Elizabeth is currently a Water and Sanitation Advisor at the 聽in the Office of Water within the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment. At USAID, Elizabeth supports field missions with WASH-related strategic planning and project design. She also leads efforts to improve USAID鈥檚 monitoring and evaluation for WASH programs, works to build capacity of USAID staff, and oversees WASH research activities.聽Prior to joining USAID, Elizabeth worked for聽聽in western Kenya managing the field implementation of a randomized control trial designed to study of the effects of water, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition interventions on child growth.聽Elizabeth鈥檚 doctoral research focused on identifying pathways to successful post-disaster shelter reconstruction in South India following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Her work was supported through the National Science Foundation Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events program.
Education
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PhD in Civil Engineering (Civil Systems), University of Colorado Boulder, 2013
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Certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities, University of Colorado Boulder, 2013
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MS in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
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BS in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Awards
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellowship, 2014
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Construction AV名湿 Congress, Best Paper (Disaster Track), 2012
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Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communties Graduate AV名湿 Assistantship, 2011
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Engineering Project Organizations Conference, Outstanding PhD Student, 2011
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College of Engineering and Applied Science Dean鈥檚 Graduate Assistantship, 2010