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 Engineers Without Borders-USA. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation under a Research in Engineering Education (REU) grant titled Collaborative Research: Gender Diversity, Identity, and EWB-USA. Alongside her research, Kaitlin completed a certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities, the subject of her passion that originally brought her to CU. Following graduation, Kaitlin worked as a post-doctoral research assistant through the completion of the grant. Currently, Kaitlin 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 

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

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

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

Awards

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

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