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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...
Principal Investigator
Brandy Nisbet-Wilcox
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Grand Teton Ecological Forecasting (Fall 2021)
Team: Alex Posen (Project Lead), Allyson Earl, Sarah Hettema, and Michael Hitchner
Summary: Grand Teton National Park provides habitat for a small native population of approximately 125 bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis). The reduction in population of this species is attributed to...
Principal Investigator
Nicole Ramberg-Pihl
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Western Montana Ecological Forecasting II (Fall 2021)
Team: Chelsea Morton (Project Lead), Amanda Bosserman, Caden O’Connell, and Rylee Tomey
Summary: Environmental contaminants in aquatic ecosystems threaten both human and ecosystem health. Western Montana’s rivers possess great economic and ecological value, yet the status of contaminants in these systems can...