dr.ir. M. Pena Acosta (Monica)

Assistant Professor
ET-CEM-MD
Horst Complex
m.penaacosta@utwente.nl
+31534891795
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My work aims to enhance urban data acquisition technologies and refine the integration of diverse publicly accessible datasets, such as satellite imagery, weather stations, and cadastral records.

Central to my research is the understanding of intra-urban heat phenomena, employing data-driven methodologies to uncover correlations among socio-economic factors, urban morphology, and Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects at the street level. I use Geographic Information Systems (GIS), urban informatics, and machine learning algorithms, for an in-depth diagnosis of UHI mechanisms in both air and surface temperatures.

Expertise

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Urban Heat Island Effect
    • Street
    • Canopy
    • Urban Planning
    • Assessment
    • Modeling
    • Typology
    • Strategy

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Publications

2024
Data-driven Analysis of Urban Heat Island Phenomenon Based on Street Typology, Article 105170. Pena Acosta, M., Vahdatikhaki, F., Santos, J., Jarro, S. P. & Doree, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.105170
2023
A comparative analysis of surface and canopy layer urban heat island at the micro level using a data-driven approach, Article 104944. Pena Acosta, M., Vahdatikhaki, F., Santos, J. & Dorée, A. G.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104944Demystifying the urban heat island phenomenon: A data-driven approach. University of Twente. Pena Acosta, M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558730A comprehensive generalizability assessment of data-driven Urban Heat Island (UHI) models, Article 104701. Pena Acosta, M., Dikkers, M., Vahdatikhaki, F., Santos, J. & Dorée, A. G.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104701
2022
A framework for a comprehensive mobile data acquisition setting for the assessment of Urban Heat Island phenomenonIn Proceedings of the 39th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (pp. 1-8). International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction. Pena Acosta, M., Vahdatikhaki, F., Santos, J. & Doree, A.https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2022/0003
2021
A generalizability analysis of a data-driven method for the Urban Heat Island phenomenon assessmentIn Proceedings of the 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC) (pp. 73-80). Pena Acosta, M., Vahdatikhaki, F., Oliveira dos Santos, J. M., Hammad, A. & Doree, A.https://doi.org/10.22260/isarc2021/0012How to bring UHI to the urban planning table? A data-driven modeling approach, Article 102948. Pena Acosta, M., Vahdatikhaki, F., Santos, J., Hammad, A. & Dorée, A. G.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102948
2020
A conceptual framework for more efficient simulation of the interplay between road pavements and the Urban Heat Island phenomenonIn EG-ICE 2020 Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering: 1st–4th July 2020, Online, Proceedings (pp. 264-274). Berlin University Press. Pena Acosta, M., Vahdatikhaki, F., Santos, J. & Dorée, A. G.
2019
The evolution of Sihwa dam: A formal design theory perspectiveIn International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering, ICCEE-2009. Pukyong National University. Ibragimova, E., Pena, M. & Thompson, M. K.

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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Courses academic year 2022/2023

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University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20)
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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