Join US
Explore the many ways you can join the Humanitarian Engineering Lab.
I study at RMIT
Take a Humanitarian Engineering course
RMIT offers a range of Humanitarian Engineering courses, which together provide students a clear Humanitarian Engineering pathway through their studies at RMIT.
Undergraduate courses
Year 1 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice
Year 1 - 4 Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project
Year 3 Urban Systems (Environmental Engineering students only)
Year 4 Humanitarian Engineering Capstone project
Postgraduate courses
Year 1 Humanitarian Engineering
Year 2 Humanitarian Engineering Master project
Join Engineers without Borders at RMIT
The Engineers without Borders Chapter at RMIT is a great way to connect with other RMIT students who are passionate about Humanitarian Engineering. The chapter hosts regular workshops and seminars on topics related to Humanitarian Engineering.
I work at RMIT
Teach Humanitarian Engineering
OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice is a large cohort first year engineering course in which participants get to start their Humanitarian Engineering journey while learning core engineering skills. Course coordinator Nick Brown is looking for tutors.
Supervise a Humanitarian Engineering capstone project
Engineers without Borders Australia is looking for academics to supervise humanitarian engineering capstone projects. More information can be found here.
'Self-sufficiency and Sustainability in remote South Pacific Islands' is a multi-year project with funding to offer study tours to the Yasawa Islands in Fiji. The project is looking to offer a suite of virtual study tours as well. Contact Peter Stasinopoulos if you would like to get involved.
Contribute to Climate Resilient Honiara research project
Climate Resilient Honiara is a large-scale multi-disciplinary project led by Professor Darryn McEvoy and funded by the United Nations. The project brings together experience from engineering and architecture to land management and geospatial science. Contact Tanja Rosenqvist if you are interested in contributing.
Apply your research to a humanitarian challenge
There is a growing number of RMIT academics working on humanitarian engineering projects in their teaching and research. If you are interested in applying your teaching and research to humanitarian challenges, please contact Nick and/or Tanja to connect with others academics.
I want to do a PhD
The Humanitarian Engineering Lab is looking for PhD candidates for the following research projects:
Strengthening the engineering profession through humanitarianism
Participatory approaches in humanitarian engineering
Exploring applications of emerging technologies in humanitarian contexts
To be eligible for a PhD scholarship at RMIT University, you will need to:
Be based in Australia
Have first-class honors or equivalent
If you are interested in one of the project and you fulfill the eligibility criteria, please contact us directly at:
We will then support you through the application process described here.