Patrick Sours

Patrick Sours earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Humanitarian Engineering and the Global Option Distinction from at The Ohio State University. Patrick then obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, where his MS research focused on codesign with rural communities on the construction and optimization of water storage and his Ph.D. / research efforts focus on the impacts of Humanitarian Engineering with an emphasis on Engineering Education and development of intercultural competency skills. 

Patrick has worked on a variety of projects in Tanzania, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, and India. Patrick was appointed as an AMSE Engineering for Change Expert Fellow in 2020 and 2021 consulting on Social Enterprise incubation, Circular Economy and Sanitation Technologies. Patrick has been working to reform the Humanitarian Engineering Minor and currently instructs the following courses at OSU: Global Capstone I and II, Sustainable WaSH Infrastructure for Developing Rural Communities,  Introduction to Humanitarian Engineering, Projects in Humanitarian Engineering and Community Engaged Learning in Ghana, Community Engaged Learning in Tanzania, Sustainable Community Development – Honduras.

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