Andrew Lamb (engineer)
Andrew Lamb | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Organization(s) | Appropedia Foundation RedR Field Ready UNESCO |
| Known for | Promoting local manufacturing of humanitarian aid relief items |
Andrew Lamb is an author, engineer, and advocate for the local production of relief items used in humanitarian aid.[1]
Lamb was the founder of Engineers without Borders UK where he worked as the CEO. He was a technical editor for the inaugural UNESCO engineering report, as well as two book chapters.
Education
[edit]Lamb studied at the University of Cambridge[2] and is a Shuttleworth Foundation fellow.[3]
Career
[edit]Lamb launched and ran Engineers without Borders UK as the CEO.[4] He worked RedR-UK for three years before becoming a trustee in 2011. Lamb is a director of Appropedia Foundation[5][2] and was a trustee for the Centre for Global Equality.[6]
He is an advocate for the local manufacturing of relief goods, having calculated that 40% to 50% of humanitarian aid spending could be saved if they were manufactured local to the emergency.[1] As the engineering adviser for Field Ready[7] Lamb responded to the Haiti earthquake where he used 3D printers to make umbilical chord clamps.[4] Following the Nepal Earthquakes he travelled to Bahrabise and used 3D printers to make components to repair water distribution systems.[7]
Selected publications
[edit]- Andrew Lamb, Tony Marjoram, Francoise Lee, Cornelia Hauke and Christina Rafaela Garcia (editorial team); Engineering: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Development, 2010, UNESCO, ISBN 9789231041563[2][8][9]
- Andrew Lamb and Priti Parikh, Survival in the desert sun: cool food storage, 2015, Global Dimension in Engineering Education, ISBN 9788460675464[10][11]
- Andrew Lamb and Priti Parikh, Trade and Mobility on the Rooftop of the World: Gravity Ropeways in Nepal, 2015, Global Dimension in Engineering Education, ISBN 9788460675464[12][13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Pannett, Len (11 March 2019). Supercharg3d: How 3D Printing Will Drive Your Supply Chain. John Wiley & Sons. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-119-53236-1.
- ^ a b c Ainsworth, Nathan (14 February 2013). "Strategy creation for Engineers Without Borders New Zealand's Pacific Island engineering development projects (Masters Degree Theses)": 54 – via University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Andrew Lamb". The Shuttleworth Foundation. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ a b GmbH, re:publica (13 May 2015). re:publica Reader 2015 – Sammelband: #rp15 #rdr15 - Die Highlights der re:publica 2015 (in German). epubli. ISBN 978-3-7375-4512-9.
- ^ Haviland, Maya; Etheridge, Dan (2020). "CoDesign Culture Lab Summary Report - What will our world be like in 2050?". doi:10.25911/5ea2c070395c3.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "CGE AGM". Centre for Global Equality. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ a b "When disaster strikes, it's time to fly in the 3D printers | Sam Jones". the Guardian. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Beanland, David (27 June 2013). "The Challenge Facing Engineering Educators Everywhere - The UNESCO Experience" (PDF). Hungarian Academy of Engineering.
- ^ Marjoram, Tony (22 December 2016). "Silk Roads for the 21st Century: Engineering Mega-Infrastructure for Development and Sustainability". Frontiers of Engineering Management. 3 (3): 187–196. doi:10.15302/J-FEM-2016038. ISSN 2095-7513.
- ^ de la Orden, Ander Martinez (November 2018). "Dispositivo pot-in-pot: estudio de variables y herramientas para su divulgacion" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Amin, Muhammad, Fazri Amir, Hamdani Umar, and Razali Thaib. "PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN KULKAS POT TANPA LISTRIK DARI TANAH LIAT SEBAGAI PENYIMPANAN DINGIN SAYUR DAN BUAH." Jurnal Vokasi 3, no. 2 (2019): 51-55.
- ^ Baral, Lok B., Jeevan J. Nakarmi, Khem N. Poudyal, Nava R. Karki, and Dimitrios Nalmpantis. "Gravity and muscle force operated surface ropeway: an efficient, cheap, and eco-friendly transport mode for mountainous countries." The European Physical Journal Plus 134, no. 2 (2019): 55.
- ^ Baral, L. B., J. J. Nakarmi, K. N. Poudyal, N. R. Karki, D. Nalmpantis, H. B. Dura, and V. Amatya. "ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY CASWAT-G SURFACE ROPEWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: A PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION IN ENHANCING THE MOUNTAIN PROSPERITY." history 2012 (2009): 6-8.