The Spring 2015 Teaching Team
Dr. Susan Amrose, Lecturer
Susan Amrose develops affordable and scalable technology solutions for low-income regions. She is the research lead for water projects at the Gadgil Lab (UC Berkeley), a Program Director at the LIGTT Institute at Berkeley Lab, and a co-founder and CSO of SimpleWater, a startup focused on affordable treatment solutions for small US water systems. Susan played an integral role in the development of ECAR technology to remove naturally occurring arsenic from drinking water, a problem affecting millions of people in South Asia. She currently leads a research group developing high quality roofing materials from recycled packaging waste for slum housing in India. Susan previously worked on the development of the Berkeley Darfur Stove and has been heavily involved in the Prison University Project at San Quentin Prison. She is a recipient of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize in Water and the Electrochemical Society’s Cubiccioti Award. She received her PhD in Physics from UC Berkeley and BS in Physics and Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Susan has taught the Design for Sustainable Communities course since 2010, and co-developed the course Cooperative Innovation in 2013.
Susan Amrose develops affordable and scalable technology solutions for low-income regions. She is the research lead for water projects at the Gadgil Lab (UC Berkeley), a Program Director at the LIGTT Institute at Berkeley Lab, and a co-founder and CSO of SimpleWater, a startup focused on affordable treatment solutions for small US water systems. Susan played an integral role in the development of ECAR technology to remove naturally occurring arsenic from drinking water, a problem affecting millions of people in South Asia. She currently leads a research group developing high quality roofing materials from recycled packaging waste for slum housing in India. Susan previously worked on the development of the Berkeley Darfur Stove and has been heavily involved in the Prison University Project at San Quentin Prison. She is a recipient of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize in Water and the Electrochemical Society’s Cubiccioti Award. She received her PhD in Physics from UC Berkeley and BS in Physics and Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Susan has taught the Design for Sustainable Communities course since 2010, and co-developed the course Cooperative Innovation in 2013.
Dr. Ashok Gadgil, Faculty Sponsor
Prof Ashok Gadgil has a doctorate in physics from UC Berkeley. He is Area Deputy for Science and Technology for the Energy Technologies Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. He has substantial experience in technical, economic, and policy research on energy efficiency and its implementation — particularly in developing countries. For example, the utility-sponsored compact fluorescent lamp leasing programs that he pioneered are being successfully implemented by utilities in dozens of emerging-economies and developing countries. Per UNEP estimates, these programs were saving about US$ 5 Billion per year and benefiting about 100 million households by 2011, and the numbers have continued to increase since then. He has several patents and inventions to his credit, among them the "UV Waterworks," a technology to inexpensively disinfect drinking water in the developing countries, which enables offering, at profit, affordable safe drinking water to poor communities in poor countries. In 2014, there were about 5 million daily customers in Asia and Africa for this drinking water. He received the Discover Award in 1996 for the most significant environmental invention of the year, as well as the Popular Science award for "Best of What is New – 1996". In recent years, he has worked on ways to inexpensively remove arsenic from Bangladesh drinking water, and on fuel-efficient stoves for Darfur.
Ashok created the Design for Sustainable Communities course in 2006, and taught it from 2006 to 2009.
Prof Ashok Gadgil has a doctorate in physics from UC Berkeley. He is Area Deputy for Science and Technology for the Energy Technologies Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. He has substantial experience in technical, economic, and policy research on energy efficiency and its implementation — particularly in developing countries. For example, the utility-sponsored compact fluorescent lamp leasing programs that he pioneered are being successfully implemented by utilities in dozens of emerging-economies and developing countries. Per UNEP estimates, these programs were saving about US$ 5 Billion per year and benefiting about 100 million households by 2011, and the numbers have continued to increase since then. He has several patents and inventions to his credit, among them the "UV Waterworks," a technology to inexpensively disinfect drinking water in the developing countries, which enables offering, at profit, affordable safe drinking water to poor communities in poor countries. In 2014, there were about 5 million daily customers in Asia and Africa for this drinking water. He received the Discover Award in 1996 for the most significant environmental invention of the year, as well as the Popular Science award for "Best of What is New – 1996". In recent years, he has worked on ways to inexpensively remove arsenic from Bangladesh drinking water, and on fuel-efficient stoves for Darfur.
Ashok created the Design for Sustainable Communities course in 2006, and taught it from 2006 to 2009.
Laurent Arribe, Graduate Student Instructor
Laurent Arribe is a Master of Development Practice candidate graduating this spring. He is exploring ways Information and Communication Technologies can be appropriately adapted to enable participatory growth.
Laurent received his B.A. in International Relations and History at UC Davis with an emphasis in Economics and Contemporary East Asia. After living in Beijing for 2 years to learn mandarin and teach underprivileged migrant children, he worked at the UNDP on the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals and at the FAO on Climate-Smart Agriculture.
Laurent Arribe is a Master of Development Practice candidate graduating this spring. He is exploring ways Information and Communication Technologies can be appropriately adapted to enable participatory growth.
Laurent received his B.A. in International Relations and History at UC Davis with an emphasis in Economics and Contemporary East Asia. After living in Beijing for 2 years to learn mandarin and teach underprivileged migrant children, he worked at the UNDP on the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals and at the FAO on Climate-Smart Agriculture.
Rachel Dzomak, Graduate Student Instructor
Rachel is a doctoral student studying Civil Engineering at University of California, Berkeley. She works to better understand the social, economic, and environmental implications of increased production throughout emerging markets. '
Rachel received her B.S. in Bioengineering at Penn State University with an emphasis in Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship. She has extensive experience working with multidisciplinary teams to implement health and agricultural systems in East Africa. Rachel has published articles on medical device design, engineering education, and impact assessment.
Rachel is a doctoral student studying Civil Engineering at University of California, Berkeley. She works to better understand the social, economic, and environmental implications of increased production throughout emerging markets. '
Rachel received her B.S. in Bioengineering at Penn State University with an emphasis in Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship. She has extensive experience working with multidisciplinary teams to implement health and agricultural systems in East Africa. Rachel has published articles on medical device design, engineering education, and impact assessment.