Lecturers - Susan Murcott

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Susan Murcott

Senior Lecturer

MIT
Room 1-138
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA, 02139

e-mail: murcott@mit.edu Website: http://web.mit.edu/watsan/

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Education

  • Bachelor of Arts 1990, Wellesley College
  • Bachelor of Science 1990, MIT
  • Master of Science 1992, MIT

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Research Interests

Susan Murcott’s research is on water and sanitation in developing countries, including the treatment and safe storage of household drinking water.

Teaching Interests

  • Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries
  • Design, Dissemination and Scale-up of Common Good Innovations in Developing Countries
  • Sustainable Development for Large Infrastructure Projects

Selected Publications

  1. Murcott, S. 2007 Arsenic Contamination in the World: An International Sourcebook. Forth-coming World Health Organization Web publication found at: http://www.who.int.
  2. Murcott, S. 2007. “Co-evolutionary Design for Development: Influences Shaping Engineering Design and Implementation in Nepal and the Global Village.” Journal of International Development. 19, 123-144 (2007) DOI: 10.1002/jid.1353
  3. Murcott, S. 2006. “Implementation, Critical Factors and Challenges to Scale-Up of Household Drinking Water Treatment and Safe Storage Systems.” Background Paper on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) for the Electronic Conference May 12-22, 2006 Hosted by US AID / Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) http://www.hip.watsan.net/page/1738.
  4. Ngai, T., Murcott, S., Shrestha, R.R., Dangol, B., Maharjan, M. 2006. “Development and Dissemination of KanchanTM Arsenic Filter in Rural Nepal.” Water, Science & Technology Vol. 6. No. 3. (2006). International Water Association Publishing.

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