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