By Appointment
Khalid Kadir is a Continuing Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Kadir’s research focuses on the complex role that engineering expertise plays in the politics of international development and poverty alleviation, and his current work focuses on the intersection of poverty, expertise, and politics. He teaches courses in the Global Poverty & Practice (GPP) program, Political Economy, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. Khalid was awarded the prestigious Constellation Prize for Engineering Education in 2020, the American Cultures Teaching Award in 2019, and in 2017, Khalid received UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the campus’s most prestigious honor for teaching.
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
M.S.E, Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2002
B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998
- 2020 Constellation Prize for Engineering Education
- 2020 Social Science Division Distinguished Teaching and Service Award, University of California, Berkeley (shared award)
- 2019 American Cultures Teaching Award, University of California, Berkeley
- 2018 Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs, University of California, Berkeley
- 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Berkeley
- 2014 Chancellor’s Award for Public Service, Service-Learning Leadership, University of California, Berkeley
- 2009 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley
- 2007 Fulbright Fellowship (Morocco), Fulbright IIE Program, US Department of State
Current Teaching
- E 157AC / IAS 157AC: Engineering, Environment, and Society
- GPP 105: The Ethics, Methods, and Pragmatics of Global Practice
- GPP 196: Global Poverty and Practice: Capstone Course
- POLECON 101: Contemporary Political Economy
Past Courses Taught
- CIVENG 113: Ecological Engineering for Water Quality Improvement
- DevEng 202: Critical Systems of Development
- GPP 115: Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes in the New Millennium
- GPP 150: Engineering Social Justice
- IAS 102: Scope and Methods of Research in International and Area Studies
Articles
Branz, A., Levine, M., Lehmann, L., Bastable, A., Ali, S.I., Kadir, K., Yates, T., Bloom, D., and Lantagne, D. (2017) “Chlorination of Drinking Water in Emergencies: A Review of Knowledge to Develop Recommendations for Implementation and Research Needed,” Waterlines 36(1): 4-39.
Ali, S.I. and Kadir, K. (2016) WASH in Emergencies Problem Exploration Report: Water Treatment Technical Report. ELRHA.
Kadir, K. and Nelson, K.L. (2014) “Sunlight mediated inactivation of Enterococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli in clear water versus waste stabilization pond water,” Water Research 50: 307-317.
Videos
Kadir, K. (2014) “Can Experts Solve Poverty?” video, released April 2014. URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqEj8XUPlk