Using economic indicators in a simple model to predict annual growth in the wind energy industry

Climate change is going to be the main problem this and future generations will face. Wind energy is promising to be one of the industries that could help mitigate this impending crisis. In literature many different models and predictions can be found to describe the possible futures of wind energy. But there is still a lot of uncertainty in...

Bathymetry Mapping using Drone Imagery

As extensive efforts from consumer drone manufacturers resulted in inexpensive aircrafts that can capture high quality video imagery, drones are increasingly considered to be beneficial for scientific purposes. In the recent past, video imagery has been used to analyze waves in terms of several hydrodynamic parameters and to indicate matching...

Flood Risk Mitigation for the Jamaica Bay Area

Project Jamaica Bay is a response to superstorm Sandy, occurring in October, 2012. The storm was a disaster for New York City, causing around 50 billion US dollars of damage. Research shows that 75% of the expected annual dam-age in New York occurs around the Jamaica Bay area. Another problem that has been going on for several decades is the...