Dr Aaron Opdyke
About
Dr Aaron Opdyke is a Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on the interface of infrastructure and social systems, examining this nexus in humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation. His work examines disasters across social and engineering boundaries, developing new methods and tools to assess disaster risk which integrate scientific, local, and indigenous knowledge. He holds a PhD and Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obsipo. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of California (USA) and a Chartered Engineer (CPEng) in Australia.