The Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab at the School of Engineering (SEAS)
and The Columbia Climate School uses engineering to help address
development issues. We engineer software solutions to help make development
planning smarter and to improve the delivery of critical services like health
and energy in the developing world. To contact our lab, please email our lab
director Dr. Vijay Modi at
modi@columbia.edu.
Richard Quadracci with Professor Vijay Modi Richard Quadracci, a dear friend and one of my first PhD students passed away last week. He was a firm believer in and supporter
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Permanent Secretary Engr. Irene Bateebe with Professor Vijay Modi On Friday, June 27, I met with Engr. Irene Bateebe, Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development
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The e-GUIDE Initiative is a collaborative effort spanning five leading universities—University of Massachusetts Amherst, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of Washington. Through this
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Electricity access targets for ambitious programs such as M300 and ASCENT are summarized in household electrification numbers, but these programs are designed to unlock electricity’s ability to drive socio-economic development.
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This new brief focuses on the cost-effective execution of the national survey, which covered tens of thousands of locations at just $10 per site - using innovative surveying methods and
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Understanding what drives the community, what energy can unlock for rural livelihoods, and what activities entrepreneurial households are engaging in continues to be a challenge. We took a stab at
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