The Edward Wenk, Jr. Endowed virtual lecture will be tomorrow, Tuesday, October 6 from 3:30-4:20pm, followed by 30-minutes of Q&A from 4:20-4:50pm.

Please join the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering for the 2020 Edward Wenk, Jr. Endowed Lectureship. A global expert on resilient building and post-disaster reconstruction, Dr. Elizabeth Hausler will present a talk titled “Resilient Housing: At the Nexus of Climate Justice, Technology, and Finance.” Hausler is the founder and CEO of Build Change, an organization that helps prevent the loss of life in earthquakes and typhoons by designing disaster-resistant houses and schools in emerging nations and training local builders and engineers to construct them. Under Hausler’s leadership and strategic direction, Build Change has grown to become a global team spread across five continents. Hausler’s emphasis on rebuilding to withstand future disasters has profoundly influenced global development policy by making resilience a major consideration for reconstruction efforts.

Tuesday, October 6, 3:30pm
Zoom meeting
Passcode: 772087
Free and open to the public. No RSVP required.

The lectureship is made possible by a generous donation from Dr. Edward Wenk, Jr., professor emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering and science policy adviser to the U.S. Congress and three presidents.

Contact Karen Heath at karenh3@uw.edu if you have any questions.