Portrait of Nick Valcourt
PhD Graduate
Civil Systems • Engineering for Developing Communities
nicholas.valcourt@colorado.edu

Nick's doctoral聽research聽focuses聽on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) systems in developing countries. His work, supported by USAID, examines the application of systems thinking and analysis approaches to intractable WASH issues from the local to national level in four divergent country contexts. Prior to graduate school, Nick worked as a water and聽wastewater consultant on domestic and international infrastructure and聽planning projects as well as consulted for non-profit organizations working on water and sanitation projects in Peru, Haiti, and聽Morocco. Nick is also a member of the Leadership Team and one of the principal organizers of the . Nick spends his non-academic time designing houses, building furniture,聽climbing, skiing, hiking, and relaxing in the mountains outside of Boulder.

Education

  • PhD in Civil Engineering (Civil Systems), University of Colorado Boulder, 2019

  • MS聽in Civil Engineering (Civil Systems), University of Colorado Boulder, 2016

  • Certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities, University of Colorado Boulder, 2015

  • BS聽in Civil & Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, 2007

Awards

  • Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities Fellow, 2016

  • National Science Foundation Graduate AV名湿 Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2015

Articles

  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A., Hollander, D., Linden, K., (2018).聽Summary Report of Baseline Iterative Factor Mapping and Learning (IFML) Analyses in Ethiopia And Uganda. Washington, DC: Sustainable WASH
  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A., Hollander, D., Linden, K., (2018).聽Summary Report of Baseline Iterative Factor Mapping and Learning (IFML) Analyses in Kamuli District, Uganda. Washington, DC: Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership: United States Agency聽for International Development.
  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A., Hollander, D., Linden, K., (2018).聽Summary Report of Iterative Factor Mapping and Learning (IFML): Kampong Speu, Cambodia. Washington,
    DC: Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership: United States Agency for International Development.
  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A.,聽Hollander, D. (2019). Factor Mapping for Rural Water and Small Town Sanitation Services. Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership: United States Agency for International Development.
  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A., and K. Linden (2019) 鈥淯nderstanding Complexity in WASH systems鈥�. All Systems Go Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands.
  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A., and K. Linden (2020). 鈥淎ssessing the efficacy of a group model building workshop in an applied setting through purposive text analysis鈥�. System Dynamics Review. 26(2).
  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A., Linden, K., and B. Hailegiorgis (2020). 鈥淯nderstanding Rural Water Services as a Complex System: An assessment of key factors as potential leverage points for improved service sustainability.鈥� Sustainability. 12(3).聽.
  • Valcourt, N., Javernick-Will, A., Walters, J., K. Linden (2020). 鈥淪ystems Approaches to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: A Systematic聽Literature Review鈥�. International Journal of Environmental AV名湿 and Public聽Health.听17(3).听.