MICRO-BIO

• Amy Schweikert is a Research Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Science, and a Fellow in The Payne Institute for Public Policy. She has extensive experience in the engineering and policy aspects of climate change on critical i...More

  Amy Schweikert is a Research Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Science, and a Fellow in The Payne Institute for Public Policy. She has extensive experience in the engineering and policy aspects of climate change on critical infrastructure assets including road networks and electricity infrastructure. Her current work focuses on resilience, vulnerability and quantification of risk of critical infrastructure to natural hazards and climate change.

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EXPERIENCE

• Colorado School of Mines

  • Research Assistant Professor
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Present

EDUCATION

• University of Colorado Boulder

  • PhD Civil Engineering (Civil Systems)
  • August 2010 to December 2015

  Dissertation focused on quantifying the impacts of climate change on road infrastructure using a cost-benefit analysis method. Included consideration of social, environmental and economic costs ("Triple bottom line"). Developed novel analysis methods for stressor-response impact methods of climate change to critical infrastructure assets

• Boston University

  • Bachelor of Arts, International Relations
  • August 2005 to May 2009

  Focus on Foreign Policy and Security Studies. Internship experience in Geneva, Switzerland, working on Funding for Development Mechanisms related to climate change impacts in the G-77 countries

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