We are pleased to announce that Dr. Carlo Salvinelli will join us as our new instructor, beginning in August 2017. Carlo has been a researcher in the Material Research Center at the Missouri Institute of Science and Technology since completing his PhD there in Geological Engineering (2016) .  Prior to enrolling at Missouri S&T, Carlo worked as a Project Manager for development projects in Guatemala and Honduras. In addition to his PhD, he holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and an MS in Engineering Management and is fluent in Italian, English, and Spanish. Welcome Carlo!!

In addition to her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Shaye has won the 2017 USAID/OFDA Graduate Student Fellowship in Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements for Permanent Relocation and Implications for Humanitarians. The award will help fund her travel, local translation & support her research in ways that aren't covered by the NSF GRF. In addition, this will help make her findings well known amongst the Humanitarian Shelter working groups! Congratulations Shaye! (This makes two years in a row that Dr. Javernick-Will's PhD students have won this prestigious international award.)

The Israeli Institute of Technology, known as the Technion, awarded Mortenson Center co-Director Dr. Amadei an honorary Doctorate Degree this June, which marks his sixth such honor.  Check out the YouTube Video.

In collaboration with EDC alumni and Universidad Diego Portales faculty member Jeff Walters, Mortenson Center co-Director  Dr. Karl Linden led a course on Sustainable Potable Water Supply Systems in Santiago, Chile in May 2017 .  Nine students enrolled in the three-week long course that engaged students in classroom lectures, research data collection, and cultural field trips.  This course represented the first activity of the latest academic collaboration between the Mortenson Center and partnering institutions worldwide.

September 12, 2017 4:00pm to 6:00pm

@ the Posner Center in  Denver, Colorado

The Sphere Handbook is one of the most widely known and internationally recognized sets of common principles and universal minimum standards in humanitarian response. This workshop, hosted by MCEDC, will provide a forum for humanitarian practitioners and academics to provide input for the 2018 revised Sphere Handbook and standards. You can also join via web conferencing.  Registration is open.

Opdyke, A., Javernick-Will, A., Koschmann, K. (2017) "Typhoon Haiyan: Shelter Case Studies." Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities, University of Colorado Boulder. ( Link) 

Champion, Wyatt. Navajo home heating practices, their impacts on air quality and human health, and a framework to identify sustainable solutions, PhD dissertation, May 2017. 

Wyatt M. Champion, Lea Connors, & Lupita Montoya. 2017. Emission factors of fine particulate matter, organic and elemental carbon, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide for four solid fuels commonly used in residential heating by the Navajo Nation. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, (online first edition 5/25/2017), DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2017.1334717 

Koschmann, M., Kopczynski, J., Opdyke, A., Javernick-Will, A. (2017). Constructing authority in disaster relief coordination. Electronic Journal of Communication, 27 (3&4).  Available online at: http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v27n12toc.htm

Opdyke, A.,  Javernick-Will, A., Koschmann, M. (2017). Infrastructure hazard resilience trends: an analysis of 25 years of research. Natural Hazards, 87(2), 773-789.