Faculty

Amy Bilton

Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering; Director, Centre for Global Engineering, University of Toronto

Academic Partner

Amy is the Director of the Centre for Global Engineering and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto. She is the Director of the Water and Energy Research Lab (WERL), which focuses on developing innovative water and energy technologies and computer-based design methods. She has worked on development projects in Bangladesh, Vietnam, Nicaragua, and Mexico. She completed her Ph.D. and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics at M.I.T. and her B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science, Aerospace Option, from the University of Toronto. Amy has also worked as a Systems Engineer at Pratt and Whitney Canada and Honeywell Aerospace.

Research Reports

Philippines

APOAMF Low-Rise Building Project: Community-driven Housing Resilience for Informal Settler Families in the Philippines

Zimbabwe

Bringing Light to Health Care: Lessons from the UNDP Solar for Health Program in Zimbabwe

Kenya

Left Behind: The Socioeconomic Barriers to Last-Mile Mobile Money Access in Kenya

Mongolia

Mongolia’s Renewable Energy for Rural Access Project: Providing Electricity to Nomadic Herders

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