Amy Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, she is the founder of the International Development Initiative at MIT and has taught courses related to the subject for 10 years.
She served in the US Peace Corps in Botswana for four years before working in Senegal, South Africa, Nepal, Haiti, Ghana and Hondouras.
In 2004, she was selected as a MacArthur Fellow, recognizing her efforts in creating technologies to improve lives in the developing world and for her finding opportunities for students to do the same.
Amy Smith received her B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT and is currently working toward an M.S. in technology and policy.
Well in my case I've been really fortunate. The NCIIA has helped me start all sorts of new programs and I think it's one of the things which is great about the organization is that if there's an idea that looks interesting that could lead to a larger set of projects, Phil is wonderful about just yo...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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