Sybil Sharvelle is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a member of the Environmental Engineering focus area. Her research is focused on water reuse (graywater and reclaimed water), integrated urban water management and waste conversion to energy.

Her doctoral work included development of a system for treatment of graywater for potable reuse during space missions. This project led to her current interest in fit-for-purpose water systems, in which she has led projects funded by the Water Research Foundation, USEPA and National Science Foundation.

Sharvelle was a member of the National Research Council Committee for Beneficial Use of Graywater and Stormwater and chaired the NWRI panel for Decentralized Non-Potable Water Systems. She is a member of the One Water Solutions Institute (OWSI) at CSU and is the Technical Director of the Spur Campus Water Technology Accelerator Platform, which studies the best ways we can clean and reuse water.

Sharvell earned her B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Colorado and her Ph.D. from Purdue University.