Adaline (Addie) Buerck was born and raised in southern Illinois. She attended Saint Louis University (SLU) in St.Louis, Missouri for her undergraduate degree in civil engineering with a minor in business administration. Throughout her time at SLU she was involved in engineers without borders (EWB) and found her love for international development during her work on a water distribution system in Komucala, Bolivia. At the completion of her bachelor’s degree in 2016, she continued at SLU and received her Master’s in civil engineering in 2018. Her maters research examined arsenic removal through modified ceramic filtration pots.
She started her doctorate in the civil and environmental program at the University of South Florida (USF) in the fall 2018 where she is continuing her work with heavy metal removal from drinking water. Now examining lead mitigation in locally manufactured pitcher pumps in Madagascar. She is also working on her certificate in social marketing from USF to further enhance her research.
Addie hopes to develop working knowledge of French, while she is at USF, to better equip herself for work in international development. Additionally, she continues to explore the Tampa area enjoying all the kayaking and hiking she can.
She started her doctorate in the civil and environmental program at the University of South Florida (USF) in the fall 2018 where she is continuing her work with heavy metal removal from drinking water. Now examining lead mitigation in locally manufactured pitcher pumps in Madagascar. She is also working on her certificate in social marketing from USF to further enhance her research.
Addie hopes to develop working knowledge of French, while she is at USF, to better equip herself for work in international development. Additionally, she continues to explore the Tampa area enjoying all the kayaking and hiking she can.