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Research & Community Partners

Boys and Girls Club of Knoxville (research)

Li | Mahduri | Washington-Allen

Website

Montgomery Bell State Park (GIS)

Historic cemetery mapping

Website

TN Geographic Alliance (GIS)

Creating an interactive Tennessee atlas

Website

WTRBA (West TN River Basin Authority) (GIS)

Dashboard and storymap of river bank restoration projects

Website

MEGA:BITESS (GIS)

Create lesson plans for middle and high school teachers about mosquitos and vector borne diseases

Website

Beck Cultural Exchange Center (GIS)

Urban Renewal/Urban Removal

Website

TDEC (GIS)

Abandoned Mines Inventory

Website

UT Center of Excellence for Children (GIS)

Created an interactive database and dashboard for mental healthcare providers in Tennessee

Website

UTK Facilities (GIS)

Wheelchair accessibility of campus

Website

UT System (GIS)

Opioid research for Substance Misuse and Addiction Resource for Tennessee (SMART)

Website

UTK Center for Sport, Peace, and Society (GIS)

Project

Website

Statewide Organizing for Community Empowerment (SOCEM) (GIS)

Knoxville evictions during the Covid-19 pandemic

Website

Emerald Academy (GIS)

Bus route optimization

Website

Clayton Homes (Sustainability Capstone)

Solar electricity suitability for manufacturing facilities

Website

Keep Knoxville Beautiful (Sustainability Capstone)

Urban heat island impacts from parking lots

Website

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (Sustainability Capstone)

Comparing renewable energy production/capacity in North Carolina with demand from electric school buses

Website

Drive Electric Tennessee (Sustainability Capstone)

Compare current EV adoption rates in TN and project it to the goal of the Drive Electric TN campaign

Website

Food4Vols (Sustainability Capstone)

Measure food recover and calculate reduction in carbon emissions and social and economic impact

Website

UTK Office of Sustainability (Sustainability Capstone)

Calculate emissions reductions from food waste going to compost facility instead of landfill

Website

UTK Facilities Services (Intro to Geovisualization and GIS)

Mapping all building sign locations

Mapping all trash cans, recycling cans, benches, and bike racks on campus

Website

UTK Office of Sustainability (Intro to Geovisualization and GIS)

Mapping all water bottle filling stations

Knox County/Knoxville Planning (Intro to Geovisualization and GIS)

Mapping every parking space within Knoxville city limits as part of parking minimum code review

Website

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Knoxville, TN 37996-0925
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