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This chapter presents the career path of one global engineer, growing from volunteer international travel to scaling a nationwide health program in Rwanda over 16 years.
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Thomas, E. (2020). An Engineer’s Education. In: The Global Engineers . Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50263-8_2
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