Alberto Marulanda

CEEAA Distinguished Alumni Award, 2016

For an outstanding career as a recognized expert in geotechnical engineering, particularly in hydroelectric, water supply, mining, irrigation and transportation projects; and for his approach in his civil engineering practice to solve technical problems and provide workable designs to shepherd the growth of Ingetec S.A. into a leading civil and geotechnical engineering consulting firm with more than 2,000 employees and a reputation for exceptional project delivery.

Biography

Alberto Marulanda graduated from the University of Los Andes, in Bogota, Colombia, as a civil engineer and received his MS from the University of Illinois in 1972. Since 1972 he has worked at INGETEC, a consulting engineering firm, where he is currently president. Marulanda has led the design of hydropower, water supply and infrastructure projects throughout Latin America and other regions of the world. He was honored both in 2011 and 2015 with the National Engineering Award from the Colombian Society of Engineers.

As an independent consultant, Marulanda has been on the panel of experts for several major hydroelectric, dam and tunnel projects around the world including Hydro-Quebec and James Bay Co. Canada (the world’s largest hydroelectricity producer company), and the Guri, Tocoma and Caruachi projects in Venezuela, one of the largest hydroelectric complexes in the world.

Marulanda has also worked as an adviser to the Government of Turkey and as technical advisor for Sanko Energy Company. He is author of more than 50 technical papers in international conferences and journals. He has served as chairman of the technical committee of materials for the International Commission on Large Dams, president of Colombian Consulting Engineers Association, president of the Colombian Association of Seismic Engineering and vice president of the International Commission on Large Dams.

In 2009, he was highlighted by the Water Power and Dam Construction journal in London as one of the “60 most influential people in the 100 year history of hydroelectricity in the world.”