Sybil Sharvelle

Director, Urban Water Center, CLASIC Center and InTERFEWS Graduate Program

Dr. Sharvelle has nine years of experience working on graywater projects. Her graduate studies were funded by NASA to optimize biological waste processing systems that would treat graywater with the end goal of potable reuse. The waste treatment concept employed entailed separate source collection and treatment of graywater, urine, and fecal material. Dr. Sharvelle’s experience in closed loop recycling of resources is very valuable for implementation of sustainable development concepts for urban water management. Dr. Sharvelle is currently working on sustainable urban water management including graywater reuse, reclaimed water reuse, development of models to estimate water savings associated with urban water conservation practices. Dr. Sharvelle also has several years of experience working on waste conversion to methane through anaerobic digestion.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Wastewater and Graywater Reuse
  • Biological Process Engineering
  • Conversion of Waste to Energy
  • Integrated Urban Water Management
  • Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure

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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. 2006, Purdue University – Civil Engineering
  • M.S. 2002, University of Colorado – Civil Engineering
  • B.S. 1998, University of Colorado – Civil Engineering

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