Bernard
Amadei
University of Colorado
Dept. of Civil, Environmental and
Architectural Engineering,
428 UCB
Boulder CO 80309-0428
Tel:
303-492-7734, Cell: 303-929-8167
E-mail:
amadei@colorado.edu
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Summary
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 is the Director
of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing
Communities at CU Boulder and holds
the Mortenson Endowed Chair in
Global Engineering.
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 a 2007
co-recipient of the Heinz Award for
the Environment, the recipient of
the 2008 ENR Award of Excellence,
and an
elected member of the U.S. National
Academy of Engineering.
Biographical Sketch
Bernard Amadei is Professor of Civil
Engineering at the University of
Colorado at Boulder. His main research
and teaching interests have initially
been in rock mechanics and engineering
geology. He obtained his MaSc degree in
Civil Engineering in 1979 from the
University of Toronto and his Ph.D.
degree in Civil Engineering in 1982 from
the University of California, Berkeley.
He was recently elected a Member of the
U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
Prof. Amadei has been
extremely active in publishing papers in
both scientific journals and
professional meetings. He has
co-authored two books and approximately
160 technical papers. His research at
the University of Colorado has been
multidisciplinary. He has also provided
consulting services to various
engineering companies and organizations
around the world.
Prof. Amadei’s current interests
cover the topics of sustainability and
international development. At the
University of Colorado at Boulder, Prof. Amadei directs
the Mortenson Center in in
Engineering for Developing Communities (www.edc-cu.org).
Its overall mission is to educate
globally responsible engineering
students and professionals who can offer
sustainable and appropriate solutions to
the endemic problems faced by developing
communities worldwide.
Prof. Amadei is also the Founding
President of Engineers Without Borders -
USA (www.ewb-usa.org) and co-founder
of Engineers Without
Borders-International (www.ewb-international.org).
The mission of EWB-USA is to partner
with disadvantaged communities to
improve their quality of life through
implementation of sustainable
engineering projects, while involving
and training internationally responsible
engineering professionals and students.
Prof. Amadei’s
goal is to promote sustainable
development, appropriate technology,
service learning, and system thinking in
the curriculum and research of civil and
environmental
engineering programs at CU Boulder and
other U.S. universities.
Honors and
Awards
2002 Colorado Bank One Award for
outstanding outreach community service;
2003 E-Achievement Award from E-Town;
2005 Nayudamma Award from the
Nayudamma Center for Development
Alternatives in Nellore, India;
2005 AAES Norm Augustine Award;
2005
Service Award for Professional
Excellence from Rotary International;
2005 Hassib J. Sabbagh Award for
Excellence in Engineering Construction
(with EWB-USA) from the World Federation
of Engineering Organizations;
2006
General Palmer Award from the American
Council of Engineering Companies of
Colorado;
2006 Ralph Coats Roe Medal
from the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers;
2007 Hoover Medal from
ASCE, ASME, IEEE, AIME, and AIChE;
2007 Heinz Foundation Award for the
Environment (co-recipient);
2008
Drexel
University College of Engineering’s
Engineer of the Year;
2008 Maurice L. Albertson Medal in
Sustainable Development from Village
Earth;
2008 International Human Rights Award, United Nations
Association, Boulder County Chapter;
2008 Golden Vector Award
of the Pan American Federation of
Engineering Associations (UPADI);
2008 Engineering News Record Award of
Excellence;
2008 Member of the National
Academy of Engineering;
2009 Jean Mayer Global Citizenship
Award, Center for Global Leadership,
Tufts University.
Prof. Amadei' s work has been
featured on National Public Radio, PBS
NewsHour, and TIME (US). Prof. Amadei is working on a
new book entitled “Engineering With
Soul”.
Selected
Interviews and Articles
Rocky Mountain News
article, a short
video,
and
slide show (2007) about Nepal project
Earth and Sky Audio (September 20,
2007)
NPR, Colorado Matters Interview
(Oct. 1, 2007)
Heinz Award Acceptance Speech and Video
(October 22, 2007)
TIME
Magazine (The Power of One):
Blueprint Brigade (December 10, 2007)
PBS On-Line NewsHour (PBS):
Engineers Take Expertise Overseas
(December 7, 2007)
Seattle Times:
Engineers as Force for Change (March
31, 2008)
Kansas State Collegian:
Professor Details Engineering Service
(November 11, 2008)
Tufts Journal:
Engineering for Humanity (November
19, 2008)
Daily Camera,
For the World's Poor: Think Big
(January 4, 2009)
The Research Channel,
Engineers Without Borders: Engineering
with Soul (July 2008)
PBS/KBDI Colorado Commitment (2008)
Utah Pulse.com Video Interview
(February 9, 2009)
ENR Award of Excellence Article
(March 2009)
Engineers Go Global (March 2009)
ENR Award of Excellence Videos
(March 2009)
On-Going Projects
- Tele-Education in the Amazon Region of
Peru (2008-): Phase II.
-
Sustainable economic development
project in the Crow Native American community in Montana
(2007-2013).
- Fuel Briquette
Project in Kabul, Afghanistan
(2008-). In collaboration with
Afghans for Tomorrow and FoSt Nepal.
-
Developing a Replicable Model for
Sustainable Technology
Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan
(2007-2009).
- Afghan Merit Scholar Program in
Geosciences and Engineering at CU
Boulder. (2007-)In collaboration with the
Afghan
e-Quality Alliance at WSU.
-
Casa de la Ezperanza/MESA expansion project in Longmont, CO.
(2007-)
- Sustainable
practices for affordable housing in Palestine.
(2008-2010)
- Sustainable Engineering in the Eastern
Mediterranean region. (2008-2010)
- Sustainable Community Development in
Namsaling, Nepal (2007-)