Senior Seminar - Capstone Projects

Miles Bliss

• Effect of a shortwave trough on the resulting snow-to-liquid ratio of lake effect snow events occurring in the Tug Hill Plateau

Amanda Burke

• Prediction and identification of microbursts in the northeastern U.S

Michael C. Byrnes

• The influence of topography on severe thunderstorms in the Hudson River Valley

Jessica Camuto

• Comparison of EF1 Tornadoes in Oklahoma & Waterspouts off the Key West Coast

Jeremy Kilbury

• Source identification of salt contamination in a well water supply

Cecilia McCaffrey

• Testing Wave Height Prediction Models on the Long Island Coast

Kristian Oliver

• An analysis of parameters involved in hurricane-induced tornadoes

Jillian Reynolds

• Influence of severe weather on flood-producing rainfall

Alex Steria

• Possible locations in Onondaga County for a new landfill using GIS mapping of soil types and other urban planning criteria

Dominique Adams

• An Examination of the Geochemistry of the Thermopolis Shale, Central WY

Randy Chase

• Role of relative humidity on the transport of mid-tropospheric ozone by convection in the Amazon rainforest

Aidan Kuroski

• An analysis of differential reflectivity columns to aid in tornado forecasting

Laura Myers

• Mid-level dry air intrusions as an influence on tropical cyclone tornado outbreaks

Emily Noonan

• Optimal Conditions for Tornado Development in a Convective Environment

Megan Rathbun

• Eurypterid mode of life vs. geologic timespan and diversity

Leonard Satterlee

• Affects of Multiple Climate Oscillations on Moisture Conditions in the Upper Midwestern United States

Briana Walker

• The Evolution of Wintertime Mesoscale Vortices over the Great Lakes

Justin Brown

• Urban Heat Island and its Influence on Hail Formation

Nathan Roy

• Clear-Air Turbulence Forecasting

Jacob Sodja

• A study of flash floods classified as back-building and their link to terrain

Elizabeth Thyraththongsay

• The Relationship Between Instability and Thundersnow in Lake-Effect Snow Storms

Katelynn Conley

• The Influence of the Pacific-North American Pattern on the Number of Winter Storm Events in the Great Lakes Region

Owen Cowling

• Paleotemperature of the Redwater Shale Member of the Sundance Formation based on stable oxygen isotopes in belemnites and bivalves

Nicole DeRose

• Assessment of Stratigraphic Controls on Deltaic Subsidence in the Mississippi River Delta

Kadir Goz

• An Analysis of U.S. and World Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption of Coal for Energy from 1980 to 2012

Dan Grosche

• The Channel Head Formation Threshold

Rob Lindenmuth

• The effect the Low-level Jet has on Tornado strength

Gina Pope

• Fracture Orientation Analysis of the Chaumont Limestone

Bradley Riedel

• Air Density and Moisture Gradient Influence on Dryline Convective Activity

Benjamin Seiderman

• The Dissolution of Asbestiform Tremolite in Artificial Lysosomal Fluid

Mark VanAuker

• The effect of climate change on combined sewer overflow frequencies in Buffalo, NY (Bird Island Waste Water Treatment Plant)