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The Blum Center celebrates the Nobel Prize in Economics winners for pioneering randomized control trials in poverty interventions. Building on these insights, development engineering integrates economics, technology, and social sciences to address global challenges. The center aims to advance this interdisciplinary field by hiring professors in health, energy, and entrepreneurship.
Shankar Sastry
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The Development Engineering PhD designated emphasis at UC Berkeley integrates technology, interdisciplinary collaboration, and social impact to address global poverty. Recent graduates’ research includes projects on cookstove efficiency, nitrogen recovery, LED lifecycle management, and fluoride removal. The program trains scholars to create scalable, sustainable solutions for underserved communities worldwide.
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Ryan Shelby, a UC Berkeley PhD in Mechanical Engineering, applies co-design methodologies and engineering expertise as a USAID Foreign Service Officer in Haiti. Through the Build Back Safer II program, he’s repaired 4,000 roofs, trained over 2,000 locals in hurricane-resistant construction, and advanced sustainable infrastructure to empower communities and enhance resilience.
Tamara Straus
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By Tamara Straus The goal of the PhD is to do original research in a specific discipline. That means in-depth and often narrow inquiries that build on academic knowledge. But for many STEM and social science graduate students, the great draw of the PhD is developing research that can have wide societal benefit—in clean water … Continue reading “InFEWS Fellows Take on Sustainable Development Goals”
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By Nicole Rangel College graduates with interdisciplinary and hands-on skills are in demand in today’s job market. Because they have exposure to more than one discipline and curiosity about the interplay of fields, these graduates are being positioned as necessary to solve societal challenges–from natural disasters and climate change to automation-induced unemployment and epidemics. This … Continue reading “Why Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning? Assessing the Benefits and Challenges at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education”
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Kris Kohler Joins Dev Eng, GPP Programs, Blum Center News, September 29, 2021

Meet the Inaugural M.DevEng Cohort, Blum Center News, September 21, 2021

Development Engineering Student Paige Balcom Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda, UC Berkeley News, April 10, 2020

Development Engineering Scholar Woojin Jung Finds Significant Discrepancies in Global Poverty Measures, Blum Center News, March 6, 2020

Why We Are Expanding the Field of Development Engineering, Blum Center News, December 9, 2019

Development Engineering Graduates Producing Solutions Scholarship, Blum Center News, May 13, 2019

In this College Class, the Assignment Is to Solve a Local Problem, Fast Company, May 9, 2019

Joshua Blumenstock: The Knowns and Unknowns of Big Data and Poverty Alleviation, Blum Center News, March 18, 2019

Kara Nelson on Aspirational Technologies and the Sustainable Development Goals, Blum Center News, March 14, 2019

“Imagining the Future Helps Us Engineer Toward that Future”: A Q&A with Will Tarpeh, Blum Center News, February 11, 2019

Pursuing a Career in Engineering Co-Design: A Q&A with Ryan Shelby, Blum Center News, January 31, 2019

InFEWS Fellows Take on Sustainable Development Goals, Blum Center News, November 26, 2018

Digital Transformation of Development, Blum Center News, August 27, 2018

Development Impact Lab Conference Speaks to Future of Engineering for Poverty Solutions, Blum Center News, June 13, 2018

Development Engineering: A Critical Overview,  Berkeley Science Review, January 23, 2017

How to Attract Female Engineers, New York Times, April 27, 2015.

Engineering Improvements for the World, Washington Post, October 5, 2014.

Toward a New Field of Development Engineering: Linking Technology Design to the Demands of the Poor, Procedia Engineering 78 (2014) 3–9.

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