By Dimitri Kittrell, Civil Engineering Major, Mentor Adrianna Fragozo. As the population grows and as cities and towns expand, there becomes an increasingly growing need for personal vehicles, especially in rural areas. However, according to the EPA, transportation...
By Jack Barkhurst, Environmental Planning and Design Major, Mentor Marisa Repasch. Due to climate change, arctic regions around the world are warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet. Over the past few summers, Dr. Marisa Repasch, an Earth &...
By Arisvet Garay, Construction Engineering Major, Mentor Jaimie Ritchie. Today, pollution levels in many areas of the United States exceed national air quality standards for at least one of the six common pollutants, affecting millions of people and causing serious...
By Luz De Avila, Mechanical Engineering Major, Mentor Carl Abadam, Carmen Atchley. In areas affected by natural disasters, access to clean water becomes a critical issue, especially for rural communities. When traditional water sources are compromised, alternatives...
By Ella Bodor Hatfield, Political Science Major, Mentor Dr. Jami Nuñez. Billions of people still suffer from water insecurity today. Water stress levels are likely to increase amidst a warming climate, particularly in already arid and water-insecure regions. Jami...
By Diego Salazar, Environmental Science Major, Mentor Laura Crossey. For cities and governments to make informed decisions regarding water use and public health there must be an understanding of ecosystem behavior and health over long periods of time. Long term...
By Elena Rosales, Biology Major, Sustainability Studies, Mentor Alex Webster. Rivers play an essential role in the land to ocean aquatic continuum (LOAC) of the global carbon cycle in the sequestration of carbon. This system is being influenced by human activities...
By Kenya Hernandez, Chemical Engineering Major, Mentors Maycee Hurd and Sydney Donohue Jobe. As plastic manufacturing continues to impact the world, it’s important that we become wary of how plastic waste (microplastics) is impacting the environment and even our...
By Harmony Martinez, Biology Major, Mentor William Mejia. The Santa Fe Municipal Watershed (SFMW) is of both great ecological and economic importance, providing 20-40% of Santa Fe’s water supply. However, due to a long history of fire suppression, the wilderness...
By Abigail Castro, Economics Major, Mentor Dr. Heidi Honegger Rogers. There are various global issues involving the sustainability of water, therefore the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs created Water Sustainable Goal 6. Goal 6 stresses the...