Engineering
Social Impact
This is an interdisciplinary open-source project with the goal of providing resources, sharing relevant job opportunities, and building community. Our work strives to disrupt systems of oppression with science, technology and engineering concepts. We believe that it is our responsibility to make a positive social impact with our work and create an accessible space for learning.
Research
Browse our library of primary source materials. This is a wide range of materials and many are relevant to the application of STEM concepts to social systems.
Apply
Explore unique job opportunities and discover new organizations that are inspiring the industry.
Teach
Facilitate one of our curriculums, learn about different teaching styles and applications.
Make an Impact
There are many paths you can take. Please consider posting job opportunities, donating scientific articles, case studies, and discussion questions. If you would like to support this project financially you can donate to help with business expenses, to the scholarship fund, website development, or directly to an 501(c)3 in our name to help us reach our organizational goal of giving back to the community.
ENGINEERING SOCIAL IMPACT TEAM
We are a small organization that relies on our community, here are the people who started this project.
Dom Maderal
Founder
Dom (she/they) started an Independent Study at University of Wisconsin – Madison during their M.S. in Human Factors and Health Systems engineering program (2022). This project resulted in the curriculum that launched Engineering Social Impact. She is passionate about social justice facilitation and open access to academic resources.
Dr. Hannah Silber
Founder
Dr. Hannah Silber is an associate lecturer at University of Wisconsin – Madison. She currently specializes in Human Factors Engineering and has a Ph. D. from University of Wisconsin – Madison with a focus on Civil Engineering and Transportation. Over the last 3 years she has built and updated multiple classes to include social justice concepts.