Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography & ODU Resilience Collaborative



Fall 2017 Seminar Series

ODU Research Collaborative Seed Grant Presentations
Old Dominion University

Monday, November 20, 2017
3:30 PM
Conference Center, Innovation Resarch Building II
4211 Monarch Way, Norfolk, VA 23508


Nicole Hutton Shannon (Political Science & Geography)
"Non-Profit Arts Organizations' Contributions to Community Resilience Building in Flood Prone Areas"

Xixi Wang and David Sample (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
"Assessing Effects of LID/BMP Practices as an Adaptation Tool in Improving the Chesapeake Bay Region Resilience to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise"

Tom Allen, George McLeod, and Thomas Alberts (Political Science & Geography and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
"Evaluating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Monitoring Coastal Change and Mapping Recurrent Flooding"

Navid Tahvildari (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
"Investigating the Effects of Nature-based Coastal Measures in Storm Damage Mitigation"


In the 2016-17 academic year, ODURC Faculty Research Seed Funds provided up to $7,000 each to support resilience-related projects aligned with a faculty member or collaborative team's research agenda. The purpose of the program is to nurture research and future scholarly efforts and raise the visibility of the ODURC. Five projects were selected and representatives of these projects will present their preliminary results in 10-minute talks.


Reception before seminar at 3:00 PM


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