Nancy Hayden -- Sandia National Laboratories
Ramiro Jordan -- Univ. of New Mexico
Bernard Amadei -- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
NANCY K. HAYDEN is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, where she leads strategic foresight and decision analysis on how policy and technology developments in disruptive fields - such as Artificial Intelligence, Space Systems, and Geoengineering - will impact human security and global stability. Dr. Hayden is an expert on the science of complex systems and peace engineering in international security and conflict settings. Over the course of her 35-year career at Sandia, she has lead U.S. and international teams for nuclear safety and waste management, nuclear nonproliferation, and countering Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Dr. Hayden earned a Ph.D. in International Security and Economics at the Maryland School of Public Policy, where she remains a Research Scholar with the Center for Inter-national and Strategic Studies. She is also an Associate at University of New Mexico, leading the strategic partnership between Sandia and UNM in emerging field of Peace Engineering. Driven by a commitment to advancing the power of women to change the world, her passion is applying systems thinking and fielding innovations to transform conflict-ridden societies from local to global levels. She has conducted field research in the U.S., Europe, and Africa, interviewing hundreds of government officials, military personnel, and individuals in civil society, non-governmental organizations, and peace-keeping and humanitarian operations.
Dr. Hayden is a permanent resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is a volunteer in the local community and state governance. She is active in STEM mentorship programs at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Hayden is also an avid wilderness hiker, bird watcher, and adventure traveler. She holds a B.S. in Math from UT Austin, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the UC Berkeley and is a graduate of executive programs on Nonviolent Conflict at the Fletcher School of International Affairs, and on National Security Space at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C.
RAMIRO JORDAN, Professor, Associate Dean of Engineering for International Programs, UNM.
Dr. Ramiro Jordan is a scientist, innovator, educator, and entrepreneur. He is a member of the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of New Mexico. Currently he is the Associate Dean of Engineering for Global Initiatives. His research activities include sustainability, Peace Engineering, smart grids, cognitive radio, multidimensional signal processing, and software development. He is the past president of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), and founder in 1990 of the Ibero-American Consortium for Science and Technology Education (ISTEC).
Dr. BERNARD AMADEI is Distinguished Professor and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his Ph.D. in 1982 from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Amadei is the Founding Director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities. He is also the Founding President of Engineers Without Borders - USA and the co-founder of the Engineers Without Borders-International network. Among other distinctions, Dr. Amadei is the 2007 co-recipient of the Heinz Award for the Environment; the recipient of the 2008 ENR Award of Excellence; the recipient of the 2015 Washington and ASCE OPAL awards; the recipient of the 2016 C. H. Dunn Award of the Construction Industry Institute; an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Construction; and an elected Senior Ashoka Fellow. He holds seven honorary doctoral degrees (UMass Lowell; Carroll College; Clarkson; Drexel; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Technion in Israel; and SUNY). In 2013 and 2014, Dr. Amadei served as a Science Envoy to Pakistan and Nepal for the U.S. Department of State. Dr. Amadei holds a commercial pilot license (multi-engine land, instrument).
Peace Engineering for a Sustainable Planet Workshop, October 28, 2021
