The faculty of the Master of Development Engineering are award-winning teachers who do applied research in water and sanitation, agricultural engineering, climate modeling, mobile microscopy, human-centered design, remote sensing and monitoring, big data science, machine learning, economic development, and impact analysis.
The Master of Development Engineering is offered by the Graduate Group in Development Engineering, an interdisciplinary coalition who hail from over a dozen top rated schools and departments, including the College of Engineering (ranked third nationally and seventh globally), the College of Natural Resources (ranked first nationally for environment and ecology studies), School of Information, School of Public Health (ranked ninth nationally), Haas School of Business (ranked seventh nationally), and College of Environmental Design.
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Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
![Charisma Acey](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Charisma-Acey-150x150.png)
Assistant Professor
City and Regional Planning
![Alice Agogino](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Alice-Agogino-150x150.jpg)
Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Education Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies
![Anil Aswani](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/anil-aswani-2015-150x150.png)
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
![Sara Beckman](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Sara-Beckman-150x150.jpg)
Senior Lecturer
Earl F. Cheit Faculty Fellow Haas School of Business
![Joshua Blumenstock](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Joshua-Blumenstock-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Director, Data-Intensive Development Lab
![Clair Brown](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Clair-Brown-150x150.jpg)
Professor Emeritus
Economics
![John Canny](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/John-Canny-150x150.png)
Paul and Stacy Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Computer Science/EECS
![Maya Carrasquillo](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/carrasquillo-120x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
![Jack Colford](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Jack-Colford-150x150.jpg)
Professor
Public Health
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Assistant Professor
Haas School of Business
![Brad Delong](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/bdelong-140x150.jpeg)
Professor
Department of Economics
![Paolo D'Odorico](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/paolo-150x150.jpg)
Thomas J. Graff Professor of Natural Resources
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management
![Oscar Dubon](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dubon-150x150.jpg)
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
![Hany Farid](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/farid-medres-150x150.jpg)
Professor
I School and EECS
![Daniel Fletcher](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Daniel-Fletcher--150x150.jpg)
Chief Technologist, Blum Center for Developing Economies
Chatterjee Chair in Engineering Biological Systems Bioengineering
![Ashok Gadgil](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Ashok-Gadgil-150x150.jpg)
Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation
Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Li Ka Shing Foundation Chair in Health Management
Haas School of Business
![Marco Gonzalez-Navarro](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/marco-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
![Kosa Goucher-Lambert](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/kosa-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Jacobs Institute of Design Innovation and the Berkeley Institute of Design
![Jay Graham](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/web_Graham-Jay-2019-e1626914338990-1-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor in Residence
Environmental Health Sciences
![Julia Grinkrug](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/juliagrinkrug-150x150.jpeg)
Master of Architecture in Urban Design
College of Environmental Design
![M. Paz Gutlerrez](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/M.-PAZ-GUTIERREZ--150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor
Architecture
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Associate Professor
Environmental Science, Policy and Management
![Cleveland T. Justis](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/clevejustis-150x150.jpeg)
Professor of MDevEng’s “Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship”
Blum Center for Developing Economies
![Daniel Kammen](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DANIEL-KAMMEN-e1586467437866-150x150.jpg)
Professor
Energy and Resources Group Founding Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
![Supreet Kaur](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/supreet-140x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Economics
![Khalid Khadir](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/khadir-150x150.png)
Doctor in Civil and Environmental Engineering
![Kris Kohler](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Dr.-Kristopher-Kohler-photo-700x798-1-150x150.jpg)
Doctor in Sociology
![G. Mathias Kondolf](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Kondolf-web_200_200-150x150.jpg)
Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
College of Environmental Design
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Assistant Professor
Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health
![David Levine](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/David-Levine-150x150.jpg)
Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Chair in Business Administration
Haas School of Business
![Baoxia Mi](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Baoxia-Mi-150x150.jpeg)
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
![Kara Nelson](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Kara-Nelson-150x150.png)
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
![Grace O’Connell](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OConnell-Grace-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
![Amy Pickering](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pickering_amy-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Development Engineering
![Kameshwar Poolla](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Kameshwar-Poolla-150x150.jpg)
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
![Matthew Potts](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Matthew-Potts-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
S. J. Hall Chair in Forest Economics
![Michael Ranney](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Michael-Ranney--150x150.jpg)
Professor
Graduate School of Education
![Ben Recht](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Ben-Recht-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
![S. Shankar Sastry](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/S.-Shankar-Sastry--150x150.jpg)
Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Faculty Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies
![Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zuo-jun-e1588620908895-150x150.jpg)
Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
![S. Leonard Syme](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/S.-Leonard-Syme-150x150.jpg)
Professor Emeritus
Epidemiology and Community Health
![Sarah Vaughn](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sarah-vaughn-e1588620924593-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
![Daniel Wilson](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/danielwilson-150x150.jpeg)
Doctor in Mechanical Engineering
GAGDIL Lab for Energy and Water Research
![Catherine Wolfram](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Catherine-Wolfram-150x150.jpg)
Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration
Haas School of Business
![David Zilberman](https://developmentengineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/David-Zilberman-150x150.jpg)
Professor Agricultural and Resource Economics
College of Natural Resources