Evan 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: SEEC N290

Education:

  • BS, Broadcast Journalism (Honors), 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录, 2006
  • BS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录, 2006
  • MS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences (Bioastronautics), 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录, 2006
  • PhD, Aerospace Engineering Sciences (Bioastronautics), 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录, 2009
  • MPH, Masters in Public Health, Oregon Health and Science University, 2014鈥

Honors and Distinctions:

  • Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Fellowship, 2015
  • NASA Johnson Space Center Fellowship, 2008-2009 
  • Finalist, Canadian Astronaut Selection, 2017
  • University of Colorado at Boulder Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, 2015
  • University 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 
  • 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. 

Recent Publications:
* indicates graduate student

  1. *Turman-Bryant, N., *Fankhauser, K., Clasen, T., Thomas, E., 鈥淢easuring Progress Toward Sanitation and Hygiene Targets,鈥 Waterlines, 2018.
  2. *Barstow, C., *Kirby, M., Clasen, T., Thomas, E., 鈥淗ealth, livelihood, and environmental impacts of the distribution of a carbon-credit-financed, large-scale water filter and improved cookstove programme in Rwanda,鈥 Case Report, Lancet Planetary Health, DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30116-5, 2018.
  3. *Kirby, M., Nagel, C., Rosa, G., Umupfasoni M., Iyakareyme, L., Thomas, E., Clasen, T., 鈥淯se, microbiological effectiveness and health impact of a household water filter intervention in rural Rwanda鈥擜 matched cohort study,鈥 International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2017.
  4. *Delea, M., Nagel, C., Thomas E., Halder, A., Amin, N., Shoab, A., Freeman, M., Unicomb, L., Clasen, T., 鈥淐omparison of respondent-reported and sensor-recorded latrine utilization measures in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study,鈥 Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017.
  5. *Bedell, E., Leslie, M., *Fankhauser, K., Burnett, J., Wing, M., Thomas, E., 鈥淯nmanned 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., Thomas, E., Nagel, C., 鈥淪tudy design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate a large-scale distribution of cook stoves and water filters in Western Province, Rwanda,鈥 Contemporary Clinical Trials, (4) , 2016.
  7. *Barstow, C., Nagel, C., Clasen, T., Thomas, E., 鈥淧rocess Evaluation and Assessment of Use of a Large Scale Water Filter and Cookstove Program in Rwanda,鈥 BMC Public Health BMC Public Health 16:584 DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3237-0, 2016.
  8. Thomas, E., *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," Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00161, 2016.
  9. *Bohnert, K., Chard, A., Mwaki, A., *Kirby, A., Muga, R., Nagel, C., Thomas, E., Freeman, M., Comparing Sanitation Delivery Modalities in Urban Informal Settlement Schools: A Randomized Trial in Nairobi, Kenya, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(12), 1189; doi:10.3390/ijerph13121189, 2016.
  10. Nagel, C., *Beach, J., Iribagiza, C., Thomas, E., 鈥淓valuating Cellular Instrumentation on Rural Handpumps to Improve Service Delivery 鈥 A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Rural Rwanda,鈥 Environmental Science and Technology (49) 24 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b040772015.