Sifting through the clouds to analyze the recent Kilauea Eruption

Shannon White’s capstone project was a data-driven analysis of the Kilauea volcanic eruption in Hawaii. The event sent f...

Thermal Image Classification for Utility Equipment 

Michael Levis’ capstone project applied a variety of data analysis methods to thermal imagery captured from drones provi...

Urban Flood Detection

Katy Sill’s capstone project focused on creating an open source, Python based method for identifying the extent of urban...

First Look at the Global Glacier Landscape

Ann Windnagel’s capstone project combined data from different sources to conduct a global assessment of glacial retreat...

Mathematical Modeling of Air Pollution Over the Western US

Some takeaways from using machine learning algorithms and their implementations

Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data: Uber / Lyft

We set out to understand how people around the country felt about ridesharing (specifically, Uber and Lyft) by using a v...

Developing a Tree Cover Score Using Python

A Python script to assess the percentage of a roof that is covered by tree branches.

Assessing the Extent of a Flood Event using Python: A Change Detection Approach with Landsat Imagery

Using Python to understand flood extent.

Wildfire Air Pollution and Health

Developing an air pollution model and health response models allows us to link air pollution exposures with health data