Louis, Garrick E.
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Systems and Information Engineering
Contact Information
PO BOX 400747 151 Engineer's Way
Olsson Hall, Rm. 101A
Telephone: 434-982-2742
Fax: 434-982-2972
Email: gel7f@virginia.edu
Research Disciplines
Systems and Information Engineering
Research Interests
Assuring safe, reliable, and affordable sanitation services to underserved communities worldwide.
Research Description
Garrick Louis' research goal is to assure safe, reliable, and affordable sanitation services to underserved communities worldwide. These services consist of drinking water, wastewater and sewage treatment, and solid waste management. The work develops methods for needs assessment, performance evaluation/gap analysis, and strategic resource allocation for sustainable sanitation service capacity assurance and disseminates examples of best practice in these methods. The work is pursued through a consortium of collaborators from the service industries, government agencies, grassroots organizations and funding agencies. It is supported by National Science Foundation grant # 9984318.