Adjunct Lecturer
skamal@brandeis.edu
Expertise
Solar energy; international sustainable energy and technology
Courses
- HS 288f - Sustainable Energy: Technology and Economics
Profile
Dr. Sajed Kamal teaches a weekend intensive workshop, "Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development." With more than thirty years of experience in the field, he has been a speaker and consultant on renewable energy internationally, setting up pilot projects in the USA, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Armenia and El Salvador. His work has also provided a basis for projects in other countries in Latin America, Europe and Africa. Currently he is the president of the International Consortium for Energy Development, a Boston-based nonprofit corporation promoting renewable energy education internationally, a Board member of the Boston Area Solar Energy Association, a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Coordinator of the Solar Fenway Committee of the Fenway Community Development Corporation in Boston. Also an award-winning poet, artist, photographer, psychotherapist and educational consultant, he is a published author of a dozen books and many articles in areas including renewable energy, environment, education, literature, translation, arts, photography and poetry. His forthcoming books include Renewable Solutions: How We Can Fight Global Warming, Prevent Energy Wars & Transition to a Sustainable Energy Future. In 2007 he was awarded Boston "Mayor's First Annual Green Award for Community Leadership in Energy and Climate Protection", a "Community Services Award" by the Fenway Community Development Corporation, a "Regional Heroes Award" by AltWheels: Creating a Sustainable Transportation & Energy Vision for the 21st Century, and, in 2008, a "Lifetime Achievement Award¿ by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New England Region. The "Greener Issue" of The Boston Sunday Globe Magazine on September 28, 2008, featured him as one of the "Six local heroes whose work is having rippling effects-at home and far away-in making the world a better place."
Degrees
Boston University
Ed.D.
Northeastern University
Ed.M.
Northeastern University
B.S.