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- Climate Mitigation & Adaptation
- Assessing Heat Risks to Prepare Chelsea, Massachusetts for a Changing Climate (2017)
- Chemical Safety and Climate Change Resiliency (2022)
- Community Science Project Options for Monitoring Coastal Change Effects on the Boston Harbor Islands (2020)
- Creation of Flood Risk Adaptation Measures for Critical Public Facilities in Chelsea, Massachusetts (2015)
- Developing Policy Recommendations to Reduce Waterfront Flood Vulnerability in Boston (2015)
- Evaluation of the Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance and Technology’s Chemical Safety and Climate Change Resiliency Services (2018)
- Increasing Community Resiliency through the Development of Microgrids in Cambridge, MA (2023)
- Preparing the City of Chelsea, Massachusetts to Better Adapt to Climate Change (2014)
- Evaluating the Vulnerability of Boston’s Inner Harbor Designated Port Areas to Sea Level Rise and Coastal Storms (2017)
- Community Well-Being and Public Health
- An Analysis of Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Blooms in Massachusetts and Methods of Prevention and Event Response (2019)
- An Evaluation of the Chelsea Collaborative Summer Youth Employment Initiative (2015)
- Assessing and developing recommendations to improve the services of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) Program (2021)
- Assessing Community Engagement Strategies in Cambridge (2025)
- Assessing opportunities for air pollution mitigation in Chelsea, MA (2021)
- Developing strategies to create spaces that promote wellness and positive mental health among tenants in subsidized housing (2024)
- Developing Strategies to Improve Farm Labor Camp Housing Policy in Massachusetts (2014)
- Evaluating CSO and SSO Notifications to the General Public and Board of Health in Massachusetts (2022)
- Improving Walkability for Seniors in Upham’s Corner (2025)
- Strategies to Implement Proposed Combined Sewer Discharge Community Notification Requirements in Massachusetts (2020)
- Understanding the Impacts of Displacement and the Use of Public-Transportation on Access to Health Care (2016)
- Conservation and Resource Management
- A Framework to Assess Alternative Vertical Line Rope Technology to Alleviate North Atlantic Right Whale Entanglement (2013)
- Advancing Wood Product and Tourism Businesses in Western MA (2017)
- Chelsea Mill Creek Salt Marsh Restoration (2023)
- Citizen Science on the Muddy River: Low-Cost Methods for Accessing River Conditions (2024)
- Emerging Technologies: Bringing the North Atlantic Right Whale to Life at the New England Aquarium (2015)
- Evaluating Wetland Buffer Zone Projects in Massachusetts (2025)
- Framework to Develop a North Atlantic Right Whale Video Game (2014)
- Energy Systems
- Addressing Vulnerabilities and Emergency Power Capacities in the Wastewater Sector of Massachusetts (2018)
- Advancing Renewable Thermal Programs through Case Studies (2015)
- Analyzing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Nuclear Power Plant Closure (2016)
- Assessing Green and Efficient Remediation at Waste Sites (2018)
- Assessment of Massachusetts’ Waste-Sites for Potential Photovoltaic System Development (2017)
- Developing a Platform for Distributing Information on Community and Renewable Microgrids in the United States (2020)
- Evaluation of the Community Clean Energy Resiliency Initiative Application Process (2014)
- Waste Water Energy Recovery and its Implementation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2013)
- Urban and Rural Planning
- An Assessment of the Preferences of Urban Residents for Green Space (2019)
- An Evaluation of the Impacts of the Greening the Gateway Cities Pilot Program (2016)
- Assessing the use of landscape architecture to create open spaces for community and environmental benefits in urban areas (2024)
- Developing a User-Friendly Tool to Evaluate Parks (2025)
- Developing Criteria for Green Space Implementation on Vacant Lots in Massachusetts Cities (2020)
- Inventory and Analysis of the Downtown Boston Parking Freeze (2016)
- Mapping Environmental Injustice in Chelsea, MA (2021)
- Promoting Public Uses on the Chelsea Waterfront (2016)
- Promoting the Use of Green Roofs on Street-Level Surfaces to Improve Public Awareness about Stormwater Management in Boston (2013)
- Proposals for Mixed-Use Innovations in Boston’s Maritime Industrial Areas (2018)
- Providing Guidance to GreenRoots on Creating a Community Land Trust in Chelsea, MA (2017)
- Water Resources
- A Framework for Assessing Impacts of Road Salt on Groundwater Supplies in Massachusetts (2015)
- An Assessment of Options for the Future of Brockton’s Desalination Facility (2017)
- Assessing Stakeholder Feedback on Implementation of New Nitrogen Reducing Regulations on Cape Cod (2023)
- Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Water Supply Consumption in MA (2021)
- DEP GIS Mapping Effectiveness (2022)
- Developing an app to help people learn about and recreate around rivers in Massachusetts (2024)
- Lead in Drinking Water of MA Education Facilities Public Deposited (2025)
- Providing Guidance to Massachusetts Public Water Suppliers on Cyanobacteria Contamination of Public Drinking Water (2014)
- Reducing Costs for Meeting Stormwater Regulations for Small to Mid-size Communities in Massachusetts (2016)
- Supporting implementation of a new state law requiring public notification of combined sewer system overflows (2021)
- Climate Mitigation & Adaptation
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Projects Completed
Each year the Boston Project Center supports a number of student projects. By the end of the 8 week of the project students complete an extensive project report and, if requested, other deliverables, such as websites, brochures, curricula and other materials. They also present their results to the sponsor and at a reception held in the Boston area (typically at the Boston Public Library).
Please check out the specific project pages for additional information on project challenges and accomplishments.

