User:FlabiarCarbajal
About Me
I am nineteen years old, and I am a first-year undergrad at Duke University planning on studying Civil Engineering. As of right now I am leaning more towards the environmental track, but I am not too sure as both the environmental and structural tracks seem really interesting. A fun fact about me is that I was born in El Salvador, but moved to Boston when I was seven years old and have lived there ever since.
Name Pronunciation
Some background story of my name: When my dad had just arrived in the US, he worked in a restaurant with a coworker named "Flavia" (Fl-ah-vee-ah) and really liked her name. Thus, he decided to name me after her, however, he was not sure how her name was written and spelled it based on how it sounded to him. Hence, I ended with the name "Flabia"(Fl-ah-bee-ah). Although it is not spelled the same way, my family still pronounces it as "Fl-ah-vee-ah" so you can pronounce it "Fl-ah-vee-ah" or "Fl-ah-bee-ah" (I don't mind either).
Current Courses
Currently in my fall semester of freshmen year I am taking the following courses:
- Calculus 111L
- Chemistry 101
- EGR 103 Computational Methods in Engineering
- EGR 101 Engineering Design & Communication
Grand Challenges for Engineering
Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure:
- Relevant Links:
- Inequality Is a Challenge to Urban Sustainability, Fran Silverman, Yale School of the Environment, 4 April 2022, accessed 22 September 2023(Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure)
- Expert Voices 2022: Reimagining Infrastructure, PENN IUR, Penn Institute for Urban Research, 19 January 2022, accessed 22 September 2023(Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure)
- Sustainability and Infrastructure Challenges, Mikhail V. Chester, Nature Sustainability, 9 April 2019, accessed 23 September 2023(Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure)
