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Experts on international development

Broadly, international development refers to the study of the differences between nations in levels of economic prosperity, industrial growth, and social wellbeing, among other factors, as well as to efforts to advance these qualities in less-developed nations. WPI experts on international development, many of whom are affiliated with the university’s International Development, Environment, and Sustainability program and its master’s program in Science and Technology for Innovation in Global Development, can talk about the importance of sustainability in global development, the links between international development and climate change, and the efforts of WPI faculty and students to explore issues of international development and social justice through WPI’s undergraduate Global Projects Program.

Renata Konrad
Renata Konrad
  • Professor The Business School
Professor Konrad recently returned from a Fulbright scholarship in Lviv, Ukraine, where she exchanged offices and homes with a professor at a Ukrainian university. She studies the application of industrial engineering and mathematical knowledge. Her
Robert Krueger
  • Professor & Department Head of Social Science and Policy Studies Social Science & Policy Studies
Professor Krueger is a human geographer whose scholarship and teaching focus on creating sustainable, socially just, improvements to development projects in the global north and south. He has worked in countries in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, ...
Brajendra Mishra
  • Kenneth G. Merriam Distinguished Professor, Director, MPI & Donald M. Zwiep Distinguished Fellow Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Professor Mishra focuses on the improvement in resource productivity and environmental stewardship through process and product development of materials using recovery and recycling, introducing advanced alloys and life-extension by corrosion and surfaceThe...
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William San Martín
  • Assistant Professor The Global School
Professor San Martin is a historian of science, environmental change, and public policy. His work examines the history of the science-policy interface to inform contemporary debates on environmental governance. I specialize in international development,
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Sarah Eliza Stanlick
  • Associate Dean, Global School The Global School
Sarah Stanlick's research interests include vulnerable populations, health and human rights, global and local citizenship, and technology's impact on empowerment and capacity to build community. It is also of note, she assisted the US Ambassador to the Sta...
Yunus Dogan Telliel
  • Assistant Professor Humanities & Arts
Professor Telliel teaches a range of courses on ethics, rhetoric, religion and culture, and science and technology studies. His current research examines the ethical implications of technologist's work as designers and maintainers of socio-technical
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Haichong Zhang
  • Associate Professor Robotics Engineering
Professor Zhang is the founding director of the Medical Frontier Ultrasound Imaging and Robotic Instrumentation (Medical FUSION) Laboratory. The research in his lab focuses on the interface of medical imaging, sensing, and robotics; and on developing