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RESEARCH PROJECTS
SUPPORTED BY
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
COOPERATIVE REMOTE SENSING AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
(NOAA-CREST)
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
(NIEHS)
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Predicting
West Nile Virus Risk in New York State
by Characterizing Optimal Breeding Habitats of Four Mosquito Vectors |
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Predictive
Modeling of Species Distribution Patterns Based on their
Associated Environmental Requirements using GIS and Remote Sensing
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Asthma and Air Pollution in the Bronx, NY (New
York Academy of Sciences Presentation, 1/23/2007) |
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Local Sources of Air Pollution and Environmental
Health in New York City |
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Residential Segregation and Disease
Disparities in NYC (under construction)
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STUDENT
INTERNSHIP PROJECTS |
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Re-Mapping FEMA: A Study of the 2006 Flood Plain
Rezoning and the Potential Impact
on Economic Development Project Sites |
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Evaluating the Staten Island Bluebelt: An Innovative
Program for Stormwater-Management and Flood Control |
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Lehman
GISc Students Internship Program with the NYC Department of Parks and
Recreation, Summer 2005 |
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STUDENT
AWARDS |
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NOAA-CREST
Symposium Award: Loose-coupling an air dispersion model and a
geographic information system (GIS): Asthma and air pollution in the
Bronx, New York City, Andrew Maroko |
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New York State
Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Association's Galileo Award Poster Competition: Childhood Asthma in the
Bronx, Brian Morgan |
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National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Conference Award: Researching the connection between air pollution and
asthma in the Bronx, Dellis Stanberry |
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ACSM-CaGIS
Award: Jerome Business Improvement District map, Janet Norquist |
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2009: STUDENT GISc
RESEARCH PROJECTS |
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Cluster
and Hot Spot Detection in Brooklyn, New York |
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The
Identity Crisis of New York City’s 21st Century Waterfront:
Rezoning, Redevelopment, and Climate Change |
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Youth
access to Public Swimming Pools |
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Utilizing a modified GIS based DRASTIC model for
assessing shallow groundwater vulnerability to petroleum contamination
in Queens County, New York. |
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2008: STUDENT GISc
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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A
GIS Trail Assessment Inventory of Northern Riverdale Park Preserve,
Bronx, NY |
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The New
York City Hazard Vulnerability Index (NYCHVI): Developing a GIS Based
Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Tool for the Five Boroughs of New York
City |
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Exploring the
Relationships Between Altitude and Class in New York City Using GIS |
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GIS
Evaluation of the Urban Forests of Brooklyn, NY |
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A
Demographic Study of the Cross Bronx Expressway: |
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The Inequitable
Distribution of Street Trees in Brooklyn |
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2007: STUDENT GISc
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Bars and Violent Crime in New York City |
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Optimal Site Location for a New Kingston High School,
New York |
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Mapping Noise in Ft. Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York |
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Neighborhoods in Transition: The Gentrification of
Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY |
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Using the Cadastral-based Expert Dasymetric
System to Estimate Population Impacted by Flood Hazards
in New York City |
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Site Selection Analysis for Yard Waste Composting
Facilities: Orange County, New York |
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Environmental
Justice Analysis of New York City's Elevated Trains |
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Using
GIS to Analzye the Impact of Tourism in the Deforestation of the
Everest Region |
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Analysis
of Carbon Dioxide Geologic Sequestration Opportunities in the USA |
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2006: STUDENT GISc
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Harbingers
of Violence:
Predicting Armed Conflict (pdf) |
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GIS
and Endemic Species of Bahia, Brazil:
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Optimal
Scientific Drill Pod Placements off the Coast of Barbados: A Spatial
Study
of Bathymetric Multi Beam Sonar Swath Data of the
“Shallows” SW of Barbados |
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Radioactive Colonialism:
Environmental Racism and the Exposure of Native Americans to Uranium
Mines |
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Using GIS to Assess the Loss of Cultural and
Historical Sites and Resources
Resulting from Hurricane Katrina |
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SPRING 2005: STUDENT
GISc RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Nonpoint Source Pollution Identification and
Watershed Modeling Using a GIS:
Arbutus Creek Watershed, Staten Island, NY |
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Childhood
Lead Poisoning in the Bronx:
Using GIS to Model High Risk Neighborhoods and to Target Interventions |
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Harvesting the Wind |
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Topographic Convergence Index (TCI) as a Tool to
Predict
West Nile Virus Vector Habitat |
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Location,
Location, Location:
Understanding the Environment of Outdoor Drug Markets |
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Geographical Disparities in Infant Mortality:
Using GIS to Aid in Determining Community Characteristics that May
Impact Infant Deaths in Brooklyn, New York |
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Identifying
Storm Drainage Issues in the Pond Creek Watershed of Louisville, KY |
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Lungs of
the Ocean:Using GIS to Establish Connection Between Human Activity and
Pollution of the Florida Coral Reef |
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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
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Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Facilities in the Bronx |
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Race and Waste in the Bronx: Who is Impacted by Solid
Waste Transfer Stations? |
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New York
City Harbor Water Quality Project |
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Modeling Air Emissions from Toxic Release Inventory
(TRI) Facilities and Estimating Potentially Affected Minority
Population in Westchester County, NY |
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Heavy Metal Soil Contamination in the Bronx River
Watershed |
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ZONING AND LAND USE
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Rooftops:
The Fifth Façade as Urban Frontier |
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Industrial Zoning Changes and Environmental Justice in
New York City |
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Urban Agriculture/Urban Oases: The Culture of
Community Gardening in the Bronx |
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HEALTH
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The Geography of Asthma and Air Pollution in the
Bronx, New York City |
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The Changing Geography of Hispanic Health |
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TB
Prevention and Testing Methods in New York |
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Controlling the Spread of West Nile Virus |
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Traditional
and Non-Traditional Health Care
in a Rural Community in the Dominican Republic |
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Analysis of Health Inspections of Supermarkets and
Food Stores
in the Bronx, New York |
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Childhood
Lead Poisoning in the Bronx |
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Asthma and Air Pollution: Making the Connections in
the Bronx |
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LOCAL COMMUNITY PLANNING
ISSUES
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Grafitti in Queens:
Individual Expression in the Public Realm |
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Eviction Intervention Services |
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Bronx River Alliance Greenway Map |
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Mapping the Urban
Environment: Quality -of-Life Issues in the Bronx |
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Community Gardens in the Bronx |
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HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL
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Ridges, Rivets, and Ruralization |
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Sugar
Mills in Cuba - A Historical Geography |
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DEMOGRAPHICS
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The Geography of
Race and Income in New York City |
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Socio-Economic Characteristics of Hispanics Near the
U.S. - Mexico Border |
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CRIME AND SAFETY
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Land-use and Crime in the Bronx |
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Automobile Accidents and Injuries in the Bronx |
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CONSERVATION
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Saving
the Monarch Butterfly |
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Bog Turtle Habitat in Westchester County, NY |
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California
Gray Whale Deaths |
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