Scott Struck has 20 years of water resources experience providing strategic and technical leadership to NREL on integrated water systems. Scott works across the NREL directorates performing strategic planning and research in water and wastewater treatment, supply and conveyance infrastructure, energy-water-food systems nexus and integrated water resource assessments to expand NRELs portfolio and to create high-impact research, programs, projects, internal and external teams, and partnerships. Scott regularly addresses existing problems or emerging issues through engaging with multi-disciplinary teams to develop scientifically based, applied solutions.

As a contributor to advancing the practice, Scott has authored over 50 publications including journal articles, technical reports, book chapters, guidance documents, and conference proceedings. He serves as an associate editor for the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment and is active professionally with the American Society of Civil Engineers’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute, having served on their governing board and various committees.

Scott is an adjunct faculty member at the Colorado School of Mines and dedicates time to Engineers Without Borders, as a member of the Water Standing Committee and as a mentor and responsible engineer in charge to numerous projects in East Africa and Central America.

Education

Ph.D., Water Resources Engineering and Management, Indiana University

M.S., Water Resources Engineering and Management, Indiana University

M.P.A., Env. Policy and Natural Resource Mgmt., Indiana University

B.S., Zoology, University of Washington

B.A., Psychology, University of Washington

Professional Experience

Principal Scientist/Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2022–Present)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (2020–Present)

Principal, Geosyntec Consultants (2015–2022)

Senior Water Resources Professional, Geosyntec Consultants (2012–2015)

Senior Scientist, Tetra Tech Inc. (2007–2012)

Research Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Research and Development (2004–2007)

Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Research and Development (2003–2004)

Service and Volunteer Experience

Finalist Judge, Sustainable Solutions Competition, American Society of Civil Engineers (2021–Present)

Responsible Engineer in Charge, Engineers Without Borders (2020–Present)

Water Standing Committee Member, Engineers Without Borders (2018–Present)

International Community Programs Reviewer and Responsible Engineer in Charge, Engineers Without Borders (2016–Present)

Associate Editor, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, (2015–Present)

Industrial Advisory Board Member, Engineering Research Center, Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (2016–2022)

External Proposal Reviewer, Phase II, Small Business Technology Transfer Program, National Science Foundation (2021)

Vice President, President-Elect, President, Past-President, Environmental and Water Resources Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers (2017–2021)

Review Panelist, Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems, National Science Foundation (2016–2017)

Chairman, Urban Water Resources Research Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers (2011–2013)

Associations and Memberships

American Society of Civil Engineers

Engineers Without Borders

Environmental and Water Resources Institute

Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure

Water Environment Federation

Featured Work

Black Carbon Amended Engineered Media Filters for Improved Treatment of Stormwater Runoff, ACS Environmental Au (2022)

Awards and Honors

Fellow of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (2018)