Helen E. Muga

Helen Muga, Ph.D.: Helen Muga is an Assistant Professor in civil engineering at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, Ohio. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Civil & Environmental Engineering department at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. She received a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University, Michigan, USA, a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University, Michigan, USA, a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and a Bachelors degree in Chemistry from the University of Papua New Guinea. Her research interests include water and wastewater engineering, sustainability, life cycle engineering, green engineering, diffusion and adoption of green technology, and international development work.

Publications

Empowering Women in STEM: Embedding STEM in K-12 Education
Empowering Women in STEM: Embedding STEM in K-12 Education
Gretchen Dietz, Julie Hessedence, Terry Long, Helen E. Muga. © 2017. 27 pages.
This chapter covers a project that was part of an I3 (Ideas, Innovation, Invention) challenge within a global engineering, junior course at University of Mount Union. The course...
Foreword
Foreword
Helen E. Muga. © 2015. 3 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Economics.
Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Innovations for Sustainable Development
Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Innovations for Sustainable Development
Ken D. Thomas, Helen E. Muga. © 2014. 800 pages.
Education is a key component for progress in both the developed and developing world. It is imperative that society has access to new strides made in the area of sustainability...
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations for Sustainability
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations for Sustainability
Helen E. Muga, Ken D. Thomas. © 2014. 16 pages.
The primary focus of this chapter is on the theory and concepts of sustainability and why they are important to innovation and vice-versa. Key reductionist approaches to...
Cases on the Diffusion and Adoption of Sustainable Development Practices
Cases on the Diffusion and Adoption of Sustainable Development Practices
Helen E. Muga, Ken D. Thomas. © 2013. 321 pages.
Organizations and businesses are applying sustainable development concepts in their management strategies in order to improve and rethink products, processes, services, and...
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations for Sustainability
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations for Sustainability
Helen E. Muga, Ken D. Thomas. © 2012. 16 pages.
The primary focus of this chapter is on the theory and concepts of sustainability and why they are important to innovation and vice-versa. Key reductionist approaches to...
Sustainability: The New 21st Century General Education Requirement for Engineers
Sustainability: The New 21st Century General Education Requirement for Engineers
Ken D. Thomas, Helen E. Muga. © 2012. 22 pages.
The relation of sustainability to science and engineering will be delved into so as to validate the need for its inclusion in current engineering curricula. The chapter will...