Dr. Katherine Flanigan

Biography

Katherine Flanigan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Flanigan received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2020, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and received the Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research. She has also obtained master's degrees in Civil Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2016 and 2018 respectively, and a bachelor's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Princeton University in 2014. Flanigan's research centers on utilizing various tools and technologies from disciplines such as civil engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science to transform traditional civil infrastructure into 'intelligent' adaptable cyber-physical systems (CPS). This includes developing novel wireless sensing technologies for smart city sensor networks and utilizing CPS modeling to track the health and resilience of critical infrastructure. Her work extends to cyber-physical-social systems (CPSS) which consider the interdependencies between physical infrastructures and human interactions. Flanigan addresses the technical and social challenges involved in developing these systems, including projects focused on integrating human-centric data and community-driven data collection into the design of modern infrastructures.

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