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Principal Investigator
Julianne Liu
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
San Joaquin Valley Health & Air Quality (Summer 2023)
Team: Jonathan Szeto (Project Lead), Jasper Beardslee, Piper Christian, Bethany MacCarter, Alma Quintero
Summary: Little Manila Rising (LMR) is a nonprofit in Stockton, California that has been increasingly concerned by the air pollution in their city...
Principal Investigator
Julianne Liu
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Portland Urban Development (Summer 2023)
Team: Keegan Kessler (Project Lead), Hadwynne Gross, Jordan Larson, Adam Nayak
Summary: Urban heat is a pressing concern in Portland, Oregon as climate-change induced heat waves increase. Cities experience higher temperatures due to the urban heat island effect (UHI), and...
Principal Investigator
Caroline Williams
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Kankakee Water Resources (Summer 2023)
Team: Marisa Smedsrud (Project Lead); Hayden Hoffmeister; Oluwatosin Orimolade; Barira Rashid
Summary: In recent years, unpredictable grassing events have occurred at the Dresden Generating Station, located on the Kankakee River in northern Illinois. Grassing events are characterized by large...
Principal Investigator
Olivia Landry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Chile Wildland Fires (Summer 2023)
Team: Benjamin D. Goffin (Project Lead), Quinton Deppert, Aashutosh Aryal
Summary: Since 2010, Central and South-Central Chile have recorded abnormally low annual precipitation, resulting in over a decade-long megadrought. This water deficit has driven more severe wildfires, which begin earlier...
Principal Investigator
Olivia Landry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Aconcagua Basin Agriculture (Summer 2023)
Team: Javiera Canales (Project Lead), Daniela Quintero, Carmen Petras
Summary: The Aconcagua basin has experienced a prolonged drought since 2010, posing a significant concern to the agricultural sector, which contributes to 12% of the national agriculture output. Reduced precipitation and...
Principal Investigator
Caroline Williams
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
New York Ecological Conservation (Summer 2023)
Team: Sam Schulteis (Project Lead), Sam Haas, Stephanie Willsey, Oliver Wilson
Summary: Farmland provides ecosystems and communities with services ranging from habitat conservation to food security. As total U.S. farmland continues to decline, agricultural lands near urban areas are...
Principal Investigator
Katie Caruso
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Pacific Northwest Health & Air Quality (Summer 2023)
Team: Abby Sgan (Project Lead), Greta Bolinger, Tallis Monteiro, Cristina Villalobos-Heredia, Taylor West
Summary: Recent studies have documented a correlation between air quality and drought in the United States, which has been linked with increased aerosols including...
Principal Investigator
Laramie Plott
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Huntsville Urban Development II (Summer 2023)
Team: James Karroum (Project Lead); Awroni Bhaduri, Kindrea Gibbons, Natalie O'Kraski
Summary: Huntsville, Alabama has seen a boom in growth over recent years. One consequence of this urban expansion is the exacerbation of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect...
Principal Investigator
Laramie Plott
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Bhutan Agriculture III (Summer 2023)
Team: Sonam Seldon Tshering (Project Lead), Garab Kuenphen Dorji, Ugyen Thinley Dorji, Sangay Choden, Tenzin Lhaden
Summary: The Bhutan Agriculture III team aimed to improve agricultural efficiency in Bhutan, a nation heavily reliant on agriculture, while also facing challenges such...
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Oregon Coast Range Ecological Conservation (Summer 2023)
Team: Emily French (Project Lead), Uma Edulbehram, Sarah Hughes, Madison Arndt
Summary: Logging operations are widespread across the Oregon Coast Range and conventional logging practices pose a risk of contamination to surface water quality. The NASA DEVELOP Boston...