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Isolation caused by lack of transportation infrastructure affects almost every facet of life for the rural poor. Without adequate transportation access, families cannot access schools, health care, employment, or local markets to sell and buy goods. The World Bank estimates that nearly a billion people worldwide lack access to an...

Allie Davis, Amy Javernick-Will and Sherri Cook are recently published in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology with a paper titled "A comparison of interviews, focus groups, and photovoice to identify sanitation priorities and increase success of community-based sanitation systems". Abstract: Addressing priorities is essential for the success of water...

Global development is undergoing a dramatic transformation that is impacting the industry's human capital and landscape. Development professionals a decade from now will not look the same as they do today. Read the survey summary where diverse development professionals predict what will help them navigate, thrive and excel in the...

There are a billion people in the world who don’t have access to clean water while 2 billion people don’t have safe sanitation. Almost half of the world’s population still uses firewood daily. These are some of the global development challenges that Evan Thomas, the new director of the Mortenson...

A Note from MCEDC's New Director, Evan Thomas! I am excited to join the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities and work with our incredible team of students, faculty, and staff to maximize the University of Colorado Boulder's positive impact in the world. Over the coming months, the MCEDC...

Bernard Amadei has been working to engage Israeli and Palestinian engineering to solve their mutual water, waste, and wastewater issues for years. Here's an article from the Boulder Weekly written about the local NGO with which he works.

Congratulations to all of the students who graduated today with their MS degrees and a graduate certificate in EDC! Doug Alleman, Civil Engineering Jonathan Berry, Civil Engineering Katherine Chambers, Civil Engineering Anna Issa, Environmental Engineering Rachel Kennedy, Architectural Engineering Nicollette Laroco, Civil Engineering Liesbet Olaerts, Civil Engineering Eric Peterson, Environmental...

Naomi Chang was selected as a Boren Fellow, which provides funding opportunities for U.S. graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests ( https://www.borenawards.org/). This fellowship will provide support for her summer practicum with Maji Safi Group in Shirati, Tanzania where she will...

Bruce Gordon, Coordinator of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health at the World Health Organization, will present a seminar on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. This event is co-sponsored by the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities, the CEAE department, and the Linden Research Group. Tuesday, April 17, 2018 5:00 to...

Graduate student Kimmy Pugel is headed to the United Nations in June to help the General Assembly with their review of five of the group’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a part of the U.N. Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY), Pugel serves as the Technology Focal Point for...