Humanitarian engineering

Article summary

Humanitarian engineering is the application of engineering for humanitarian aid purposes. As a meta-discipline of engineering, humanitarian engineering combines multiple engineering disciplines in order to address many of the world's crises and humanitarian emergencies, especially to improve the well-being of marginalized populations.

Key claims

1. date of formation: 2014 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1982 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of formation is "2014". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1982". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372558883