Tissue engineering is an important field of research that could be used to improve the lives of those in need of new replacement organs. Scaffolds which are an important part of shaping and providing support for engineered tissue must be biocompatible, biodegradable and provide enough strength to support basic functions. This research (Mechanical Characterization of Nano-material Doped Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)) would help provide information on how altering the structure of the scaffolds could enhance its mechanical characteristics. This information could then be used to determine if the material could be used for engineered organs that would undergo higher amounts of stress.
This project used public records of gas-related reports and gas outage complaints in New York City acquired from public data sources to highlight the correlation between socioeconomic levels across NYC’s five boroughs, and the quantity of reported gas leakages. It utilizes Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to collect information from different databases, and then uses Python coding to create scripts to sort the data. The data obtained is presented visually on maps using software such as QGIS. I aim to use these data science tools and statistical approaches to highlight how gas leak reporting patterns of residents across differing socioeconomic groups are related to gentrification in NYC. This research may be beneficial to municipal policy makers and gas companies.
The watershed of Long Island Sound (LIS) estuary is home to approximately 23 million people in a 50-mile radius, and its water quality is therefore subject to human influences in addition to natural climate processes of the Northeast, U.S. region. Excess nitrogen entering LIS from rivers and wastewater sources has presented problems in the form of summertime hypoxia, affecting aquatic life and ecosystem health. United States Geological Survey (USGS) discharge data was analyzed for the period of 2010 through 2020 for five Connecticut Sites, including within the Connecticut River, the largest source of freshwater to LIS, and the Housatonic River, as well as three smaller rivers along the Southwest, CT, coast. Discharge values were found to correlate well with Connecticut precipitation data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Interannual trends in discharge were consistent across sites, and March and April had highest monthly discharges, likely a result of snowmelt.
Satellite-based remote sensing observations at different wavelengths and frequencies are used for various climate, environmental, meteorological, and water resources studies. Among different bands, infrared and microwave data are crucial for the retrieval of several atmospheric quantities related to land surface processes, to monitor vegetation phenology and surface properties, and for numerical weather prediction (NWP) data assimilation. Land surface emissivity which is related to the earth surface characteristics is derived from infrared land surface temperature (LST) microwave brightness temperature (TB) data. In this project, students are learning about both infrared data from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and microwave data from Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) at the global scale. Students are also engaging in downloading data from NASA website and processing them. So far, we have done the infrared part.
I am Kada Clyne, a student of architectural technology fascinated with the premise of architecture as a restorative tool. As such I question the point of designing buildings that cannot withstand the test of our ever-changing climate and the conditions it presents? Regenerative designing as an eco-friendly, self-reliant, and durable solution is an innovative approach exceeding but existing within the principles of sustainable and green design. By incorporating living machine technologies and the living building challenge they revitalize energy, and stores energy and water, uses it for the building in its efficient functions.
Greeting, I’m Joanna Quizhpe, I’m pursuing my bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology. In my project, we learned The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, we have presented three different problems, where one problem shows how geometry can achieve this result; as well on how figures can give you the intuition of this result; and how to use numerical computation to show the result. From these three approximations of three different approaches, we can intuitive see why this is true.
