Student WORK
Undergraduate student research
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Maddie Weikel
Class of 2020, Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Environmental Studies, New York University
This project, “Framework for Assessing Climate Change Implications of Green Stormwater Infrastructure”, won 2019 Penn State Drawdown Scholars Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program.
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Sanjana Roy
Class of 2020, Middlebury College
This project, “Carbon Sequestration & Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Urban Green Infrastructure: A Case Study of Penn State’s University Park“, won 2020 Penn State Drawdown Undergraduate Research Scholar.
Masters’ thesis and capstones
03
Jie Yang
Class of 2019, Master of Landscape Architecture
This capstone project, “Stormwater Design Toolbox for Managing Interchange Runoff in Beijing“, explores the significant causes of interchange flooding in Beijing and develops prototype designs in potential spaces both around and upstream from the interchanges for stormwater management.
04
Jiayao Tang
Class of 2019, Master of Landscape Architecture
This capstone project, “Stormwater Design Toolbox for Managing Interchange Runoff in Beijing“, explores the significant causes of interchange flooding in Beijing and develops prototype designs in potential spaces both around and upstream from the interchanges for stormwater management.
05
Leslie Hendricks
This project “Recommendations for the Effective Implementation of Phytoremediating Plants in Bioretention Systems”, focuses on identifying knowledge gaps in regional or municipal landscape design manuals to incorporate organized principles of designing for pollutant removal in bio-retention systems.
06
Mahsa Adib
Class of 2021, M.S. in Landscape Architecture
This research, “Fostering Community-Engaged Green Stormwater Infrastructure Through the Use of Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS)”, employs a qualitative case study and survey methodology to evaluating the processes, outcomes, and impacts of the existing applied community engagement mechanisms for GSI development to measure to what extent such goals are met.
Ph.D. Dissertations
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Rui Wang
Ph.D.Candidate of Architecture / Focused on Landscape Architecture
This study, “Assessing public perception of green stormwater infrastructure in Chinese sponge cities“, uses in-depth expert interviews, public surveys, and document analysis to capture perceptions of GSI, and develop a social benefits framework to understand the public perceptions and perceived social benefits of GSI.
