I'm Collin — a PhD coastal engineer turned data scientist and software developer. My work spans water infrastructure strategy in the Middle East, coastal field research across the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, and building analytical tools that help teams make better decisions.
I've done hydraulic modeling for FEMA flood risk studies, delivered coastal alternatives analysis informing hundred-million-dollar infrastructure decisions, built GPU-accelerated simulation tools, and developed full-stack decision-support platforms for infrastructure planning and scenario evaluation. I also build websites for local businesses — because good tools should be available at every scale.
The name comes from Pacaya-Samiria — a protected wilderness in Peru where two rivers converge to form the Amazon. That confluence is the idea: bring engineering, data science, and software together in one place.
PhD Coastal Engineering, University of Florida · BS Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh · 350+ citations · Publications in PNAS, Nature Communications