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Principal Investigator
Marco Vallejos
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Environmental Justice Needs Assessment for Health & Air Quality (Spring 2022)
Team: Elizabeth Duran (Project Lead), Paige Aldenberg, Sadie Murray, Thomas Schindelman
Summary: Health and air quality are concerns in environmental justice (EJ) work, as air contaminants and their adverse health effects inequitably impact communities that are often...
Principal Investigator
Marco Vallejos
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Environmental Justice Needs Assessment for Disasters (Spring 2022)
Team: Julianne Liu (Project Lead), Emma Cooper, Natasha Johnson-Griffin, Keegan Kessler
Summary: Natural disasters pose an increasing risk to communities worldwide. Marginalized populations, in particular, experience compounding vulnerabilities that contribute to unequal burdens of natural hazards as a result of...
Principal Investigator
Caroline Williams
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
UHEAT Urban Development (Spring 2022)
Team: Akshay Agrawal (Project Lead), Myung Sik Cho, Zainab Farid, Vanessa Machuca
Summary: Extreme heat is a leading weather-related cause of death in the United States. Given that vulnerability to extreme heat is strongly related to heat exposure and socioeconomic...
Principal Investigator
Caroline Williams
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Mexico Disasters (Spring 2022)
Team: Philip Casey (Project Lead), John Willis, Sean Nelsen, Zachary Silberman
Summary: In this project, NASA DEVELOP partnered with Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI); the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Systems Engineering Office; the United Nation’s...
Principal Investigator
Katie Lange
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Midwest Water Resources II (Spring 2022)
Team: Addison Pletcher (Project Lead), Alec Solberg, Erin Shives, Max Rock
Summary: Seasonal water variability in the midwestern United States extensively affects the agricultural community, as it impacts irrigation schedules, growing seasons, and overall ecosystem function. Evapotranspiration (ET) is...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Okefenokee Water Resources (Spring 2022)
Team: Brianne Kendall (Project Lead), Kyle Steen, Hailey Schmidt, Laramie Plott
Summary: The Okefenokee Swamp is a vital ecosystem known for its protection of biodiversity, peatland carbon sinks, and recreational and economic opportunities for local residents. The swamp has experienced several wildfires since...
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Padre Island Water Resources (Spring 2022)
Team: Lisa Tanh (Project Lead), Yuhe Chang, Rachel Lazzaro, Cameron Reimer
Summary: Land loss along Padre Island National Seashore threatens the safety of the recreational beach for the general public and endangers wildlife habitats and nesting sites. Historically, the Army Corps of...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Jobos Bay Water Resources II (Spring 2022)
Team: Lily Oliver (Project Lead), Katherine Hahn, Rachael Barrows, Susan Jarvis
Summary: High-intensity storms and coastal development negatively impact the ecosystems of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico, by causing reductions in mangrove forests and degradation of water quality. These changes compromise the...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Delaware Basin Health and Air Quality (Spring 2022)
Team: Sean Cusick (Project Lead), Amber Schlessiger, Billy Henshaw, Perrin Krisko
Summary: Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a precursor for secondary air pollutants, which are associated with decreased visibility, and decreased ecosystem and respiratory health. NO2 is a growing threat to...
Principal Investigator
Erica Carcelen
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Mississippi Embayment Water Resources (Spring 2022)
Team: Lauren Mahoney (Project Lead), Brenna Hatch, Lauren Webster, Claire Villanueva-Weeks
Summary: The Memphis Sand Aquifer (MSA) is located in the Mississippi Embayment which extends 250,000 square kilometers across nine states. Groundwater recharge factors that influence the narrow recharge...