An update:
I'm on leave from Olin College of Engineering through Aug 2026, and based in Vancouver, where I'm a Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia. I'm so pleased to be part of this community (thanks, @hishamzerriffi@fediscience.org, for making it happen).
This leave enables me to continue sharing and building on the ideas in HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS, to make progress on my emerging projects, and to explore some new directions. Please do reach out if you'd like to collaborate or discuss!
New server, new #intro!
I'm an engineering professor, the author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS, and a connector of things, people and ideas, especially around design, education, systems, materials, and intersections thereof.
To paraphrase Ursula K. LeGuin, I don't fit well into a pigeonhole since my tentacles come out in all directions.
When I'm not at a keyboard, I might be in the boxing ring, on a climbing wall, or in a glassblowing studio.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612711/how-infrastructure-works-by-deb-chachra/
My TED talk is now up! Thirteen minutes of me talking about matter, energy, networks, and people. About how and why our infrastructural systems work the way they do, and how and why to make them resilient, sustainable and equitable.
Thanks to the TED countdown crew for the invite, the expertise, and the platform to share these ideas.
https://www.ted.com/talks/deb_chachra_the_invisible_networks_shaping_your_everyday_life?subtitle=en
An update:
I'm on leave from Olin College of Engineering through Aug 2026, and based in Vancouver, where I'm a Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia. I'm so pleased to be part of this community (thanks, @hishamzerriffi@fediscience.org, for making it happen).
This leave enables me to continue sharing and building on the ideas in HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS, to make progress on my emerging projects, and to explore some new directions. Please do reach out if you'd like to collaborate or discuss!
My TED talk is now up! Thirteen minutes of me talking about matter, energy, networks, and people. About how and why our infrastructural systems work the way they do, and how and why to make them resilient, sustainable and equitable.
Thanks to the TED countdown crew for the invite, the expertise, and the platform to share these ideas.
https://www.ted.com/talks/deb_chachra_the_invisible_networks_shaping_your_everyday_life?subtitle=en
New server, new #intro!
I'm an engineering professor, the author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS, and a connector of things, people and ideas, especially around design, education, systems, materials, and intersections thereof.
To paraphrase Ursula K. LeGuin, I don't fit well into a pigeonhole since my tentacles come out in all directions.
When I'm not at a keyboard, I might be in the boxing ring, on a climbing wall, or in a glassblowing studio.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612711/how-infrastructure-works-by-deb-chachra/
Deb Chachra