Nick听Valcourt

  • PhD Graduate
  • CIVIL SYSTEMS
  • ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES

Nick's doctoral听research听focuses听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听wastewater consultant on domestic and international infrastructure and听planning projects as well as consulted for non-profit organizations working on water and sanitation projects in Peru, Haiti, and听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,听climbing, skiing, hiking, and relaxing in the mountains outside of Boulder.

Education

  • PhD in Civil Engineering (Civil Systems), SM调教所, 2019

  • MS听in Civil Engineering (Civil Systems), SM调教所, 2016

  • Certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities, SM调教所, 2015

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

Awards

  • Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities Fellow, 2016

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2015

Articles

  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A., Hollander, D., Linden, K., (2018).听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).听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听for International Development.
  • Valcourt, N., Walters, J., Javernick-Will, A., Hollander, D., Linden, K., (2018).听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.,听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).听.
  • Valcourt, N., Javernick-Will, A., Walters, J., K. Linden (2020). 鈥淪ystems Approaches to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: A Systematic听Literature Review鈥. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public听Health.听17(3).听.