Biennial of the Americas Denver 2010

The 2010 Biennial of the Americas is an international event that celebrates the culture, ideas and people of the Western Hemisphere, hosted by the City of Denver.

Bernard Amadei

Birth Year1954
City of OriginRoubaix
City of ResidenceLafayette, Colorado
BiographyDr. Amadei is a 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 Faculty 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 the 2007 co-recipient of the Heinz Award for the Environment, the recipient of the 2008 ENR Award of Excellence, an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and an Ashoka-Knight Fellow. He holds two Doctorates of Humane Letters Honoris Causa.
Websitehttp://ceae.colorado.edu/mc-edc/?ii=People%20:%20Bernard%20Amadei
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