Tenemos el agrado de invitar a la comunidad a la charla que realizara la profesora Dra. Kasey Faust el día lunes 17 de junio a las 12:15 pm en la sala C-300. La Dra. Kasey Faust se desempeña como profesora asociada en el programa de Ingeniería de Construcción y Gestión de Proyectos de la escuela de Ingeniería Civil de la Universidad de Texas en Austin, Estados Unidos.
BIO: Dr. Kasey M. Faust is an Associate Professor & John A. Focht Centennial Teaching Fellow in Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research on sociotechnical projects (primarily water sector infrastructure) aims to improve access to basic necessities for underserved communities. The provision of water is threatened by aging and decaying water infrastructure systems, insufficient access, lack of funding for capital projects, workforce constraints, and exposure to frequent and severe hazards. To address these urgent challenges, she studies water infrastructure systems through a sociotechnical systems lens to improve the delivery of safe and reliable water services. Her work advances our understanding of resiliency and proposes novel physical, managerial, and operational solutions. Questions posed are impact-driven to support decision-making around critical and emerging challenges for sustainable projects, improved access, and equitable services. Through this work, she has published over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts and proceedings. Her work has been widely recognized through numerous awards and recognitions, such as the ASCE Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction.
La Dra. Faust realizará una presentación sobre el siguiente tema.
TITLE: Is Equitable Water Service a Pipe Dream? Exploring Infrastructure and Access in the Arctic
ABSTRACT: Providing water services in rural Alaska is a complex endeavor. Intertwined environmental, economic, and social factors can create barriers to reliable water services in communities. For instance, melting permafrost can threaten the structural integrity of infrastructure, or a lack of trained workforce can lead to system neglect. The geographic isolation of these communities can lead to extreme challenges for construction spanning basic maintenance to capital projects. Thousands of homes in rural Alaska still today do not have in-home water services, with many communities experiencing a decline in the number of homes that have access to water. Those that are served often experience disruptions. Such gaps in service lead to extreme water conservation and water quality issues, causing health disparities in Native communities that have been historically disenfranchised.
