Filters: Collection: "ir_su" Year Start: 2017
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Active and Public Transportation Connectivity between North Temple TOD and Jordan Park River Trail | Zambrana, Ivis Garcia | 2017 | |
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The Beehive State: an intrastate passenger rail system for Utah using existing Union Pacific tracks | Christensen, Mike | This study will examine the feasibility of establishing passenger rail routes within Utah, which would run on existing Union Pacific tracks | 2017 |
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Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa 2019 Bird Banding Report | The primary purpose of our project is to understand the ecology and migratory patterns of the bird community at the Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa using mist-netting and bird banding. | 2019 | |
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Can urbanization level of a place act as a predictor for water saving behavior? | Tagore, Pratiti; Hinners, Sarah | Utah has the third highest per capita water use and is the second driest state in the United States. Understanding outdoor watering and adaptation of water saving behavior across an urban-rural gradient is the objective of this research. | 2017 |
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Centennial Valley corridor | Castillo-Rosado, Hector E.; Castillo, Miranda L.; O'Neil, Shanna; Keller, Annie; Haunga, Tevai | Centennial Valley, Montana is a critical migration route for wildlife between Yellowstone National Park and the Northern Rockies, which is facing threats of habitat fragmentation and degradation due to poorly planned development. We used camera traps to monitor the presence, distribution, abundance,... | 2017 |
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Community cooperation and resource management: survey and experimental evidence from rural Odisha, India | Chowdhury, Joyita Roy | This study examines communal water use in rural India. It focuses on community projects that require collective action but involve strong free-rider incentives, in particular, maintaining irrigation infrastructure for local agriculture. | 2017 |
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Commuter Survey Report | Cannon, Ginger | First administered in 2013, the objective of the Commuter Survey is to provide the University with an | 2017 |
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Disappearing nations | Silver, Maya | This study presents an exploration of the possible cultural impacts of climate change induced population displacement. The poster focuses on whole Pacific islands that will be become uninhabitable due to rising sea levels. Recommendations for reducing cultural erosion are included. | 2017 |
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Edible Campus Gardens University of Utah Facility Study | VCBO Architecture | For Sustainability U. A planning document for U of U edible campus gardens under the umbrella of the U of U Sustainability Office. | 2018 |
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Estimating Groundwater Inflows to Great Salt Lake | Adomako-Mensah, Ebenezer; Johnson P., William; Solomon, D. Kip; Carter, Samuel C. | Great Salt Lake (GSL) is the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth largest in the world. It plays a vital role in the region's ecosystem and economy. | 2023 |
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Evaluating the efficacy of regression and machine learning models to predict prehistoric land-use patterns | Yaworsky, Peter | Predictive modeling in archaeology is critical to making informed land management decisions and answering key anthropological research questions. However, archaeological predictive modeling su#30;ers from several theoretical, empirical, and analytical problems. To address these shortcomings, we buil... | 2019 |
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How does climate change affect combined sewer overflow in a system benefiting from rainwater harvesting systems? | Tavakol-Davani, Hessam; Goharian, Erfan; Hansen, Carly H.; Tavakol-Davani, Hassan; Apul, Defne; Burian, Steven J. | Variability in precipitation caused by climate change can have a large impact on the performance of a water system, and therefore is an important input in hydrologic modeling. As part of a Long Term Control Plan, a model was developed in the US Storm Water Management Model based on data from the Cit... | 2017 |
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Report 2017 | Cuandon, Braulio, Hurlbut, Andrew, Landes, Chris, Nattison, Nate, Villata, Jeremy | 2017 | |
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Lost in the Crowd? Ridesharing with Zimride at the University of Utah | 2017 | ||
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Making the Transition to Sustainable Operations at the University of Utah: A Framework for Closing the Performance Gap | Ashurt, Joseph | Identify existing gaps | 2019 |
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Management of dissolved methane from anaerobic effluents | Gupta, Vedansh | Anaerobic digesters in wastewater treatment plants discharge dissolved methane, which usually stripped off to the environment on subsequent handling leading to GHG emission and loss of an energy source. To prevent the emission of methane gas, we utilized a packed bed column as a post-treatment biolo... | 2018-02 |
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The marginal value of inequality | Wilson, Kurt M. | The emergence of hereditary inequality is one of the most impactful events in the course of human history. However the ecological conditions and individual decisions fostering emergence remain poorly understood. Particularly lacking is examination of non-elite individual decisions. Behavioral eco... | 2018-02 |
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Modeling of thermal storage tank for heat recovery applications | Rahman, Aowabin; Fumo, Nelson; Smith, Amanda D. | The goal of this research was to develop a mathematical model of a stratified thermal storage tank, which could be used as a screening tool to allow building designers and owners to determine size and configuration of a storage tank for operation with a distributed generation system. | 2017 |
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Pioneer Garden 2040 Master Plan | Edible Campus Gardens | The purpose of this document is to provide the University of Utah's Office of Sustainability; with a comprehensive 21-year vision for the future space of the Pioneer Garden. It will; serve as an implementation timeline to aid in the continued development of the Edible; Campus Gardens. | 2019 |
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Pollinator Garden, University of Utah Construction Document Set | G. Brown Design Inc. | 2019 | |
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Public water supply: how much energy does it take? | Sowby, Robert B. | This study collected annual water use and energy use data from 109 water utilities in the United States. The effort is the first to compile a consistent dataset of city-scale water and energy observations that describes the electric loads associated with public water services. | 2017 |
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Quantifying Electricity-Related Emissions for On-Campus Buildings | Savas, Alexia | This UROP funded project looked to quantify indirect emissions for on-campus buildings using the Skyspark database and EPA calculated emission factors. This poster was presented at the 2019 Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium. | 2019 |
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The Red Butte Canyon Ozone Network: leveraging existing infrastructure to probe background concentrations, canyon flows and stratospheric oxidant exchange | Mitchell, Logan; Bares, Ryan; Trejo, Erica | The Salt Lake Valley (SLV) experiences frequent prolonged pollution episodes impacting the health of the ~1 million residents of the valley. These health effects include an array of respiratory and pulmonary problems, chiefly among susceptible populations and those participating in outdoor activitie... | 2021 |
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Resolution to Reaffirm a Commitment to Achieving Net-Zero Carbon Emissions | ASUU; University of Utah Sustainability Office; Facilities Sustainability and Energy Team | Date of document is April 2019 For SustainabilityU archive This resolution was adopted by the U of U academic senate https://academic-senate.utah.edu/meetings/april-1-2019/ The Sustainability Office would like to have an archived copy in order to link to a website that documents a history of U of U ... | 2019 |
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Results of the Great Salt Lake dust plume study (2016-2018) | Perry, Kevin; Crosman, Erik T.; Hoch, Sebastian W. | 2019 |