Team

Dr. Emily Kumpel (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kumpel has over a decade of experience conducting research on topics including intermittent water supply, water quality in distribution systems, water access and equity, water quality monitoring, and the use of information and communication technologies in water delivery systems. Prior to joining the faculty at UMass, Dr. Kumpel was a Senior Research Scientist with the Aquaya Institute, where she was based in Nairobi, Kenya, for three years. She has conducted extensive field research in India, Kenya, Senegal, and Nigeria, and collaborated on research projects in more than a dozen other countries throughout Africa and Asia.

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Alumni

NameProgram, YearResearchPosition After Graduation
Tom RobertsMS, 2023Towards a better understanding of disinfection byproducts in intermittent water supplyResearch Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Carlos VerasMS, 2023Investigating Total Coliform Variability in a Drinking Water ReservoirWater Resources Engineer, Kleinfelder
Kaycie LanePostdoc, 2022Improving access to safe drinking water and sanitation in rural communities; helping small communities assess and manage risk in their water and wastewater infrastructureAssistant Professor of Practice, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Hannah WhartonMS, 2022Comparing the fate and transport of E. coli in an intermittent piped water supply to a continuous piped water supplyPhD, University of California Berkeley
Liam AmeryBS, 2022Lead and copper contamination in Massachusetts school drinking waterMS, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bridgette CharleboisMS, 2021Rain Rain Flush Away: Evaluating Rainwater Catchment First Flush Volumes,Adjudication Engineer, Division of Water Rights at Utah Department of Natural Resources
Mimi AlkattanMS, 2021Effect of Intermittent Water Supply on Water Quality in A Model Pipeloop
Tom RobertsBS, 2021Spatial analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination and potential of household treatment in Massachusetts drinking water suppliesMS, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Savannah WunderlichMS, 2020Optimizing Household Water Decisions for Managing Intermittent Water Supply in Mexico City
LeighAnn D'AndreaMS, 2019Developing a Toolkit for Citizen Scientists' Evaluation of Drinking Water QualityProject Programmer, 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, US Air Force
Stephen StamegnaBS, 2019Pipeloop construction and operation
Akshay DelityBS, 2019An Experimentally-Backed Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Water Storage Tank Geometries and OrientationsPeace Corps Panama
Siddhi RathiBS, 2019Use of multiple water sources in Hubli-Dharwad, IndiaMS, Carnegie Mellon University
Hannah WhartonBS, 2019Comparing removal and inactivation of E. coli and total coliform in point-of-use water treatment for low income settingsTata & Howard
Farah RawasBS, 2018Comparing utility-reported hours of piped water supply to
households’ experiences		MS, University of British Columbia