Jess Mingee

Jess Mingee is a third year Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jess holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Sustainability, Energy, and Environment.

For their dissertation, Jess investigates an Italian entrepreneurial organization on a climate change adaptation project in rural Zambia to formulate constructive insights for improving community agency and project longevity in community-based engineering projects. Jess is particularly interested in encouraging organizations to take an active role in challenging historical power dynamics when identifying and designing sustainable energy solutions.