WRI Interns 2017-2012

WRI Interns

Mark Alessi

Major: Atmospheric Science

Project: The correlation between soil moisture and intense precipitation/severe weather events in the northeastern United States 

Anna Hong

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: OWTS Management – Can we measure success? 

Desiree Sausele

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Sources of fecal pollution and pathogens in Hudson tributaries 

Alexander Styler

Major: Computer Science 

Project: Flood damage mapping in coastal communities on Lake Ontario 

Alyssa Kirsch

Major: Chemical Engineering

Project: Monitoring riparian restoration: Trees for Tribs in the Hudson and beyond

Emma Mosier

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Monitoring riparian restoration: Trees for Tribs in the Hudson and beyond

Hung Vo

Major: City & Regional Planning

Project: Asset management: does it work?

Fiona Woods

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Septic systems and nitrate in groundwater

Eric Wu

Major: Operations research & information engineering

Project: Assessing empirical models relating air and water temperatures

Michelle Bowen

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Statistical relationships between POTW size and effluent water quality

Sohyeon Hwang

Major: Government

Project: A review of onsite wastewater treatment system (OWTS) management programs

Alexandria King

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Linking watershed protection and costs associated with drinking water treatment

Karin Teuffer

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Septic systems and surface water quality

Tim Joo

Major: Mathematics

Project: Decentralized wastewater management

Anjelika Romeo-Hall

Major: Science of Natural & Environmental Systems

Project: Characterizing dam removal in NY State

Susanna Struckmann

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Environmental flow needs below water supply reservoirs in the Hudson watershed

Parmeet Singh

Major: Operations Research & Engineering

Project: Using the Water Evaluation & Planning (WEAP) model in NY

Kyra Spotte-Smith

Major: Urban & Regional Studies

Project: Boil water advisory analysis

Vandana Swaminathan

Major: Chemical Engineering

Project: Septic systems and greenhouse gas emissions

Lara Bertoia

Major: Economics

Project: Monitoring progress of Marcellus Shale gas development

Jun Choi

Major: Operations Research & Engineering

Project: Statistical relationships between POTW size & water quality

Kelly DeStefano

Major: Communications

Project: Media discourse on aging water infrastructure

Jamie Freeman

Major: Entomology; Biometry & Statistics

Project: Understanding controls on evapotranspiration

Mary John

Major: Biological Engineering

Project: Assessment of extreme weather impacts on water infrastructure

Breann Liebermann

Major: Biological Engineering

Project: Sediment & pathogen removal in Cornell storm water detention basins

Caitlin McKinley

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Methane concentrations in Tompkins County: before hydraulic fracturing

Dhaval Mehta

Major: Biological Engineering

Project: 1. Assessing impacts of climate on regional corn yields; 2. Statistical relationships between POTW size & water quality

Shira Polan

Major: Animal Science

Project: Media discourse on aging water infrastructure

Sandeep Vanka

Major: Information Science, Systems & Technology

Project: Appropriateness of decentralized wastewater treatment systems

Josephine Bates

Major: Environmental Engineering

Project: Monitoring progress of Marcellus Shale gas development

Lara Bertoia

Major: Economics

Project: Monitoring progress of Marcellus Shale gas development

Joseph Lee

Major: Atmospheric Science

Project: Understanding controls on evapotranspiration

Ramsay McConnell

Major: Biological Sciences

Project: Appropriateness of decentralized wastewater treatment systems

Theodore McHardy

Major: Atmospheric Science

Project: Understanding controls on recession curves

Roxanna Orellana

Major: Biology & Society

Project: New York state water infrastructure analysis

Jerry Shen

Major: Biological Sciences; Philosophy

Project: New York state water infrastructure analysis