Project Team: DEVELOP Tech Team Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Authors: Stephanie Rushley, Project Lead (North Carolina State University) Matthew Carter (U.S. Air Force) Charles Chiou (Old Dominion University) Rick Farmer (Mathews High School) Kevin Haywood (U.S. Air Force) Anthony Pototzky (Old Dominion University) Adam White (Christopher Newport University) Daniel Winker (University of Virginia) Mentors/Advisors: Lauren Childs-Gleason … Read More
Science Serving Society: NASA DEVELOP 2013 Virtual Poster Session
A grand-prize winner and runner-up have been selected for the summer 2013 Virtual Poster Session (VPS) contributed by NASA’s DEVELOP National Program. The contest included 30 projects conducted by 141 participants from around the globe.
Measuring the Past Decade’s Air Quality of Southwestern Virginia
Team Location: Wise County Clerk of Court’s Office, Wise, Virginia Authors: Suravi Shrestha (Westminster College) Daria Blach (University of Virginia’s College at Wise) Brittany Barnes (Virginia Tech) Taylor Meade (Virginia Tech) Mentors/Advisers: Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Advisor) Dewayne Cecil, Ph.D. (Global Science and Technology Inc.) Giovanni Colberg (DEVELOP Wise Center Lead) Yanina Colberg (DEVELOP Wise Center Lead) … Read More
Fire Burning: Birmingham’s Lung Decay?
Team Location: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; and Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, Alabama Authors: Binita KC (University of Georgia) Swatantra Kethireddy (Jackson State University) Jennifer Bell (University of Georgia) Eric Dobbs (University of Alabama Huntsville) Steve Padgett-Vasquez (University of Georgia) Mentors/Advisers: Jeffrey Luvall, Ph.D. (NASA, Global Hydrology and Climate Center) Marshall Shepherd, Ph.D. (University of Georgia) Thomas L. … Read More
‘Phragile’ Oasis: Phragmites in the Great Dismal Swamp
Team Location: Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Authors: Lauren Makely (Old Dominion University) Jessica Mitchum (George Mason University) April Volke (Johns Hopkins University) Valerie Linsinbigler (Christopher Newport University) Mentors/Advisers: Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Advisor) Past/Other Contributors: Taylor Beard (Christopher Newport University) DEVELOP Summer 2012 Great Dismal Swamp Health and Air Quality team (Langley Research Center) Abstract: Following … Read More
Tracking Vegetation Changes in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park
Team Location: Goddard Space and Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Oluwakonyinsola Adesoye (Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland) Anne Clark Baker (Clark University) Michael Z. Gao (Johns Hopkins University) Emily Voelker (University of Maryland, College Park) Ryan T. Williams (Clark University) Quinten Geddes (DEVELOP Goddard Center Lead) Mentors/Advisers: Jeffrey Masek, Ph.D. (NASA, GSFC) Frederick Policelli (NASA, GSFC) Gerasimos Michalitsianos … Read More
Studying Wild Fires in Coahuila, Mexico using NASA’s Earth Observations
Team Location: Wise County Clerk of Court’s Office, Wise, Virginia; and Tecnologico de Monterrey Saltillo Campus, Saltillo, Mexico Authors: Carlos Cardenas (Monterrey Tech at Saltillo) Hector Hernandez (Monterrey Tech at Saltillo) Laura Helena (Monterrey Tech at Saltillo) Katelyn Dotson (Ball State University) Pedro Rodriguez Rivera (Mountain Empire Community College) Rohini S. Swaminathan (Mountain Empire Community College) Mentors/Advisers: Kenton Ross, Ph.D. … Read More
Maximizing Yosemite’s Hydrologic Model, One Parameter at a Time
Team Location: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Authors: Evan Johnson (University of California, Los Angeles) Aimee Teaby (California State University, Monterey Bay) Mark Griffin (Arizona State University) Carlos Carrillo (Santa Clara University) Tejas Kannan (Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, California) Mentors/Advisers: John Shupe (NASA Ames Research Center, Research Scientist) Jim Roche (National Park Service, Chief Hydrologist at … Read More
Investigating Past and Future Changes in Mangrove Extent in Myanmar
Team Location: Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Authors: Chris Ferraro (Clark University) Daniel Jensen (California State University, Long Beach) Carlos Disla (University of Maryland, College Park) Mentors/Advisers: Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Advisor) Peter Leimgruber, Ph.D. (Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute) Melissa Songer, Ph.D. (Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute) Abstract: Mangrove ecosystems offer several significant services, including providing habitat and … Read More
Examining Meningococcal Meningitis and Climate in the Sahel
Team Location: International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, New York Authors: Elisabeth Gawthrop (Columbia University) Tam Tran (Columbia University) Mentors/Advisers: Pietro Ceccato, IRI (Columbia University, International Research Institute for Climate and Society) Past/Other Contributors: Madeleine Thomson, Ph.D. (Columbia University, International Research Institute for Climate and Society) Carlos Perez, Ph.D. (Columbia University, NASA Goddard Institute Space Studies) John del … Read More