Engineering has been based on the Euclidean space approach and it was numerical data-centric. In short, our engineering up to now has been control-based, i.e., on tactics and problem solving. When we realize AI consumes 10,000 times more energy than human brain, we understand how it is better to use 10,000 people's minds. But current society is industrial society. The industrial revolution introduced division of labour and we started to work for others. But the tremendous consumption of energy indicates that we need to move toward another society. If we can make the next society a self-Satisfying society (SSS) and create a new sustainable society with greater mental wellbeing then many emerging problems will be solved and we can enjoy our lives better. Emotional engineering engages with this challenge.

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Professor Shuichi Fukuda edited Emotional Engineering Vols 1-9. He has many contributions to conferences proceedings. He is the former ASME CIE Division Chair, IEEE Reliability Society Vice President, President of International Society of Productivity Engineering. He has many ASME, IEEE and ISPE awards. He has worked for DARPA, NSF and been a visiting Professor at WVU. He worked for Stanford University as a consulting professor and was a visiting researcher for University of Cranfield, UK.