1. Humanitarian Group Founder at IMECE.
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Varrasi, John
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LECTURERS , *CIVIL engineering , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *SUSTAINABLE engineering , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations - Abstract
The article reports that Bernard Amadei, the president of the humanitarian group Engineers Without Borders-USA, will be the keynote speaker at the 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress to be held in November 2007 in Seattle, Washington. Amadei, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will speak on the topic of engineering innovation, particularly as it relates to building a better world for needy populations in the developing and underdeveloped countries of the world. Engineers Without Borders-USA partners with disadvantaged communities to improve quality of life through the implementation of sustainable engineering projects.
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- 2007