Evan泭Thomas

  • Professor
  • Mortenson Center Director
  • Faculty Director of Global Engineering Residential Academic Program
  • MORTENSON CENTER IN GLOBAL ENGINEERING
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
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Office:泭SEEC N290

Education:

  • BS, Broadcast Journalism (Honors), 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder, 2006
  • BS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder, 2006
  • MS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences (Bioastronautics), 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder, 2006
  • PhD, Aerospace Engineering Sciences (Bioastronautics), 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder, 2009
  • MPH, Masters in Public Health, Oregon Health and Science 勛圖厙, 2014

Honors and Distinctions:

  • Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Fellowship, 2015
  • NASA Johnson Space Center Fellowship, 2008-2009泭
  • Finalist, Canadian Astronaut Selection, 2017
  • 勛圖厙 of Colorado at Boulder Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, 2015
  • 勛圖厙 of Colorado at Boulder College of Engineering Recent Alumni Award, 2015
  • Portland State Impact Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Award, 2014
  • NASA-JSC Engineering Achievement Medal, September 2007泭
  • International EnergyGlobe Awards, Rwanda National Award, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Engineers Without Borders-USA Humanitarian Award, 2004

Interest:

  • Water and air testing and treatment applied in developing communities through to operational spacecraft.
  • Remote sensing and "Internet of Things" technologies for monitoring of water, sanitation and energy resources.泭

Recent Publications:
* indicates graduate student

  1. *Turman-Bryant, N., *Fankhauser, K., Clasen, T.,泭Thomas, E.,泭Measuring Progress Toward Sanitation and Hygiene Targets, Waterlines, 2018.
  2. *Barstow, C., *Kirby, M., Clasen, T.,泭Thomas, E.,泭Health, livelihood, and environmental impacts of the distribution of a carbon-credit-financed, large-scale water filter and improved cookstove programme in Rwanda,泭Case Report, Lancet Planetary Health,泭DOI:泭10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30116-5, 2018.
  3. *Kirby, M., Nagel, C., Rosa, G., Umupfasoni M., Iyakareyme, L.,泭Thomas, E.,泭Clasen, T., Use, microbiological effectiveness and health impact of a household water filter intervention in rural RwandaA matched cohort study, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2017.
  4. *Delea, M., Nagel, C.,泭Thomas E.,泭Halder, A., Amin, N., Shoab, A., Freeman, M., Unicomb, L., Clasen, T., Comparison of respondent-reported and sensor-recorded latrine utilization measures in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017.
  5. *Bedell, E., Leslie, M., *Fankhauser, K., Burnett, J., Wing, M.,泭Thomas, E.,泭Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Structure from Motion Biomass Inventory Estimates." Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 11(2), 2017.
  6. Clasen, T., Zambrano, L., Rosa, G., Kirby, M., Barstow, C.,泭Thomas, E.,泭Nagel, C., Study design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate a large-scale distribution of cook stoves and water filters in Western Province, Rwanda, Contemporary Clinical Trials, (4)泭, 2016.
  7. *Barstow, C., Nagel, C., Clasen, T.,泭Thomas, E.,泭Process Evaluation and Assessment of Use of a Large Scale Water Filter and Cookstove Program in Rwanda, BMC Public Health BMC Public Health 16:584 DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3237-0, 2016.
  8. Thomas, E.,泭*Tellez-Sanchez, S., *Wick, C., *Kirby, M., *Zambrano, L., Rosa, G., Clasen, T., Nagel, C., "Behavioral Reactivity Associated with Electronic Monitoring of Environmental Health Interventions - A Cluster Randomized Trial with Water Filters and Cookstoves,"泭Environmental Science and Technology,泭DOI:泭10.1021/acs.est.6b00161, 2016.
  9. *Bohnert, K., Chard, A., Mwaki, A., *Kirby, A., Muga, R., Nagel, C.,泭Thomas, E.,泭Freeman, M.,泭Comparing Sanitation Delivery Modalities in Urban Informal Settlement Schools: A Randomized Trial in Nairobi, Kenya,泭International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,泭13(12), 1189; doi:10.3390/ijerph13121189, 2016.
  10. Nagel, C., *Beach, J., Iribagiza, C.,泭Thomas, E.,泭Evaluating Cellular Instrumentation on Rural Handpumps to Improve Service Delivery A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Rural Rwanda,泭Environmental Science and Technology (49) 24泭DOI:泭10.1021/acs.est.5b04077,泭2015.

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