ENabling Humanitarian Attributes for Nurturing Community-based Engineering (ENHANCE), is a collaborative project supported through the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices; Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education. The ENHANCE project aims at enhancing the capacity of higher education institutions to embed community-based engineering education 
into their graduate engineering programs. It aims to empower the next generation of engineers with the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to address real-world challenges in collaboration with local communities, markets, and industries. The project focuses on developing a taxonomy for community-based engineering education, identifying key components, and sharing best practices among participating institutions. The goal was to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, ethical and social responsibility, and transformative impact in engineering education. The ENHANCE project aims to shape the future of engineering by integrating academic learning with community engagement and fostering a generation of socially conscious engineers. The novelty of ENHANCE lies in integrating highly diverse, yet complementary, expertise in engineering Higher Education (HE). The key aims are: (a) mapping professional attributes for mitigating humanitarian 
challenges over the next 15 years; (b) assessing and evaluating current graduate engineering programmes in Partner Institutions under the enablers needed to ensure humanitarian attributes to graduates; (c) setting up tools for evaluating graduate engineering programmes; (d) building capacity in the field of community-based engineering with interventions in curriculum content, assessment and feedback, methods of delivery; (e) tasting, adopting and implementing in current curricula innovative (i.e. inclusive, interdisciplinary, problem-based) teaching and learning methodologies; (f) developing and testing the ENHANCE Training Kit for staff development/training.
Project Τitle: ENABLING HUMANITARIAN ATTRIBUTES FOR NURTURING CUMMUNITY-BASED ENGINEERING (ENHANCE)
Project Duration: 15/11/2018-14/5/2023
Project URL: http://enhance-erasmusplus.eu
Project Framework & Funding: ERASMUS+ KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices – Capacity Building in higher education (998.705 euros)
Scientific coordinator (UNIWA): Assοciate Professor Yiannis Koumpouros
Consortium – Partners:
University of Warwick, Country: United Kingdom
University of West Attica, Country: Greece
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Country: Indonesia
Institute Technology Bandung, Country: Indonesia
Universitas Brawijaya, Country: Indonesia
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Country: Bangladesh
University of Dhaka, Country: Bangladesh
Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Country: Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Country: Vietnam
Research Publications / Results / Patents
ENHANCE has delivered the following publications:
- Two books (14 chapters, 338 pages; 13 chapters, 321 pages)
- Four book chapters in open access
- Five conference articles
- One conference poster
You may find the most important publications below.
Books
Modern Challenges and Approaches to Humanitarian EngineeringLink opens in a new window
Yiannis Koumpouros, Angelos Georgoulas and Georgia Kremmyda
Release Date: March, 2022|Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 321
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9190-1
ISBN13: 9781799891901|ISBN10: 1799891909|EISBN13: 9781799891925
Transcending Humanitarian Engineering Strategies for Sustainable FuturesLink opens in a new window
Angelos Georgoulas, Georgia Kremmyda and Yiannis Koumpouros
Release Date: March, 2023|Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 338
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5619-4
ISBN13: 9781668456194|ISBN10: 1668456192|EISBN13: 9781668456217
Open Access Publications
Supraba, I., Surjono, Hasiholan, B., Perdana, I., Laory, I., Georgoulas, A., Koumpouros, Y., & Kremmyda, G. (2023). The Engineering Curriculum of Higher Education in Indonesia Revisited: The Perspective of Higher Education Providers, Quality Assurance Agencies, and Industry. In Y. Koumpouros, A. Georgoulas, & G. Kremmyda (Eds.), Transcending Humanitarian Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Futures (pp. 1-22). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5619-4.ch011
Kremmyda, G., Georgoulas, A., & Koumpouros, Y. (2023). Aligning Humanitarian Attributes and Needs Between Academia, Industry, and Quality Assurance in Graduate Engineering Programmes: An EU-ASIA Survey. In Y. Koumpouros, A. Georgoulas, & G. Kremmyda (Eds.), Transcending Humanitarian Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Futures (pp. 1-26). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5619-4.ch008
Examining the Quality Assurance in Engineering Education in BangladeshLink opens in a new window
Islam, G. M., Kremmyda, G., Georgoulas, A., Koumpouros, Y., Islam, S. L., Islam, A. K., Bala, S. K., & Shoeb, M. (2023). Examining the Quality Assurance in Engineering Education in Bangladesh. In Y. Koumpouros, A. Georgoulas, & G. Kremmyda (Eds.), Transcending Humanitarian Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Futures (pp. 1-13). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5619-4.ch013
Nguyen, T. T., Thi, A. P., Nguyen, T. A., Mai, L., Mottram, J. T., Kremmyda, G., Koumpouros, Y., Georgoulas, A., & Van, D. D. (2023). What Vietnamese Employers and Educators Want in Impactful Engineering Degree Programmes. In Y. Koumpouros, A. Georgoulas, & G. Kremmyda (Eds.), Transcending Humanitarian Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Futures (pp. 1-20). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5619-4.ch010
Conference articles
Kremmyda, G., Koumpouros, Y., Shoeb, M., et al.
EDUCON 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, April 2020, Porto, Portugal
978-1-7281-0930-5/20 ©2020 IEEE
A Taxonomy of Engineering Attributes for Tackling Humanitarian ChallengesLink opens in a new window
Kremmyda, G., Koumpouros, Y., Shoeb, M., et al.
EDUCON 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, April 2020, Porto, Portugal
978-1-7281-0930-5/20 ©2020 IEEE
Water quality and environmental contaminants of the Bay of Bengal
Shoeb, M.
18th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, September 2021 (virtual event)
Nurika, I. Suhartini, S.
18th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, September 2021 (virtual event)
Rethinking the Moria Refugee Camp: Spatial and Structural Reconsiderations
Zaidi, Z.
18th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, September 2021 (virtual event)
Conference Poster
Humanitarian Engineering for Sustainable Development
- Shoeb, T. Debnath, M. A. A. Shaikh and M. A. Aziz
Bangladesh Chemical Society Conference, 9-10 November 2019
Department of Chemistry, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Within the framework of the project, two International Scientific Symposia were organized:
- 1st International Symposium on “Humanitarian Engineering Challenges and Approaches”, 18-19 May 2021, 11:00 – 14:00, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
- 2nd International Symposium on “Humanitarian Engineering Challenges and Approaches”, 12 – 16 September 2022, 09:30 – 15:00, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
Εstablishment of a Network of Experts in Humanitarian Engineering:
- Humanitarian Network of Experts: https://humanitarian-noe.uniwa.gr/
Another significant outcome of the project is the development of the ENHANCE Assessment App. This app is a digital tool for evaluating the quality of graduate Engineering programmes. You can download the app to your android device through the Google Play store and use it to assess the quality and potential of your Engineering programme. The app will provide you with feedback and suggestions on how you might improve your curricula or teaching methods.
