Maurice Albertson, PhD

Dr. Maurice Albertson has been at Colorado State University for more than 50 years where he has been Director of the Research Foundation (Vice-President for Research), Director of International Programs, and Professor of Civil Engineering.

His professional fields are environmental engineering, the hydrogen economy, water resources engineering, irrigation engineering, hydropower engineering, low-cost and low-energy sustainable wastewater treatment, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment and international development--specializing in sustainable village-based development.

He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the UNDP, AID, UNESCO, the Peace Corps and other agencies on projects and programs dealing with environmental engineering, water and sanitation, water resource development, on-farm water management, appropriate technology, village development, small industry development, and research and education. He has published more than 200 publications.

He is known as the creator/founder of the Peace Corps in 1960, and creator of VillageEarth.org.