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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 Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØand sticking around for several years more, she’s come to call Colorado home.

Education

• PhD in Civil Engineering, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, 2020

• MS in Civil Engineering, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, 2017Ìý

  • Certificate: Engineering for Developing CommunitiesÌý

• BS in Environmental Engineering, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, 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

• Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ College of Engineering and Applied Science GraduateÌýStudent Mentor Award, 2017

• Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ College of Engineering and Applied Science Dean’s Graduate Assistantship, 2015

• Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Doctoral Assistantship for Excellence Award, 2015Ìý