Projects Spring 2026
Project Titles
- Griffin Angus - Examining Wildfires and Their Effect on Snowpack in the North West US
- Amelia Brady - Evaluation of Interpolation Techniques for Understanding Urban Heat Islands in Durham, North Carolina
- Olivia Burke - Exploring Atlantic Sturgeon Migration and Habitat in the Roanoke River
- Arohan Dutt - Quantifying the Cooling Effect of Durham's 2025 to 2028 Tree Planting Program in Hayti
- Lonnie Fox - Identifying Potential Contributing Variables to American Black Bear-Vehicle Mortalities
- Leah Haynes - Determining Impacts of Impervious Surfaces on Hunting Land in Durham County, NC
- Kevin Kerwin - Combining the Strengths of Interpolated Depth Soundings and Side-Scan Sonar to Improve Bathymetric Model Accuracy
- Kaylin Lewandowski - Assessing the Relationship Between Vegetation Coverage, Precipitation, and Mosquito Risk in North Carolina
- Tania Mendoza-Martinez - Geomorphometric-Based Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of the Cape Hatteras Barrier Island System, North Carolina
- Uzma Miraj - Geomorphometric Analysis and Landform Classification of Wake County, North Carolina
- Dustin Moss - Elevation, Area, and Volume Relationships and Land Cover Impacts of the Proposed Little River Reservoir, Wake County, North Carolina
- Myleigh Neill - Viewshed Analysis of ECONet Stations for Wildfire Monitoring in Western North Carolina
- Emily Ogburn - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Density and Risk of Infestation in North Carolina Apple Orchards
- Anna O'Reilly - Quantifying Variable Impact on Urban Heat Islands in the Tampa Bay Region
- Stephanie Ortiz - Investigating the Impacts of PM 2.5 Concentrations on Solar Irradiance from the 2008 Evans Road NC Wildfire
- Halie Paris - DEM-Derived Terrain Analysis for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
- Katerina Pascht - Watershed Fire Risk Assessment in the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
- Charles Peterson - Identifying Urban Heat Islands in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Andrew Ross - Interactive Adaptation Tool for Barrier and Inlet Placement and Overland-Flow Simulation on a Modified Digital Elevation Model: A GRASS GIS-Based Scenario Framework Applied to Hatteras, NC
- Elise Walker - Waterline Retreat and Urban Expansion in the Lake Mead-Las Vegas Region: A Comparison of 2001 and 2019