Olivia Landry
Youngstown & Warren Disasters (Fall 2022)
Team: Lauren Mahoney (Project Lead), David Henriques, Nada Haddad, Thomas Ferrell
Summary: Both pluvial and fluvial flooding events pose direct challenges to urban infrastructure and communities across the United States. Heavy rainfall events oversaturate the ground, overflow waterbodies, and...
Olivia Landry
Keweenaw Bay Water Resources (Fall 2022)
Team: Khaim Syed-Raza (Project Lead), Sofia Vahutinsky, Lisa Siewart, Nora Whitelaw-McDonald
Summary: The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) has a shoreline south of Lake Superior that is contaminated with copper stamp sands from legacy mining. The stamp sands have...
Kathleen Lange
Gulf of Mexico Health & Air Quality II (Fall 2022)
Team: Ben Dahan (Project Lead), Melodi Hess, Rene Castillo, Vanessa Machuca
Summary: Offshore oil and gas production in the United States is a significant source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and accounts for nearly 30%...
Kathleen Lange
Western Tennessee Water Resources (Fall 2022)
Team: Lauren Webster (Project Lead), Elena Pilch, Michael Pazmino, Katera Lee
Summary: The Memphis Aquifer (MA) is located in the Mississippi Embayment that extends 250,000 square kilometers across nine states. Fayette and Haywood counties in West Tennessee are situated...
Brandy Nisbet-Wilcox
Idaho Wildfires II (Fall 2022)
Team: Talissa Cota (Project Lead), Dana Drinkall, Ryan Healey, Tyler Morvant
Summary: The western United States has experienced twenty years of increased and prolonged drought, which has exacerbated wildfire hazards. These hazards jeopardize population centers through increased risks to ecosystem...
Carli Merrick
Bryce Canyon Water Resources (Fall 2022)
Team: Aaron Carr (Project Lead), Mel Frost, Alissa Stark, Ashley Grinstead
Summary: Bryce Canyon National Park is home to groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) that are threatened by a multidecadal drought and increased groundwater extraction due to a spike in tourism...
Sarah Payne
Georgia Disasters (Fall 2022)
Team: Isabella Chittumuri (Project Lead), Nancee Uniyal, Nathan Tesfayi, Shakirah Rogers
Summary: In September 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in southern Georgia, causing severe flooding and widespread destruction. Disaster recovery programs were inaccessible for heirs' property owners due to title difficulties...
Sarah Hettema
Eastern Plains Agriculture (Fall 2022)
Team: Jillian Joubert, Sarah Hettema, Deni Ranguelova, TR Ingram, Max Stewart
Summary: Adaptive management on cattle ranches requires rangeland managers to decide the location and duration of the cattle grazing activity across different pastures. Biodiversity, forage availability, and cattle health...
Sarah Hettema
Carmel Valley Urban Development (Fall 2022)
Team: Cooper Campbell (Project Lead), Julia Portmann, Devina Garcia, Audrey Wilson
Summary: Urban expansion in diverse ecosystems has numerous detrimental impacts, including diminished biodiversity, impaired water quality, and reduced carbon storage potential. In the Carmel Valley region of California’s...
Lisa Tanh
San Diego Water Resources (FALL 2022)
Team: Ethan Gates (Project Lead), Stefanie Mendoza, Jonathan Szeto, Max VanArnam
Summary: Stormwater and wastewater runoff are a large source of pollutant discharge along the southern California coast and are a major concern to the health of local communities...