Avery Louise Bang joined Bridges to Prosperity after completing a graduate degree in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her graduate research was conducted with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Founder Bernard Amadei, which considered appropriate geotechnical survey and design for rural low-tech applications.

As one of ENR's Top 25 Newsmakers of 2012, Avery was also honored on ENR Mountain Region's Top 20 Under 40 list in 2013, and was selected as one of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Fresh Faces in 2011, recognizing the top ten Civil Engineers under 30.Avery currently teaches Cable Supported Pedestrian Bridge Design at the University of Colorado in the Mortenson Center for Engineering in Developing Communities (MC-EDC). She also serves on the University of Iowa College of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Advisory Board as well as the College of Liberal Arts Young Advisory Board.

Learning Objectives:
Recognize the importance of access in rural and remote locations.
Evaluate the importance of examining and reporting failures as well as successes.
Identify the role of infrastructure as a backbone for personal and collective progress.
Discuss the idea of publicizing failures instead of replicating mediocrity

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