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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)
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