Blum Center for Developing Economies

Development Engineering

Advising

The DE in Dev Eng provides both faculty and staff advising support. The Development Engineering Faculty Advisors are Dan Fletcher (Bioengineering) and Clair Brown (Economics).

Shelley Okimoto
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
750 Davis Hall
okimoto@ce.berkeley.edu
(510)643-8944

Have questions about the Designated Emphasis in Development Engineering and about the field in general? For more information over email, phone, or an in person meeting, please contact Maryanne McCormick (Executive Director) or Yael Perez (InFEWS Program Coordinator).

Faculty

Charisma Acey​
Charisma Acey​ Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning
Alice Agogino
Alice Agogino Chair of DevEng, Executive Committee Member, Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Sara Beckman
Sara Beckman​ Senior Lecturer and Earl F. Cheit Faculty Fellow, Haas School of Business
Joshua Blumenstock
Joshua Blumenstock​ Professor, School of Information
Clair Brown
Clair Brown Executive Committee Member,
Professor Emeritus, Economics
Jenna Burrell​
Jenna Burrell​ Associate Professor, School of Information
John Canny
John Canny Paul and Stacy Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jack Colford
Jack Colford​ Professor, School of Public Health
Hany Farid
Hany Farid Professor, School of Information & EECS
Prof. Dan Fletcher
Daniel Fletcher Co-Graduate Advisor,
Purnendu Chatterjee Chair in Engineering Biological Systems, Bioengineering
Ashok Gadgil
Ashok Gadgil Executive Committee Member,
Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Paul Gertler
Paul Gertler​ Li Ka Shing Foundation Chair in Health Management, Haas School of Business
Paz Maria Gutierrez
Paz Maria Gutierrez​ Co-Graduate Advisor,
Associate Professor of Architecture
Elizabeth Hoover
Elizabeth Hoover Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Daniel Kammen​
Daniel Kammen​ Professor in the Energy and Resources Group and Public Policy,
Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL)
G. Mathias Kondolf
G. Mathias Kondolf Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Laura (Layla) Kwong​
Laura (Layla) Kwong​ Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
David Levine​
David Levine​ Executive Committee Member,
Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Chair in Business Administration, Haas School of Business
Baoxia Mi
Baoxia Mi Associate Professor Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Kara Nelson​
Kara Nelson​ Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering
Grace O’Connel
Grace O’Connel Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Amy Pickering
Amy Pickering​ Assistant Professor of Development Engineering, Blum Center & College of Engineering
Kameshwar Poolla​
Kameshwar Poolla​ Professor Mechanical Engineering
Matthew D. Potts
Matthew Potts​ Vice Chair, Graduate Group in Development Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
S. J. Hall Chair in Forest Economics
Michael Ranney​
Michael Ranney​ Professor Graduate School of Education
Ben Recht
Ben Recht​ Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Elisabeth Sadoulet Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, College of Natural Resources
Shankar Sastry
S. Shankar Sastry Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies
Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen
Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
S. Leonard Syme
S. Leonard Syme Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Community Health
Sarah E. Vaughn
Sarah E. Vaughn Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology
Catherine Wolfram​
Catherine Wolfram​ Faculty Director, Energy Institute at Haas Haas School of Business
David Zilberman​
David Zilberman​ Agriculture and Natural Resources

Alumni Dissertations

Host and Fellow Responsibilities

Host Organizations

  • Identify staff supervisor to manage I&E Climate Action Fellow
  • Submit fellowship description and tasks
  • Engage in the matching process
  • Mentor and advise students
  • Communicate with Berkeley program director and give feedback on the program.

Berkeley Program Director​

  • Communicate with host organizations, students, and other university departments to ensure smooth program operations

Student Fellows

  • Complete application and cohort activities
  • Communicate with staff and host organizations
  • Successfully complete assignments from host organization during summer practicum
  • Summarize and report summer experience activities post-fellowship