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Principal Investigator
Margaret Mulhern
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The Fremont River in Utah provides water for wildlife, riparian habitats, and irrigation for approximately 16,000 acres of agricultural lands, which includes the historic orchards and pastures maintained by Capitol Reef National Park. Annual snowmelt is recognized as the primary water source within the Fremont...
Principal Investigator
Katie Lange
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Midwest Water Resource (Fall 2021)
Team: Emma Myrick (Project Lead), Erica Barth-Naftilan, Erin Shives, and Alec Solberg
Summary: Evapotranspiration (ET) is a climatic variable critical to the hydrologic cycle and is used to evaluate spatiotemporal trends in drought conditions. Although in-situ observations provide accurate ET information, these records...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
St. Joseph Peninsula Disasters (Fall 2021)
Team: Erica Kriner (Project Lead), Paige Aldenberg, James Byrne, Brianne Kendall, and Nicholas Roberge
Summary: T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park experienced significant damages from Hurricane Michael in 2018, the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the contiguous United States since 1992...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Central America Disasters (Fall 2021)
Team: Caroline Williams (Project Lead), Lauren Carey, Maria De Los Santos, Deanna Fanelli, and Payton Ireland
Summary: In November 2020, Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit Central America within weeks of each other, causing severe flooding, landslides, and widespread damage. NASA DEVELOP partnered with Comité Regional...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Bhutan Agriculture (Fall 2021)
Team: Yeshey Seldon (Project Lead), Kusal Khandal, Sherab Dolma, and Wangdrak Dorji
Summary: Rice cultivation in Bhutan has been increasingly threatened by deteriorating soil health and outbreaks of diseases and pests associated with the global change in climate patterns. Field surveys, which the...
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Fire Island Water Resources (Fall 2021)
Team: Kelly Young (Project Lead), Tyler Albrethsen, Yuhe Chang, Brenna Hatch, and Lisa Tanh
Summary: Fire Island National Seashore has experienced damaging effects as a result of coastal erosion. Erosion has become an increasingly damaging problem that has led to the destruction of...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Southeast Michigan Health & Air Quality (Fall 2021)
Team: Mariam Moeen (Project Lead), Helen Turvene, Yuan Lin, and Albert Kodua
Summary: Pollutants resulting from industrial activity can react with sunlight to create ground-level ozone, a harmful pollutant that can exacerbate respiratory health issues such as asthma. Due to a...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Washington DC & Maryland Energy (Fall 2021)
Team: Edward Cronin (Project Lead), Ashley Fernando, Jarret James, and Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan
Summary: In line with the Sustainable D.C. 2.0 plan to combat climate change, Washington D.C. aims to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions by 100% by 2050. As solar energy is...
Principal Investigator
Erica Carcelen
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Oklahoma Heath & Air Quality (Fall 2021)
Team: Carolina Rosales (Project Lead), Robert Alward, Kjirsten Coleman, Katherine Howell, and Vanessa Machuca
Summary: Tropospheric ozone (O3) is formed by anthropogenic pollutants interacting with sunlight and is considered harmful to human health in high concentrations. In the summer of 2018, the Oklahoma...
Principal Investigator
Britnay Beaudry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Maya Forest Water Resources II (Fall 2021)
Team: Stephanie Jiménez (Project Lead), Karen Alvarez, Rene Castillo, Daniel Nohren, and Stephanie Lawlor
Summary: To monitor seasonal flooding within the tri-national Maya Forest, the team completed the methodology started by the Summer 2021 term to analyze changes in inundation dynamic throughout 2017...