Research Projects

 (Apr. 2024) This presentation examined various pieces of literature to explore the reasons why people chose to drive through active floods despite warnings and campaigns advising against this behavior.

 (Apr. 2024) This project aims to determine whether Maryland counties with lower percentages of certain racial groups and higher levels of educational attainment correlate with higher labor force participation rates among the population aged 25 to 44, using spatial statistics and data from the most recent American Community Survey available.

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This poster also includes an accompanying Story Map that provides more detailed information about the analysis portion of the project.

(Oct. 2023) "This poster examined the distribution of different types of mental health care facilities in Pennsylvania in relation to the state's veteran population. For this project, I created maps to visualize the data and used the R programming language to perform point pattern analysis on various datasets. The goal was to understand the spatial factors that may contribute to some veterans in Pennsylvania lacking access to different types of mental health care facilities.

This poster also includes an accompanying Story Map that provides more detailed information about the analysis portion of the project.

(Apr. 2023) This capstone project was a collaborative effort with a group of classmates, where we worked throughout the semester to propose a location for an Electric Car Battery Plant in Pennsylvania, based on a specific set of criteria. For this project, I conducted background research, created datasets for mapping, and contributed to writing sections of the final proposal.

(Apr. 2023) This Story Map explores climate mobility and displacement in Southeast Asia, focusing on the Philippines and Indonesia to highlight the severity of the issue. Using ArcGIS Online, I created interactive maps to show major displacement events caused by storms and extreme flooding from January to mid-April 2023, with data sourced from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center.

(Mar. 2023) This presentation was created for a capstone project completed with a group of classmates during a study-abroad trip to Iceland. The main objective of the project was to develop a business pitch for a grocery store designed to provide access to healthy, affordable food in food deserts, while also addressing food waste by composting leftovers into biofuel.

(Dec. 2022) This study, conducted with a group of classmates, focused on the food waste sorting habits and knowledge of a random selection of Penn State students. We collected and analyzed data through a survey to assess whether students' sorting practices align with Penn State's reputation as a leader in sustainability.

(Sept. 2022) This writing project focuses on the impact of climate change on small communities rather than looking at the Earth as a whole. Some of the topics of my papers include Heatwaves in Baltimore, Maryland; Rising Sea Levels in Pass Christian, Mississippi; Extreme Precipitation in Ellicott City, Maryland; and more.​

(Jun. 2022) This project was conducted under the guidance of the NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (NCAS-M) and Professor Ricardo Sakai from Howard University. For this project, I analyzed raw data on Carbon Monoxide and Fine Particulate Matter concentrations in Beltsville, MD, collected from 2008 to 2018. Using the R programming language, I created graphs to display the overall changes and averages of CO and PM2.5 levels in the atmosphere.

(Dec. 2021)This video project was created for my class on climate change and potential societal impacts. I conducted research and curated a collection of vibrant images and videos, which I filmed and edited to produce an informative and engaging video on how climate change disproportionately impacts minority populations.