In 2014, the Syrian refugee crisis was dominating national news. At the time, I was interning within Intel's data center group running heat transfer simulations for new network interface card designs. The simulations would take 20-30 minutes each and were (honestly) quite boring. One day, while I was waiting for a simulation, I scrolled through daily news and came across a case study of technology designed and implemented in a Refugee Camp in Turkey, and how important reliable energy, sanitation, digital ID, and mobile connectivity were for people's safety, health, and overall well-being. In school, we were never taught about the social impact of technology in this way! I spent the remainder of that summer researching social innovations and went back to school in the fall determined study this. Since then, I've come to realize the pivotal role engineers must play to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but I've also seen the many problematic ways technology has caused a lot of harm. I'm passionate about this subject, and never turned back since discovering my first article in 2014!