Projects Fall 2018
Coastal and marine environment analysis, hurricane impacts- Bowling, Daniel: Investigating Sub-tidal and Inter-tidal Oyster Reef Spatial and Temporal Shifts in North Carolina
- Christianson, Kayla: Assessing Vulnerability of Coastal Waters to Invasion by the Tunicate Clavelina oblonga
- Krynock, Laurel: Analyzing Impacts of Hurricane Florence on a Coastal Erosion Hotspot in Kitty Hawk, NC
- Nasrallah, Russell: Creating a Coastal Digital Elevation Model From Multiple Elevation Data Sources for Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Neville, Justine: Evaluating the Accuracy of the Saltwater Vulnerability Index (SIVI) throughout the Albemarle - Pamlico Peninsula.
- Pierce, Austin: A 2.5D Seismic Exploration of the Ayeyarwady River Subaqueous Delta in the Andaman Sea
- Poisson, Autumn: Upscaling Mesh Resolutions to Improve Storm Surge Predictions in Coastal North Carolina
- Pope, Madeline: Weather- Based Topological Changes to Brunswick County Beaches in North Carolina
- Rucker, Carter: Projection of High Resolution Storm Surge Model Using New Mesh in Miami, FL
- Woodruff, Johnathan: Automated GRASS model using Python to produce sub-grid scale correction factors for use in ADCIRC model
Flow modeling: Watershed analysis, flood risk modeling, soil erosion
- Caslin, Michael: Conducting a Site Suitability Analysis to determine Swine CAFOs most at Risk of Flooding during major Storm Events
- King, Susan: What's in a watershed, and what can we learn about the accumulation of trash on the shoreline of Jordan Lake?
- Manner, Catherine: Analysis of Toms Creek Watershed using soil erosion models to prioritize conservation of sub-watersheds.
- Metcalf, Taylor: The Influence of Surrounding Watersheds to the Physical and Chemical Composition of Congaree National Park
- Molumby, Ryan: Determining Flood Zones Using Height Above the Nearest Drainage (HAND) and Reclassify in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Morris, Lana: Modeling Post-Fire Debris-Flow Probability using Machine Learning for the 2015 Walker Fire in Mono County, California
- Parra, Jennifer: Potential New Site for a Coho Salmon Hatchery in Santa Cruz California
- Rogers, Harold: Displaying peak flow water heights along Shoal Creek in Austin, Texas
- Stewart, Trevor: An Inundation Comparison Using the HAND and HEC-RAS/HEC-GeoRAS Methods in Reno, NV
- Valenciano, Guillermo, Identify flood hazard areas between Lillington and Fayetteville NC using the Cape Fear River watershed basin.
- Wasson, Mary: Using HAND method to model major rain events and the impact on sewer infrastructure and building footprints in Clinton, SC
Transportation, least cost path applications
- Anderson, Alexander: Identifying Ideal Locations for Public Transportation Hubs in Fort Walton Beach and Destin, FL
- Azarby, Sahand: Subjective and Objective Trail Design in Landscape Architecture Projects.
- Fanzutti, Jennifer: Developing a Network of Walking and Biking Trails and the Placement of a Park in Naugatuck CT Open Space
- Heeter, Lyndsay: Creating Efficient Fiber Network Routing Automation in Wake County, NC.
Vegetation and habitat mapping and analysis, plant disease modeling
- Baines, Blake: Assessing the Accuracy of LiDAR Measurements of Overstory Canopy Height Using Field Data DBH-Height Calculations
- Cohrs, Chris: Calculating Leaf Area Index for Loblolly Pine Plantations in the Southeast from Sentinel-2
- Henry, Josh: Temporal Modeling of Tobacco Growth in Response to Nutrient Status using UAV-Based Sensors
- McDiarmid, Madison: Associating Solar Insolation with Habitat Selection of the Black-Throated Green Warbler in the NC Uwharries
- Ojwang, Maureiq: Testing of r.spread.sod by simulating the spatial spread of Cucurbit Downy Mildew in North Carolina
Solar energy potential mapping
- Piotrowski,Ann: Differences in Solar Energy Potential using a Digital Elevation Model and Digital Surface Model at Sungold Farm, Winston-Salem, NC.
- Turner, Joshua: Assessing Best Site Options for Rooftop Solar Generation in the Greenland’s Neighborhood, Yorktown VA.
Presentation schedule
Tuesday November 27
- Nasrallah, Russell: Creating a Coastal Digital Elevation Model From Multiple Elevation Data Sources for Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Neville, Justine: Evaluating the Accuracy of the Saltwater Vulnerability Index (SIVI) throughout the Albemarle - Pamlico Peninsula.
- Poisson, Autumn: Upscaling Mesh Resolutions to Improve Storm Surge Predictions in Coastal North Carolina
- Pope, Madeline: Weather- Based Topological Changes to Brunswick County Beaches in North Carolina
- Rucker, Carter: Projection of High Resolution Storm Surge Model Using New Mesh in Miami, FL
- Woodruff, Johnathan: Automated GRASS model using Python to produce sub-grid scale correction factors for use in ADCIRC model
- Azarby, Sahand: Subjective and Objective Trail Design in Landscape Architecture Projects.
- Baines, Blake: Assessing the Accuracy of LiDAR Measurements of Overstory Canopy Height Using Field Data DBH-Height Calculations
- Caslin, Michael: Conducting a Site Suitability Analysis to determine Swine CAFOs most at Risk of Flooding during major Storm Events
- Henry, Josh: Temporal Modeling of Tobacco Growth in Response to Nutrient Status using UAV-Based Sensors
- Ojwang, Maureiq: Testing of r.spread.sod by simulating the spatial spread of Cucurbit Downy Mildew in North Carolina
- Pierce, Austin: A 2.5D Seismic Exploration of the Ayeyarwady River Subaqueous Delta in the Andaman Sea