HSRC featured student research presentations focusing on climate impacts on transportation for UNC’s University Research Week
HSRC hosted a student-led research presentation on Thursday, October 26, 2023. The session, “Critical climate impacts on transportation: NC student researchers explore climate change, transportation resiliency and safety,” featured three student researchers, including the 2023 Megan Cornog Memorial Highway Safety Scholarship winner Thomas Thelen. This presentation was HSRC’s contribution to UNC’s University Research Week, which was themed “A Climate of Change at Carolina” this year.
- Links to Presentations/Presenters:
- Exploring the Impacts of Weather-Related Road Closures in North Carolina, Julia Cardwell, Ph.D. student, Department of Geography and Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Measuring and assessing the impacts of chronic coastal roadway flooding to inform adaptation, Thomas Thelen, master’s student, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, NC State University
- Reflections on Bald Head Island and the impacts of climate change on smaller communities and rural locations near the NC coast, Kimmy Hansen, master’s student, Department of City & Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Moderator: Alyson West, Research Associate, HSRC
