About me (after several attempts, still a draft)

I am passionate about using research and engineering to help folks. I have a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, master's degree in Production Engineering, and PhD degree in Urban and Regional Science. However, I don’t consider myself an expert in any one particular area — I’m more of a generalist. I research to improve practices on risk assessment related to natural hazards with social impacts. The research areas I focus on are at the nexus of the sub-fields of urban geography and human ecology, and include using geographic information science for analyses of risk, urban hazards, and social impacts.

As part of the hurricane evacuation studies, I research hurricane risk on coastal communities. Still learning, I try to use probabilistic causal analysis through influence diagrams, which includes mapping risk for possible better risk communication and to the development of behavioral surveys. Also, I love teaching and preparing presentations. I am privileged to teach Urban Analytical Methods and Planning Methods. At work, I'm a coding and reproducible research enthusiast who tries to employ open-source data and software as much as possible.

Educational Background

Affiliation

Research Interests

Research question: what's the risk?

Skills

Notes

Bookmarks
Abuabara cv short
Map Colors
Notes
Music to Test Headphones
Applications
QGIS / GIS day
Tamu VPN
Terminal Codes
R notes
wget
Tamu Supercomputer