This book makes a compelling argument for the role of the engineering profession in advancing human development and security and its contribution to various peacebuilding and diplomatic efforts in the 21st-century world.
Bernard Amadei is an emeritus professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. He is the founding director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities. He is also the founding president of Engineers Without Borders-USA and the co-founder of Engineers Without Borders-International Network. Among other distinctions, Dr Amadei is an elected member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a senior Ashoka Fellow. In 2023, he was inducted into the American Society of Engineering Education Hall of Fame.