
CPT Abigail Crocker is an Engineer Officer and Instructor in the Department of Systems Engineering. She graduated from USMA with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering with honors and received a Master of Science in engineering management from Missouri University of Science and Technology. She then earned a Ph.D. in operations research and industrial engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
CPT Crocker is a licensed Professional Engineer and certified Project Management Professional. She served as an Equipment Platoon Leader in Beast Company, 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. She rotated to Camp Hovey, Korea, from Fort Hood, TX, with the 91st Engineer Battalion as an Assistant Operations Officer and returned to Beast Company as the Executive Officer upon redeployment.
Following the Engineer Captain’s Career Course, CPT Crocker joined the 92nd Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade as the Engineer Plans Officer in Kuwait and served as the 92nd Engineer Battalion Headquarters Company Commander from October 2019 to June 2021 at Fort Stewart, GA.
Ph.D., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering - University of Texas at Austin
M.S., Engineering Management - Missouri University of Science and Technology
B.S., Civil Engineering- U.S. Military Academy
Current Research
Crocker, Abigail J., and Boyles, Stephen D. Heuristic Selection in Disaster Recovery Sequencing.
Selected Publications
Crocker, Abigail J. "Postdisaster Transportation Network Recovery." Doctoral Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 2024. McCauley, Abigail J., Knuuti, Kevin, Mlakar, Paul F. "Ground Snow Loads Revisited." Proceedings of the International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, 2015.