bamadei@gmail.com – Development Engineering

About bamadei@gmail.com

Dr. Amadei is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his PhD in 1982 from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Amadei holds the Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering and serves as a Faculty co-Director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities. He is also the Founding President of Engineers Without Borders - USA and the co-founder of the Engineers Without Borders-International network. Among other distinctions, Dr. Amadei is the 2007 co-recipient of the Heinz Award for the Environment; the recipient of the 2008 ENR Award of Excellence; the recipient of the 2015 Washington and ASCE OPAL awards; an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering; and an elected Senior Ashoka Fellow. He holds five honorary doctoral degrees (UMass Lowell; Carroll College; Clarkson, Drexel, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute). In 2013 and 2014, Dr. Amadei served as a Science Envoy to Pakistan and Nepal for the U.S. Department of State.

New Book: A systems approach to modeling community development projects

Sep 21, 2015

This book makes the case for a systems approach to small-scale community development projects. It looks more specifically at the application of one branch of systems science, called system dynamics, to develop conceptual models of small-scale communities and address specific issues they might be facing at different scales. A systems approach recognizes that, by definition, […]

Science, Technology & Engineering for Peace

Sep 20, 2014

To make a contribution to international security is a worthy goal for individual engineers and engineering enterprises. However, contributing by preparation for war is an inadequate response, especially considering recent analyses of the origins of conflict, government strategy and international initiatives. – W. Richard Bowen, Water Engineering for the Promotion of Peace (2008) What is the role of […]

What is the role of engineers in development?

Sep 13, 2014

90% of engineering projects target 10% of our population What if we turned this around? Instead of making high profit margins on a products marketed to 1 billion people, we make a smaller profit margin on product marketed to 6 billion people. That’s right. We have 6 billion customers out there with much greater needs. People […]

WASH Priorities & Approaches

Sep 13, 2014

Water, sanitation and hygiene. What are our priorities? Why does water get all of the attention, leaving sanitation and hygiene behind? What are the most cost-effective approaches?

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