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Education

• PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1982
• MaSc, University of Toronto, Canada, 1979
• Dipl. Eng., School of Applied Geology and Mining Engineering, Nancy, France, 1977

Awards

• 2024 Honorary Member, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
• 2023 ASEE Hall of Fame Inductee
• 2021 Maverick Influencer Award, BuiltWorlds
• 2019 Honorary Doctor of Science, SUNY-ESF
• 2017 Honorary Doctor of Science, Technion, Israel

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Biographical Summary

Dr. Amadei is a Distinguished Professor and Professor of Civil Engineering at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. He received his PhD in 1982 from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Amadei is the founding director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience. 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; the recipient of the 2015 Washington and ASCE OPAL awards; the recipient of the 2016 C. H. Dunn Award of the Construction Industry Institute; an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Construction; and an elected Senior Ashoka Fellow. He holds seven honorary doctoral degrees (UMass Lowell; Carroll College; Clarkson; Drexel; SUNY-ESF; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; and Technion in Israel). In 2013 and 2014, Dr. Amadei served as a science envoy to Pakistan and Nepal for the U.S. Department of State. Dr. Amadei holds a commercial pilot license (multi-engine land, instrument).