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.
Lamb studied at the University of Cambridge [2] and is a Shuttleworth Foundation fellow. [3]
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 cord clamps. [4] Following the Nepal Earthquakes he travelled to Bahrabise and used 3D printers to make components to repair water distribution systems. [7]
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