Episode 1: Prof. Washington Ochieng on the importance of culture in Humanitarian Engineering

Humanitarian Engineering
27/03/2023 33 min Episodio 1
Episode 1: Prof. Washington Ochieng on the importance of culture in Humanitarian Engineering

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In this episode, the Humanitarian Engineering Group talks to Prof. Ochieng, Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Imperial College of London. We discuss his work on navigation and wayfinding systems for the ageing and visually impaired, his take on humanitarian engineering and the importance of culture, and his achievements for the Sustainable Urban Economic Development program in Kenya.

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