Presentation Schedule
Thursday, April 2
Presentations - Zoom Room 1
9:30 AM | A Case Study of Community Solar's Impact on the Energy Affordability of Minnesota's Low-to-Moderate Income Households | Annie Jung |
9:55 AM |
Impact of the Regulatory Landscape on New Nuclear Generation in the United States |
Sarah Vondracek |
10:20 AM |
NatureWatt LLC. - A Guide to Environmentally and Socially Responsible Utility-Scale Solar Development in the Southeastern United States |
Alicia Oberholzer Alexis Schuster |
11:05 AM |
The Power of Energy and Infrastructure Coordination: An Evaluation of Microgrid-Based Enterprise Viability |
Tim Singer Andrew Slaughter |
12:20 PM |
Global Opportunities in Capacity and Ancillary Markets |
Regan Fink |
12:45 PM |
A Business Plan for Residential Microgrid Software |
Lisa Sundeen |
1:10 PM |
Estimating the Social and Economic Impacts from Renewable Energy Developments in Emerging Energy Markets |
Camille Kaynor Monica Simarmata Jiayi Zhang |
1:55 PM |
The Electric Vehicle Transition: An Analysis of The EV Value Chain and Market Entry Strategies For NRG |
Tucker Adams Emily Davenport Jay Vitha |
2:40 PM |
Electric Utilities and The Electric Vehicle Market: A Decision-Making Tool for State-Specific Strategies |
Aishwarya Jaishankar Michelle Weaver |
Presentations - Zoom Room 2
9:30 AM |
A Review of the Massachusetts Regulated Waste Disposal Industries Focusing on Transportation Emissions |
Stefanie Wood |
9:55 AM |
Capstone on Corporate Social Responsibility: Mapping a framework to integrate gender and climate initiatives in the private sector |
Sheena Thiruselvan |
10:20 AM |
Piloting Leave No Trace (TM) Programming with People Experiencing Homelessness on Public Land in Austin, Texas |
LaJuan Tucker |
10:45 AM |
A Strategy for Increasing the Efficacy of Timber Enforcement at U.S. Borders |
Naimah Aziz |
11:10 AM | Collaborative Watershed Governance: A Case Study of the New York-New Jersey Harbor and Estuary | Christopher Girgenti |
11:35 AM |
Evaluating NGO-Corporate Partnership Effectiveness: A Case Study of the Environmental Defense Fund |
Alexander Nichols-Vinueza |
12:20 PM |
Inclusive Conservation: Improving Collaboration with Tribes in the United States |
Katherine Lyons Lannette Rangel Jillian Hanson Julia Whitten |
1:05 PM |
Flows of Water and Wildlife in KAZA |
Gabriela Garcia Ga-on Lee Jannette Morris |
1:50 PM |
Analyzing Electricity Use and its Relationship with Electricity Quality in Rural India |
Sara Dong |
2:15 PM |
Communicating Climate Change in Eastern North Carolina: Rural Attitudes on Extreme Weather and Climate Resilience |
Elizabeth Rowe |
2:40 PM | Policy Options to Achieve the City of Philadelphia’s Climate Change Goals |
Rebecca Anger |
Presentations - Zoom Room 3
9:30 AM |
Exploring the potential link between PFAS exposure through drinking water and adverse birth outcomes in North Carolina |
Wanchen Xiong |
9:55 AM |
Measuring exposure to strobilurin fungicides in strawberries, grapes, and spinach: Does washing the produce make a difference? |
Stella Wang |
10:20 AM |
Associations between Adverse Birth Outcomes and CAFOs in North Carolina |
Chengyang Wang |
10:45 AM |
Analyzing Euthyroid & Hyperthyroid Indoor Cat Exposure to Flame Retardants |
Mary-Catherine Osteen |
11:10 AM |
Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Pre- vs Post-Bioremediation |
Beverly deSouza |
11:35 AM |
Acute and developmental exposure of organophosphate insecticide, diazinon, impacts mitochondrial bioenergetics and neurobehavior in aging, adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) |
Jonna Boyda |
12:20 PM |
Visualizing ecotoxicology’s extrapolation dilemma: A case study of aquatic toxicity data for 17Œ±-ethynylestradiol (EE2) and discussion of implications for Ecological Risk Assessment |
Sena McCrory |
12:45 PM |
Evaluating Efficiency of Algae Model to Predict Productivity |
Guerbine Fils-aime |
1:10 PM |
The Effects of Negative Ion Indoor Air Filtration on Selected Biomarkers in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Double-Blind Crossover Trial |
Yan Sun |
1:35 PM |
Applying urinary biomarkers of 11-dehydrothromboxane B2) and 8-isoprostane to understand the health effects of PM2.5 and ozone |
Yang Wang |
2:00 PM |
An Assessment of Federal and State PFOA Drinking Water Guidelines and a Probabilistic Evaluation of the EPA PFOA Health Advisory |
Adam Mushnick |
2:25 PM |
Agent Based Model to Assess Malaria Transmission Drivers in the Ecuadorian Amazon |
Maria Velasco Delgado |
2:50 PM | Synoptic and Large-scale Circulation Causes of Extreme Precipitation on the Southeast Coast of the Atlantic Ocean | Yike Yu |
Presentations - Zoom Room 4
9:30 AM |
Sustainability in Property Management Companies |
Shabib Ansari Pradnya Bhandari Yifei Zhang |
10:15 AM |
From Farm to Fabric: Tracing Brand and Retailer Needs for Sustainable Materials through the Supply Chain |
Alexandra Marchyshyn Megan Parker |
11:00 AM | Spearheading Sustainability in the Travel Industry | Samantha Burch Courtney McCorstin Annabelle Mercer |
12:20 PM |
Evaluating Upstream Scope 3 Emissions and Setting Science-Based Targets for Cree Inc. |
Benjamin McCormack Luofei Yan Meredith Zhang |
1:05 PM |
Lenovo: Waste Intensity Improvements in Operations |
Anna Chang Sarah Fromm Bipasha Ray |
1:50 PM |
Counter Culture Coffee B Corp Certification |
Jonathan Espitia Hannah Kelley-Bell |
2:35 PM |
Mapping Tourism Pressure in the Sunda-Banda Seascape (Indonesia) MPA-Network and its Implications for MPA Performance |
Tamera Ihsan |
3:00 PM |
Assessing Fishing Pressure In a Small-Scale Fishery in St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean |
Grace Cullinan |
Presentations - Zoom Room 5
9:30 AM |
Evaluating the Runoff Nutrients Removal Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure in Downtown Durham, NC |
Huiying Fan |
9:55 AM |
Analyzing Conservation-Siting Decisions and Spillover Effects in North Carolina |
Shivangi Jain |
10:20 AM |
Planning a Sustainable Tree Canopy for Durham |
Grace Hancock Alex Vanko Mingfei Xiong |
11:05 AM |
Framework for Sustainable Vanilla Cultivation in Madagascar |
Erika Munshi |
11:30 AM |
Carbon Offsetting in Agroforestry Systems |
Elizabeth Houghton |
12:20 PM |
A Bi-Community Biological Corridor in Oaxaca, Mexico |
Krista Erdman Virginia Patterson Zifeng Wang Kim Myers |
1:05 PM |
Management for an imperiled reptile on a barrier island: Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) |
Kelly Joyner Hannah Royal |
1:50 PM |
Methods for Surveying White-tailed Deer in the Duke Forest |
Kaitlin Saxton |
2:15 PM |
Assessing Human-Carnivore Conflict Dynamics and Compensation Payment Processes in a Landscape of Coexistence |
Rupinder Bakhshi |
2:40 PM |
Gray Fox and Red Fox Distributions of Durham and Orange Counties, North Carolina |
Madison Cole |
3:05 PM |
North American Tree Migration Paced by Fecundity and Recruitment Through Contrasting Mechanisms East and West |
Shubham Sharma |
friday, April 3
Presentations - Zoom Room 1
9:30 AM |
The Dynamics of Estimated Health Burdens Due to Air Pollution Exposure - A Case Study in China |
Qiao Yu |
9:55 AM |
Ozone Concentration Change in China from 2010 and its Influence on Crop Yield |
Dianyi Li |
10:20 AM |
Analysis of Electric Utility EV Proposals |
Meghana Gowni Siyuan Zhang |
11:05 AM |
Moving Duke to a Clean Future - An Approach Through Electric Vehicles |
Xin Zhang Yuchen Zhu |
12:20 PM |
Cost Barriers Analysis for Public and Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Stations |
Elizabeth Shenaut |
12:45 PM |
Community-Based Tourism as a Sustainable Development Strategy With a Focus on the Caribbean Region |
Caitlin Maggio |
1:10 PM |
Economics of Direct Air Capture (of CO2) |
Veronica Cortes Caryn Laska |
1:55 PM | Analyzing Drivers of Residential Electricity Consumption in Mexico | Jessica Siegel Amanda Ullman Karen Wu |
2:40 PM | Methods for Surveying White-tailed Deer in the Duke Forest | Kaitlin Saxon |
Presentations - Zoom Room 2
9:30 AM |
Bagmati River Water Quality after Cleanup Campaign and Implementation of Bagmati River Basin Project |
Banita Rana |
9:55 AM |
Exploring Leadership in California’s Environmental Policy Space |
Jonathan Gilbert |
10:20 AM |
Voluntary Tribal Engagement Strategies for Save the Redwoods League |
Nicholas Pardi Justin Lindenberg |
11:05 AM |
Living Shorelines for Coastal Resilience: Developing a Decision Support Framework to Analyze Coral Reef Restoration Sites |
Kristen Anderson |
11:30 AM |
Cleaning the Waters of the Snake River |
Wade Allred |
12:20 PM |
Playspace Greening in Low-Income Communities: Observations from U.S. Urban Parks and Playfield Renovations |
Tyler Sammis |
12:45 PM |
Assessing Nutrient Credit Trading and Local Water Quality in the Rivanna Watershed |
Kettie Rupnik |
1:10 PM |
Redefining Algal Bloom Management Pathways in North Carolina |
Caroline Watson Kristine Swann Tristen Townsend Jacob Grief Lindsay Roth |
1:55 PM |
Examining Local Policy Responses to Changing Hazards in Coastal North Carolina |
Keith Bollt Darren Fogarty Suzanne Mullins |
2:40 PM |
A Mathematical Model to Assist Phytoremediation Management and Evaluation |
Xin Wang |
Presentations - Zoom Room 3
9:30 AM |
Environmental Water Markets: Growth Trends & Opportunities for Further Investment |
Bryan David |
9:55 AM |
Sea Level Rise in North Carolina - Strategies for Mitigating Flood Risk |
David Nimer |
10:20 AM |
Financing Water Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities |
Walker Grimshaw Ruby Stanmyer Simon Warren Rachel Bash Kat Horan |
11:05 AM |
Business Opportunities for Water Pollution Remedies Using Microbiomes |
Stefanie Bailey |
11:30 AM |
Classifying Marine Protected Areas |
Gia Mancini |
12:20 PM |
Investigating the Relationships Between Timber and Forage Yields in a Loblolly-Switchgrass Silvopastoral System |
Colin Carroll |
12:45 PM |
Analysis of the Feasibility and Efficacy of Sustainable Pollinator Bee Certifications for Almond Producers in California |
Emily McNamara |
1:10 PM |
Embedding Climate Change in Strategic Investment Decision-Making: Developing a Global Timber Resource Constraint Under Various Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) |
Rosanne Lam Julia Monsarrat Vicky Jia Cai May Tan |
1:55 PM |
Brown Hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) Distribution: Nuances in Modeling a Generalist Species |
Allison Killea |
2:20 PM |
Understanding Visitor Attitudes and Behaviors to Improve Management of Wild Horses |
Lea Selby |
Presentations - Zoom Room 4
9:30 AM |
Instrument Design and Economic Modeling of a Program to Address Biological and Land Use Emissions from Cattle Farms in Colombia |
Juan Llano Caldas |
9:55 AM |
Coastal Migration and Climate Adaptation |
Corey Sugerik Kunxin Zhu |
10:40 AM |
Unleashing Strategy for Sustainability: Integration of Corporate Strategy and Sustainability Methodologies to Enable Companies to Generate Financial, Environmental, and Social Value |
Joseph Hodges |
11:05 AM |
Water Risk Assessment & Strategy: Lenovo Group Ltd. |
Dennis Lee Felipe Raby Amadori |
12:20 PM |
Environmental Justice Analysis of Post-Hurricane Recovery Funding |
Kyle Cornish Rachel Gonsenhauser Alicia Zhao |
1:05 PM |
Effectively Communicating with Subsistence Fish Consumers to Reduce Exposure to Contaminants |
Martin Dietz Steven Yang |
1:50 PM |
FERC Order 841: Analysis of Actions by Wholesale Market Operators to Incorporate Energy Storage |
Arunika Chandra Amit Ranjan Quentin Cui Udit Gupta |
2:35 PM |
Sustainable Microgrid Development for Productive Use |
Ruth Kara Edward Lins Connor Valaik |
Presentations - Zoom Room 5
9:30 AM |
Mapping 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and its Impact to Marine Ecosystems |
Hanyu Wang |
9:55 AM |
Life History Analysis and Identification of Potential Manta Ray Nursery Grounds |
Nicholas Werner |
10:20 AM |
Geospatial and Statistical Analysis of China’s Marine Capture Fisheries: Purse Seines’ and Trawlers’ Fishing Effort and Catch |
Jingyi Sun |
10:45 AM |
Inferring Survival and Mortality of Stranded Common Dolphins off Cape Cod, MA Using Satellite Telemetry Data |
Audrey White |
11:10 AM |
Migratory Connectivity of the Chatham Albatross: Assessing Vulnerability to Longline Fishing Throughout Their Migratory Cycle |
Brittany Pashkow |
11:35 AM |
A Review of Successful Practices in Environmental Education |
Walter Wright |
12:20 PM |
Examining the Possible Influence of Genetics on Migration and Habitat Preference in Callinectes sapidus |
Megan Moran |
12:45 PM |
Occurrence, Distribution and Reproductive Status of Female Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Roanoke Sound, NC |
Waverly Reibel |
1:10 PM |
Environmental Education Evaluation Guide created for Rookery Bay National Estuary Research Reserve |
Natalie Rodriguez |
1:35 PM |
Reconstructing Coastal Identity: An Examination of Changing Fisheries and Gentrification in Beaufort, North Carolina |
Lauren Mariolis Catherine Morse |
2:20 PM |
Tourism, Environmental Stewardship, and Community Engagement on Andros Island, Bahamas |
Emily Melvin |
2:45 PM |
Carbon Finance and Biogas Strategy in Indonesia |
Sean Fitzpatrick |
3:10 PM |
Integrating Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) Into Coastal Land Management Strategies in North Carolina |
Cameron Adams |
About Master's Projects
The Master’s Project is a culminating hands-on experience for all Master of Environmental Management (MEM) and Master of Forestry (MF) students. Working in small groups, students apply the skills and knowledge they’ve acquired in the classroom to projects that tackle real-world environmental challenges.
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