Engineering: issues, challenges and opportunities for development ...

ENGINEERING: ISSUES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENTJorge SpitalnikJorge Spitalnik has degrees in mechanical and nuclear powerengineering. He is a Vice-President of FEBRAE (the BrazilianFederation of Engineering Associations), UPADI (Pan AmericanUnion of Engineering Associations) and the World Federationof Engineering Organizations, and Chair of the WFEOStanding Committee on Energy. Jorge was formerly DeputyManager of Nuclear Technology and Safety Co-ordinationfor Eletronuclear and Superintendent at Nuclear Power PlantEngineering in Brazil, Executive Director of UPADI, NationalDirector of UNDP/Brazil Project for Manpower Qualificationand Training, Director of the Nuclear Research Center Projectat the University of Uruguay, Chair of the International NuclearSocieties Council and Chair of the International Nuclear EnergyAcademy.Catherine StansburyCatherine Stansbury is a construction lawyer qualified in bothEngland and Hong Kong, and specializes in dispute resolution,bribery and fraud. She has a Masters degree from Oxford Universityand practiced as a lawyer from 1980 to 2002, and wasinvolved in numerous major construction projects in China,Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka(including airport, road, bridge, power station, industrial,commercial and residential projects). She is a co-founder andDirector of the Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Centre(GIACC).Neill StansburyNeill Stansbury is a lawyer who has worked for over 25 years inthe international infrastructure, construction and engineeringsectors. Since 2002 Neil has worked full time on the developmentand promotion of anti-corruption measures in thesesectors. He is co-founder and director of the Global InfrastructureAnti-Corruption Centre (GIACC), a member of the StandingCommittee on Anti-corruption of the World Federation ofEngineering Organization and co-founder and co-ordinator ofthe UK Anti-Corruption Forum.Don StewartProfessor Don Stewart is Principal Fellow in the Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Melbourne.Previously he held the posts of Assistant Dean of theFaculty of Engineering and Director of the International DevelopmentTechnologies Centre of the University of Melbourne,and was Head of the International House at the University.Don was one of the founders of the International DevelopmentTechnologies Centre at the University of Melbourne –one of the pioneering university departments focused on therole of engineering and technology in development.Mario TelichevskyMario Telichevsky is a civil engineer and is the President ofUADI, the Argentine Union of Associations of Engineers. Heis also the President of the Central Executive Committee ofthe World Engineering Congress and Exhibition ‘Engineering2010-Argentina’ in Buenos Aires in October 2010.Susan ThomasSusan Thomas is an Associate Director of Arup in the UK, andis the lead researcher on urbanization for the Arup Drivers ofChange research-based publication. This was developed as aplanning tool to help Arup and its clients identify and exploreleading factors that will affect our world. The publication consistsof a series of cards based on themes including energy,waste, climate change, water, demographics, urbanization andpoverty.Leiataua Tom TinaiLeiataua Tom Tinai has a degree from the University of NewSouth Wales and over 30 experience in civil and structuralengineering. He is the Vice-President of the Institute of ProfessionalEngineers in Samoa (IPES), a member of Engineers Australia,is the CEO and co-owns Gordon and Associates – a civiland structural engineering consulting company in Samoa. Tomwas also elected the inaugural President of the newly formedSouth Pacific Engineers Association or SPEA – established inMarch 2010 with membership from Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, CookIslands, Papua New Guinea and Samoa, and strong supportfrom New Zealand and Australia.Kalanithy VairavamoorthyProfessor Vairavamoorthy has a PhD in Environmental andWater Resources Engineering, an MSc in Environmental Engineeringand degree in Civil Engineering, and is a CharteredEngineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK).Prof. Vairavamoorthy holds the Chair of Water Engineering atthe University of Birmingham in the UK, a Chair appointmentat UNESCO-IHE (20%) and at the Technical University of Delft(zero-appointment) in the Water Management Group. Prof.Vairavamoorthy is the Scientific Director of SWITCH, an EUIntegrated Project for Sustainable Urban Water Management,worth €25 million. SWITCH is one of the largest EU researchprojects in the area of water.Charles VestCharles “Chuck” Vest has BS, MS and PhD degrees in mechanicalengineering. He is the President of the National Academyof Engineering and was President of MIT from 1990 to 2004.Prior to his ascension to the MIT presidency, he served as theprovost and professor of mechanical engineering at the Universityof Michigan. His interests include science, technologyand innovation policy, building partnerships between universities,government and industry, and championing the importanceof open communication and cooperation in scienceand engineering – the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative waslaunched during his tenure, and he co-founded the Alliancefor Global Sustainability.386