Caleb (he/him/his) studies international development models aimed at preventively maintaining rural water infrastructure in East Africa as part of the听. His largest interests and future aspirations lie at the interface of scientific research, practical action and policy regarding rural water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. He听is co-advised by both Dr. Karl Linden and Dr. Amy Javernick-Will.听
His research currently looks at conditions that make up the enabling environment for the maintenance of rural water infrastructure in Uganda and Kenya, trying to better understand the challenges facing rural maintenance providers (i.e. early forms of a rural water utility in a low-income context)听and how these challenges relate to the service area contexts in which they work. He works closely with Whave Solutions in Uganda, a model service provider and enabling environment capacity developer.听His research is heavily rooted in fieldwork and in-office time with research partners; he听has spent over 12 months in Uganda working with several SWS partners, including Whave and IRC Uganda.听Caleb also worked for Water for People for 1.5 years听in both Denver, Colorado, and in Uganda.听
Caleb graduated with his听PhD in Environmental Engineering at 精品SM在线影片 in December 2022. He received his M.S.听in Environmental Engineering with a Certificate in Global Engineering from 精品SM在线影片 in May 2020, and his B.S. in Civil Engineering with听a Minor in Global Engineering Studies from Purdue University in 2017. Outside of work and travel, he's an avid lover of听good听dogs (especially his), good food, long road trips, long runs, and quality time with his piano and guitar.
Caleb now works for TetraTech ARD in International Develom
Why I chose a PhD:听Over the last 10 years, I have been exposed over and over to the complex intersection between humans and their built and natural environments. In technical fields like engineering, the human element isn鈥檛 always obvious on the surface - and it isn鈥檛 always addressed. Even in engineering projects in low- and middle-income contexts, the relationship between humans and the infrastructure being built around them is poorly understood. It鈥檚 no secret that many efforts to enhance the quality of life for people in low- and middle-income communities have failed, and I decided to pursue a PhD to better understand how these complex human-infrastructure interactions can lead to success and failure on the path to a more sustainable built environment for everyone (which in my case means exploring how various social, political, natural and physical environments influence global efforts to professionalize rural water services in Uganda).
Education
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PhD in听Environmental听Engineering, 精品SM在线影片, intended graduation 2021
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MS in Environment Engineering with Certificate in Global Engineering, 精品SM在线影片, 2020听
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BS in听Civil Engineering with Minor in听Global Engineering Studies, Purdue University, 2017听
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Publications
Cord, C., Javernick-Will, A., Buhungiro, E., Harvey, A., K. Linden. Institutional impacts on local government support: enabling professionalized maintenance of water supply infrastructure in rural Africa (2022).听 PLOS Water.
Cord, C., Javernick-Will, A., Buhungiro, E., Harvey, A., Jordan, E., Lockwood, H., and K. Linden. (2022). 鈥淧athways to consumer demand and payment for professional rural water infrastructure maintenance across low-income contexts.鈥� Science of the Total Environment.
Cord, C.; Javernick-Will, A.; Chintalapati, P.; Lockwood, H.; Harvey, A.; Nyaga, C.; Linden, K.听Enabling Rural WASH Systems:听Mapping rural water maintenance approaches and identifying key support requirements.听Proceedings of the 2020 African Water Association International Congress and Exhibition,听Kampala, Uganda, February听2020
Cord, C.; Walters, J.; Lockwood, H.; Chintalapati, P.; Javernick-Will, A.; Linden, K. Shifting our minds toward prevention: models for rural water maintenance and sustained service delivery.听Proceedings of the IRC All Systems Go! Conference,听Den Haag, The Netherlands, March 2019
Cord, C.听鈥�; Javernick-Will, A.; Chintalapati, P.; Lockwood, H.; Linden, K. Preventing failure in rural WASH systems: mapping and modeling rural water maintenance approaches.听University of North Carolina Water and Health Conference,听Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, October 2019.
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