty Lise Anderson, John Clapp, Leslie Moore, Melissa Wilson), 2014-2016.
  6. OSU Outreach and Engagement, Engagement Impact Grant, “Creation of the Central Ohio Community Technology Clinic”, (K. Passino, PI, co-PI, John Clapp), 2014-2016
  7. PI, IEEE Foundation, “Globalizing Humanitarian Engineering Education,” 2015-2016.
  8. Fulbright Specialist Scholar, travel funds, 2016-2021

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