As a part of our ESD grant we’re looking to hire a full stack, front end and back end development team to build an online data platform that makes the sensor data available to a range of stakeholders. The project…
Flood Water Sensor Prototype
For his senior project, Allen Lu (NYU Tandon, IDM ’19) built a prototype for a flood water sensor that can be deployed to track the frequency and depth of street-level flooding. Details are provided on his Instructables post: “The main component…
ARISE Student Project
Post by Zoë and Modupe (ARISE student researchers) Before we could even begin sampling at the Gowanus, we had to determine the best method for DNA collection and extraction. To do this, we tested the sidewalks right in Metrotech center.…
ARISE Student Project
Determining the Baseline Post by Zoë and Modupe (ARISE student researchers) After establishing the method for DNA collection, we could start to determine the baseline DNA levels for areas surrounding the Gowanus Canal. We chose to focus on 9th street,…
ARISE Student Project
Project Overview Post by Zoë and Modupe (ARISE student researchers) The ultimate goal of this research is to study the impact of flooding on the microbiome of urban surfaces in NYC by collecting and sequencing DNA from these surfaces before…
ARISE Student Project
Who Are We? Our names are Zoë Cappella Cooper and Modupe Oridota. We are New York City high school students. Zoë will be a senior at the Bronx High School of Science and Modupe is a rising junior at Medgar…
Flooding in Gowanus
4th Ave and Carroll Street on July 22nd. At 4th Ave and Carroll Street in Brooklyn. Courtesy of Adrienne Zhao pic.twitter.com/wEU4RFwqfQ — Julie Chang (@BayAreaJulie) July 22, 2019 Bringing up a lot of bad memories of Sandy for our members.…
Flooding in Brooklyn
The neighborhood of Gowanus in Brooklyn after a storm event on June 21st, 2019: