Kurt Paterson, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is also Director of Michigan Tech's D80 Center for Global Good. D80 has the mission to develop contribution-based learning, research, and service opportunities for all students and staff to partner with the poorest 80% of humanity, together creating solutions that matter. As director of several international community engagement programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, Prof. Paterson, his colleagues, and his students have conducted numerous community-inspired research and design projects. Dr. Paterson teaches courses in design thinking, appropriate technology, and social entrepreneurship. At the intersection of these fields, Kurt leads several national initiatives for learning engineering through service, recently taking the reins for the American Society for Engineering Education’s newest division startup, Community Engagement in Engineering Education. He is PI, or co-PI, on several large projects assessing the impacts of learning through service on students, faculty, and communities around the world.