Portrait of Aaron Opdyke
PhD Graduate
Construction Engineering and Management • Engineering for Developing Communities

Aaron his currently a Lecturer (Assistant Professor equivalent in the Australian system)聽in Humanitarian Engineering in the at the where his research and teaching focus on聽disaster recovery and sustainable development. Following his doctoral work, he consulted for , assessing聽long-term outcomes of the "" in humanitarian programming after the 2010 Haiti earthquake and served as a Disaster Risk Reduction and Managment Program Officer with聽 in the Philippines. Aaron's doctoral research focused on聽post-disaster shelter reconstruction聽in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 where he聽explored inter-organizational coordination, stakeholder participation, and training across 19 humanitarian shelter programs. His work was supported through the National Science Foundation 聽project and he was awarded a United States Agency for International Development Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Fellowship. As a part of his practicum for the Certificate in Engineering for Developing Communties,聽Aaron worked for 聽as a staff engineer in response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines providing techincal guidance on housing reconstruction.

Education

  • PhD in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management), 精品SM在线影片, 2017

  • MS in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management), 精品SM在线影片, 2015聽

  • Certificate in College Teaching,聽精品SM在线影片, 2015

  • Certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities, 精品SM在线影片, 2014

  • BS in Civil Engineering w/ Honors, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obipso, 2013

Professional Registrations

  • Professional Engineer (PE)聽

California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists聽

  • LEED Accredited Professional, Building Design and Construction (LEED AP BD+C)聽

United States Green Building Council聽

  • Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP)聽

Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure

Awards

  • USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Fellow, 2016

  • Engineering Project Organization Conference, Best Paper, 2016

  • National Science Foundation聽Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2014