Welcome to my blog! My name is Georgios Boumis and since 2017 I’m a Civil Engineering graduate with a specialization in Geotechnical & Hydraulic Engineering from the University of Patras in Greece. I’ve also graduated from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) with an M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering (2021), specializing in Environmental Informatics. In the past, I have worked as an intern on aspects of real-time flood forecasting at Deltares, the Dutch national institute for applied research in the field of water and subsurface. As of Spring 2021, I’m doing my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Alabama (UA) where I’m also working as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research (CCHR). My primary research interests are: a) Extreme seas, b) Coastal adaptation, and c) Disaster risk. In general, my current research revolves around the use of statistical models for quantification of flood hazard near the coast. Aside research, I’m also interested in functional and probabilistic computer programming with the use of R and Stan languages, as well as learning about the geometry of statistics! My hobbies include reading books, swimming, and playing board games, among others. Lastly, I’m a big fan of Bandai’s trading card games! In this blog, I mainly post stuff related to my academic and research background. Occasionally, I also post other things I may find interesting in (my) life…
The white reflection of summer clouds broke into a thousand pieces close to the shore…
Yukio Mishima, The Frolic of the Beasts (1961)