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- 2024 Mar-Apr
- 2023 Mar-May
- 2023 Jan-Mar
- A Glass Recycling Business Plan for the Caño Martín Peña Communities
- Assessing Carbon Offsetting Programs for the Puerto Rico Project Center
- Developing a Communication and Information-Sharing Plan for the Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network
- Developing Resilience Strategies in Cubuy-Lomas, Puerto Rico
- Facilitating a Network of Rescued Schools in Puerto Rico
- The Changing Face of La Goyco: Examining the Impact of Gentrification on a Historic Community
- 2022
- Addressing Non-Profit Impact Communication
- Developing a Strategic Plan for an Experiential Environmental Education Program in Piñones, Puerto Rico
- Glass Recycling in Caño Martín Peña
- Increasing Awareness for COPIs Mangrove Restoration Efforts
- Networking Abandoned Schools to Community Centers
- Piñones Preparation, Response, Recovery Project
- 2021
- Designing a Climate Program for the Puerto Rico Project Center
- Piñones Preparación Respuesta Recuperación
- Communities as First Responders: Piñones, Puerto Rico After Disaster
- Piñones Recycling Implementation and Waste Management
- Assisting Mangrove Reforestation Outreach through the Development of Educational Tools
- Advancing the Cubuy-Lomas Community Services and Development Center in Puerto Rico
- Exploring Water and Power Resiliency for the Cubuy Community Center in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico
- Strengthening the Caño3.7 Volunteer Program
- Exploring Perspectives and Expectations of El Yunque National Forest Visitors
- Thinking Differently about Community Engagement in Conservation
- Broadening the Reach of the Museo de San Juan through Multimedia Storytelling and Website Design
- 2019
- 2016
- Assessment of the Rio Mavillas for Inclusion in Puerto Rico’s Heritage River Program
- Feasible Restoration Proposal of El Yunque National Forest Structures
- Historic Bridge Restoration
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Cantera
- The Assessment and Educational Outreach of Lighting Practices for Coastal Light Pollution Impacting Sea Turtle Ecosystems
- United States Coast Guard Río Bayamón Housing Complex Photovoltaic System: Performance Review and Recommendations
- 2015
- Developing Community-Based Management Approaches for the Punta Cabullones Natural Area
- Strategies for the Implementation of a Lifeguard Program to Mitigate Drowning Rates at Puerto Rican Beaches
- Identifying Alternative Strategies for Controlling Biofouling on United States Coast Guard Sector San Juan Vessels
- Removal of Petroleum Contact Water from Puma Energy’s Bayamón Terminal
- Assessment of the Feasibility of a Composting Facility for the Cantera Community
- Repurposing Retired Navy Bunkers in Vieques, Puerto Rico
- Developing Recommendations for a Management Plan in La Playuela Beach, Puerto Rico
- 2014
- A Protocol for Evaluating Lighting Practices and Light Pollution in Coastal Locations
- Designing a Rafting Mooring Buoy for the Puerto Rican Cays
- Developing a Preservation Strategy for the Water Filtration System of the Antiguo Acueducto de San Juan
- Developing an Educational Module on the Impacts of Climate Change on Puerto Rico and its Inhabitants
- Evaluation of the Feasibility of Establishing a Waste Collection Facility to Serve the Community of Cantera
- The Economic Viability of Alternative Rabbit and Tilapia Feed in Puerto Rico
- 2024 Jan-Mar
- 2013 Fall
- Creating an Agroforestry Based Economic Sector in a Tropical Rainforest
- Evaluating Effectiveness of the Signage and Other Markings for Gudiance and Warning Placed by OCN
- Green Schools Design: Puerto Rico
- Light Pollution in Puerto Rico
- Nautical Community Mooring Buoy Utilization in Puerto Rico
- Restoration of the Steam Powered Sugar Mill at the Hacienda La Esperanza
- 2013 Spring
- Aquaponic Systems in Puerto Rico: Assessing Their Economic Viability
- Aquaponics in Puerto Rico: Assessing Opportunity in the Growing Industry
- Developing a Watershed Council for the Río Espiritu Santo Watershed in Puerto Rico
- Evaluation of Sea Cucumber Fishing in Puerto Rico
- Temporal Variability and Public Perception: A Noise Pollution and Urban Soundscape Study of San Juan
- The Restoration and Design of Puerto Rico’s Salinas Fortuna
FAQs for students applying to or accepted by the Puerto Rico Project Center
These pages are intended to answer general questions that you may have before participating in the Puerto Rico Project Center. Use the links at the left to get responses to each question.
If you think of any questions that you think belong on this page, and that you cannot find covered here, please contact the director.