2004-2005 MAP/Ming Visiting Professor
Dr. Ashok Gadgil has a doctorate
in Physics from University of California, Berkeley. He is a Senior Staff Scientist in the Environmental
Energy Technologies Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He
has substantial experience in technical, economic, and policy research
on energy efficiency and its implementation -- particularly in developing
countries. For example, the utility-sponsored compact fluorescent
lamp leasing programs that he has pioneered are being successfully implemented
by utilities in several east-European and developing countries. When
scaled up, as currently planned by these utilities, these programs will
delay the construction of several thousand megawatts of electric generation
capacity with their associated adverse environmental impacts. He
has several patents and inventions to his credit, among them the "UVWaterworks," a
technology to inexpensively disinfect drinking water in the developing
countries, for which he received the Discover Award in 1996 for the most
significant environmental invention of the year, as well as the Popular
Science award for "Best of What is New - 1996".
Dr. Gadgil has received several other awards and honors for his work,
including the Pew Fellowship in Conservation and the Environment in 1991
for his work on accelerating energy efficiency in developing countries,
the World Technology Award for Energy in 2002, and the 2004 Tech Award
Laureate in Health from the Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose). Fundraising
Information for Tsunami Relief, using Dr. Gadgil's UV Waterworks Disinfection
Technology can be found here.
He serves on several international
and national advisory committees dealing with energy efficiency, invention
and innovation, and issues of development and the environment. He
is also a member of the STAP roster of experts of the Global Environmental
Facility.
At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Dr. Gadgil leads a group of
about 20 researchers conducting experimental and modeling research in
indoor airflow and pollutant transport. He has authored or co-authored
68 papers in refereed archival journals and 99 conference papers.
Dr. Gadgil, his wife, and two daughters live with their cat in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
Click <here> for
more information on Dr. Gadgil and his publications or <here> for
his resume.
Winter Quarter 2005
CEE 173 G/207G Technologies Implementation for Sustainable
Development in Developing Countries. 3 units (..letter grade/PNC..)
Limited Enrollment
Examination, via
case studies, of technology implementations in developing countries in
support of sustainable development. The selected cases
will be examined comprehensively - including their societal, institutional
and technological contexts, their scientific, engineering and economic
aspects, technical suitability, approaches to implementation and their
potential societal impact.
Spring Quarter 2005
CEE 207 H Seminar on Technologies for Sustainable Societies.
2 units (..letter grade/PNC..) Limited Enrollment
Exploration of technologies that address major societal needs
in the context of rapidly growing populations, increasing demands for
resources, and stressed local, regional and global environmental systems. The
seminar will take the perspective of how technologies do or don't contribute
to a move toward sustainability in the context of buildings, water, food,
energy and transportation. Student presentations on selected topics,
plus associated discussion.