Casie's doctoral research focused on post-disaster housing safety, examining 10 post-disater housing programs in the Philippines following 2013's Typhoon Haiyan. She assessed both household perceptions of housing safety and the wind performance of post-disaster housing, eventually comparing the two to identify where household perceptions and engineering assessments aligned and misaligned. Her work was supported through the National Science Foundation project and the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder Seed Grant for Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction: Participation, Performance, and Community Resilience. She was awarded a United States Agency for International Development Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Graduate Fellowship. She was collaboratively advised by Dr. Amy Javernick-Will and Dr. Abbie Liel.
Education
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PhD in Civil Engineering, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder, 2020
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Certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder, 2018
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MS in Civil Engineering, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder, 2018Â
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BS in Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2016
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BS in Construction Engineering and Management, Virginia Tech, 2016
Awards
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USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Shelter & Settlements Fellow, 2019Â
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ASCE New Face of Civil Engineering, 2018Â
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Department of Education Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellow, 2016