workshop was co-organized in October 2011 by industrial design faculty at the Delft University of Technology and the D-Lab of MIT. It brought together 26 people to explore the differences in thinking by relief organizations, development organizations, and designers. Groups worked throughout a week to create concepts and prototypes to address challenges in relief work. These addressed clean water availability, re-purposing of aid materials, transportation challenges, and first aid supply logistics. Creative Capacity Building Smith and colleagues at D-Lab have been working on a new type of curriculum - Creative Capacity Building or CCB. The purpose of CCB is to place "the expertise in the village instead of at MIT." The CCB curriculum teaches the design process without expecting strong literacy or other academic training. The goal is individuals, groups and communities who are able to not only articulate their needs but to design and build solutions. Awards Collegiate Inventors Award, 1999 (for the phase-change incubator) First woman to win the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, in 2000. MacArthur Fellowship, 2004–2009. Time magazine named Amy Smith one of their Time 100 Most Influential People for 2010 in the Thinkers category References Further reading External links D-Lab website IDIN website "2010 Time 100, Thinkers: Amy Smith". Time magazine Amy Smith - 2000 Student Prize Winner Describes some other inventions (including a technology for diagnosing tuberculosis, and a clamp to regulate intravenous drips), as at February 2000. "Necessity Is the Mother of Invention". New York Times "A MacGyver for the Third World". Wired article "Design that Matters" article on the MIT website Peace Corps biography of Amy Smith Amy Smith is one of the lead organizers of first International Development Design Summit MIT Report: Amy Smith in Ghana Full Belly Blog entry, February 2, 2006 Video of Amy Smith discussing her inventions including eco-friendly charcoal and a laboratory incubator which doesn't require electricity. Presented at the TED Conference (February 2006) Monterey, CA. Duration 15:48 Amy's outdated home page Appropriate technology advocates 1962 births Living people MacArthur Fellows MIT School of Engineering faculty Development specialists Pew Fellows in the Arts Women inventors MIT School of Engineering alumni