ShayeÌýPalagi

  • PhD Graduate
  • CIVIL SYSTEMS
  • ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES
Address
428 UCB
ECCE 153
Boulder, CO 80309-0428

Shaye's current research is focusingÌýon how construction and planning decisions are managed in post-disaster relocation projects. She focuses on relocation projects set in motion by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, specifically around Tacloban City. Her work is supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and a United States Agency for International Development Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Fellowship. Shaye is also an officer in the Montana Air National Guard as a RED HORSE civil engineer. She grew up in Montana but after getting her bachelors at CU and sticking around for several years more, she’s come to call Colorado home.

Education

  • PhD in Civil Engineering, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ, 2020

  • MS in Civil Engineering, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ, 2017Ìý

    • Certificate: Engineering for Developing CommunitiesÌý

  • BS in Environmental Engineering, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ, 2015

    • Minor: Religious Studies

    • Certificate: Peace and Conflict StudiesÌý

Awards

  • USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Fellow, 2017

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2017

  • ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ College of Engineering and Applied Science GraduateÌýStudent Mentor Award, 2017

  • ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ College of Engineering and Applied Science Dean’s Graduate Assistantship, 2015

  • ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Doctoral Assistantship for Excellence Award, 2015Ìý