Caitlyn Butler

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Honors

• 2020 UMass ADVANCE Faculty Mentor Award
• CEE Research Award, awarded by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2019
• Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science Award, awarded by Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors 2019
• Barbara H. and Joseph I. Goldstein Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, awarded by University of Massachusetts College of Engineering 2018
• Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, awarded by University of Massachusetts Center for Teaching and Faculty Development 2017
• Student Centered Teaching and Learning Fellowship, awarded by University of Massachusetts Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, 2015
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, for five years of research support for the improved understanding of cross-kingdom biofilms,2015
• Africasan Research and Technological Innovation Award, awarded by the African Ministers' Council on Water for the development and deployment of the Microbial Fuel Cell Latrine, 2015
• Exceptional Merit Award, award in recognition of professional accomplishments by the Office of the Provost, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2014
• ASCE ExCEEd Fellowship,a fellowship awarded to attend the ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Teaching Workshop, 2012
• NSF Environmental Molecular Science Institute Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2009
• Bayer Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2008
• Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Notre Dame, 2007
• Transatlantic Environmental Biotechnology Fellowship, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 2007
• Adeline Devor Penberthy Memorial Prize

Experience

• Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2018 – present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011 – 2018
• Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental College of Technology and Innovation, Arizona State University, 2010 – 2011

Teaching

• Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer - CEE 250 - Spring 2018, Spring 2019
• Bioprocess Lab - CEE 697P - Fall 2016
• Environmental Engineering Microbiology - CEE 497B/573 - Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019
• Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering - CEE 671 - Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019
• Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar - CEE 691/692 - Fall 2012, 2013, Spring 2017
• Introduction to Environmental and Water Resources Engineering - CEE 370 - Spring 2012, 2014, 2016, Fall 2014