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Mortenson Center
in Global Engineering

The Mortenson Center in Global Engineering combines education, research, and partnerships to positively impact vulnerable people and their environment by improving development tools, policy and practice. Our vision is a world where everyone has safe water, sanitation, energy, food, shelter, and infrastructure.

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Researchers to explore link between women’s perspectives and resilient housing design

Engineers have studied disaster resilience in housing for decades – exploring and creating better solutions... Read more
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Climate Innovation Collaboratory

Deloitte and the University of Colorado Boulder on Tuesday launched a new Climate Innovation Collaboratory... Read more
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Rural Water Infrastructure in Uganda

Caleb Cord is the first author on a new paper in Science of The Total... Read more

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FEATURED PROJECTS
 

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Ending Drought Emergencies 

Using satellite and cellular connected sensors we are presently monitoring the water supplies of over a million people in arid Kenya and Ethiopia, expanding to over five million in 2018 and linking this data to regional water service providers and national policy makers in an effort to improve water services and drought resilience.

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Infrastructure Resilience and Disaster Recovery

Despite efforts to improve community resilience to disasters, over the past 25 years the number and economic impact of natural disasters has increased each year. At the same time, little research has been done to evaluate the pre-disaster conditions that enable community recovery afterwards. 

Associate Professor Amy Javernick-Will and her students focus on this increasingly vital aspect of community development.

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