Garrick Louis

About

Garrick Louis is a Professor of Engineering and Society (E&S) and Professor of Systems & Information Engineering (SIE) at the University of Virginia. His research investigates Engineering for the Greater Good (EGG), with an emphasis on access to infrastructure services across different communities. Louis uses mutual benefit approaches to broaden participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education. His work focuses on building capacity for sustained access to essential human services, especially in marginalized communities, and he defines sustainability as the ability to provide sustained access to services at the required quantity and quality over the required planning horizon at minimal economic, environmental, and social costs to present and future generations.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Political Science
• Economics
• Environmental health
• Environmental economics
• Geography
• Business
• Ecology
• Economic growth
• Environmental resource management

Selected publications

• Socioeconomic vulnerability and climate risk in coastal Virginia

  Climate Risk Management · 2023 · 18 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Coastal Virginia, a region with economic and strategic significance at the state and national level, has been experiencing the highest sea-level rise (SLR) on the Atlantic coast of the United States. This has been accompanied by a variety of climate hazards such as flooding and more frequent storms, initiating adaptation planning and decision-making on multiple governance levels. A spatial understanding of climate risk and its associations with socioeconomic vulnerabilities raises essential ques…

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• Modeling the health impact of water and sanitation service deficits on waterborne disease transmission

  Advances in Difference Equations · 2021-09-06 · 12 citations

  articleOpen access

  Abstract Cholera is a waterborne disease that continues to pose serious public health problems in many developing countries. Increasing water and sanitation coverage is a goal for local authorities in these countries, as it can eliminate one of the root causes of cholera transmission. The SIWDR (susceptible–infected–water–dumpsite–recovered) model is proposed here to evaluate the effects of the improved coverage of water and sanitation services in a community at risk of a cholera outbreak. This…

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• Decision support system for selection of appropriate water supply and sanitation technologies in developing countries

  Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development · 2021 · 9 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Abstract Access to water supply and sanitation services remains a challenge in many parts of the world. The expected growth of the world's population, from about 7.8 billion people today to 9.8 billion people by 2050, and to around 11 billion people by the end of 2100, will create even higher demand and a greater strain on these basic services. Goal 6 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) aims to ‘Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’…

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• Climate adaptation in Coastal Virginia: an analysis of existing policies and main stakeholders

  Climate Policy · 2023-01-01 · 7 citations

  articleSenior author

  The impacts of climate change have sparked policy responses at different governance levels. Studying the central adaptation policies and understanding the interactions and complexities of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders is essential in guiding policymakers at different levels of government to formulate policies and make investment decisions. With strategic and economic significance on the national level, Coastal Virginia has one of the highest rates of sea-level rise in the United…

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• Optimal control strategies for water, sanitation, and hygiene in mitigating spread of waterborne diseases

  Journal of Process Control · 2023-12-02 · 4 citations

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Recent grants

• Ethics Training for Engineers in Emerging Technologies and Fieldwork in Developing Communities

  NSF · $279k · 2005–2009

• CAREER: Integrated Municipal Sanitation Systems

  NSF · $578k · 2000–2006

Frequent coauthors

• Lawrence E. Band

  University of Virginia

  29 shared

• Kazi Ali Tamaddun

  Battelle

  28 shared

• C. J. Vörösmarty

  Hunter College

  27 shared

• L. V. Barnes

  Hampton University

  20 shared

• Brian Aufderheide

  Hampton University

  17 shared

• Otsebele Nare

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  17 shared

• Daniel Fairley

  North Carolina Wesleyan College

  16 shared

• Sadegh Eghdami

  Engineering Systems (United States)

  11 shared

Awards & honors

• 2000 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engi…
• 2006-7 AAAS Energy Environment and Natural Resources Fellow
• 2014 Design and Health Faculty Fellow at the University of V…
• 2015 Jefferson Science Fellow as Science Advisor to the Offi…
• Fulbright Specialist in Environment & Development

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