CURES Research Projects
Project Title |
Duration |
UDC Investigators |
Partnering Organizations |
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Quantification of environmental, economic, and societal impacts of specialty crops grown in aquaponics and hydroponics | 2022-2024 | Hossain Azam, Sabine O’Hara, Matthew Richardson, Thomas Wheet | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, USDA-ARS |
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) for urban farming practices | 2021-2023 | Hossain Azam, Sabine O’Hara, Matthew Richardson, Thomas Wheet | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, USDA-ARS |
Aquaponics with ethylene scavengers to support human life off Earth | 2021-2023 | Hossain Azam, Matthew Richardson | University of Maryland |
Current and potential green infrastructure in DC and economic, environmental, and social benefits | 2020-2022 | Mamatha Hanumappa, Matthew Richardson | Trust for Public Land, University of Rhode Island |
Continental monitoring of insects to document long-term decline of biodiversity | Ongoing since 2020 | Matthew Richardson | University of Wisconsin & >100 collaborators across North America |
Needs assessment for urban agriculture in the Northeast Region | Ongoing since 2020 | Andrew Carson, Mamatha Hanumappa, Matthew Richardson | Cornell, Penn State, Rutgers, University of Connecticut, University of Delaware, University of Maryland Extension, University of Massachusetts, University of Rhode Island |
The influence of climate on the viability of wild and augmented populations of the endangered Dicerandra immaculata | Ongoing since 2006 | Matthew Richardson | Bok Tower Gardens, University of Florida, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Towards equity-oriented climate services | Ongoing since 2020 | Caroline Staub | World Food Program, University of Reading (UK) |
A comparison of daily rainfall data from station and satellite sources for Haiti | Ongoing since 2021 | Caroline Staub | Stats4SD, Unite Hydrometeorologique d’Haiti |
Flood risk assessment in the tropical city of Port Louis using GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis: Towards resilient flood management. | Ongoing since 2021 | Caroline Staub | University of Mauritius (Mauritius), Universite des Mascareignes (Mauritius) University of Oxford (UK). |
Evaluation of Cultural Practices for Two New Ethnic Crops, Lambsquarters and Malabar spinach | 2019-2022 | Mamatha Hanumappa | |
Urban Drawdown Initiative, Washington DC | 2021-2022 | Mamatha Hanumappa, Matthew Richardson | Trust for Public Land, Colorado State University |
Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Utilizing Rainwater Harvesting and Solar Energy for Next Generation Urban Farming Practices | 2021-2023 | Harris Trobman, Hossain Azam, Mamatha Hanumappa | |
Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Next-Generation Urban Farming Practices to Integrate Specialty Crop Production with Rainwater Harvesting and Solar Energy. | 2022-2024 | Harris Trobman, Hossain Azam, Mamatha Hanumappa |