Environmental Research and Analysis
Low Impact Development Study for Long Term Control Plan
Partner: NYC DEP Joint Venture Team
Funding: NYC DEP
- Conducting a study for the NYCDEP Long Term Control Plan to assess the potential of incorporating low impact development systems as a means of minimizing combined sewer overflows. The study will focus on the Gowanus Canal watershed in Brooklyn. Feasibility studies of several LID systems, such as green roofs, porous pavement and back yard water harvesting tanks, will be conducted for this area. Hydrologic and economic analyses will determine the cost effectiveness of suitable LID systems.
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Watershed Management & Drinking
Water Risk Analysis
(Kerala, India)
Partner: Kerala Water Resources Department
Funding: World Bank
- Developed a state-wide sampling protocol and statistical analysis
method to understand the variability in contamination across time
and locations, leading to the development of cost-effective solutions.
Partner: Mitraniketan (Kerala
NGO)
- Designed demonstration project for rehabilitating drinking water
and groundwater recharge ponds in a drought prone area of Kerala.
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Biofuel Market Research
Partner: Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Funding: Cornell University Cooperative Extension
- Developed a survey and sampling protocol for restaurants, food processors, and rendering companies operating in Brooklyn, NY. The information will be used to estimate the total volume of waste oil that is being generated and recycled. The underlying interest of this research is to assess the potential for a small-scale biofuel industry in NYC.
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Stream Channel Transmission Loss in Arid Southwest US
Partner: Wetland Science Applications, Inc.
Funding: National Center for Housing and the Environment
- Conducted an extensive literature review and developed a predictive model of transmission losses in arid regions in the U.S. Transmission losses represent the amount of water in a stream channel that is infiltrated or evaporated as it flows downstream. Statistical model of transmission losses utilizes data on stream inflow and volume to predict total losses and the distance water will travel downstream before it is fully lost to the atmosphere or ground.
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Environmental
Conditions Assessment
(Masaya, Nicaragua)
Partner and Funding: Central Jersey / Masaya, Nicaragua
Friendship Cities Project , MASINFA
- Worked with a local NGO to evaluate the extent of environmental
degradation and other community needs in Masaya, Nicaragua. Project
focused on soil erosion, solid waste, and wastewater problems.
- Developed environmental research and design projects for international
funding.
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Development
of a Tidal Marsh Hydrology Model
Partners: Cornell University
Funding: Hudson River National Estuarine Research
Reserve, New York Sea Grant, National Science Foundation
- Developed and validated an analytical model of tidal marsh hydrology
from creekbank to interior. Separate modules describe horizontal drainage,
meteorological exchanges, and tidal pumping effects. Simulated hydrological
implications of various restoration scenarios.
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Hudson
River Tidal Wetland Monitoring
(Rockland Co. NY)
Partners: Cornell University
Funding: Hudson River National Estuarine Research
Reserve, New York Sea Grant, National Science Foundation
- Monitored the hydrology of Piermont Marsh so that it could serve
as a reference for local marsh restoration efforts. Installed and
monitored precipitation gages, tide gages, groundwater monitoring
wells; hydrologically referenced major vegetation communities; and
created animation of subsurface water table fluctuations.
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