HEALTH & RESILIENCE

Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience

Training engineers for global impact

 

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Four college students—two men and two women—standing behind and looking at a sensor mechanism on a large blue water pipe with a large green field and blue sky in the background.

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The Mortenson Center’s mission

The Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience at the University of Colorado Boulder is a destination for engineering students to make a global impact. Faculty, students, and alumni have worked in more than 40 countries to improve and allow access to water, sanitation, air quality, and pedestrian footbridges for millions of people.

Impact in action

Two Mortenson Center field agents—a man (left) and woman (right)—look at a sensor on a rebar post in a large desert space with dispersed small shrubs and a mesa in the background.

AUTODESK LEARN LAB

Designing global engineers

Through the Mortenson Center’s Global Engineering Certificate Program, students learn interdisciplinary skills with an eye on improving the effectiveness of public health and infrastructure systems.

 

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Two individuals stand under a water tower emitting water. The woman on the left is carrying a 5-gallon bucket full of water; a child on the right carries a smaller vessel, catching the water from the water tower.

Fusion

Driving impact with Fusion

The Mortenson Center is working towards access to fresh drinking water in remote communities using Autodesk Fusion.

 

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Group shot of Mortenson Center staff and students—17 individuals—sitting on a bright-green grass lawn with mountains in the background on a sunny day.

Autodesk University

Global engineering design tools

This Autodesk University class unpacks how global engineering is being used to solve global health problems.

 

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