Portrait of Kaitlin Litchfield
PhD Graduate
Civil Systems • Engineering for Developing Communities

Kaitlin's research focused on understanding the growing and diverse population of socially engaged engineers, especially those involved with聽.聽The research was funded by the National Science Foundation under a Research in Engineering Education (REU)聽grant titled聽.聽Alongside her research,聽Kaitlin聽completed a certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities, the subject of her passion that originally brought her to CU.聽Following graduation,聽Kaitlin聽worked as a post-doctoral research assistant through the completion of the grant.聽Currently,聽Kaitlin聽and her husband live in their home state of New Hampshire where she is raising her new son.

Education

  • PhD in Civil Engineering (Civil Systems), University of Colorado Boulder, 2014聽

  • MS in Civil Engineering (Civil Systems), University of Colorado Boulder, 2014聽

  • Certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities, University of Colorado Boulder, 2013聽

  • BS in Civil Engineering, University of New Hampshire, 2011

Awards

  • Mortenson Center for Engineering for Developing Communities Graduate Research Assistantship, 2012聽

  • University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science Dean鈥檚 Graduate Assistantship, 2011