Projects

COVID X: Influence on Water Distribution Systems Management, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, 09/2021-09/2025, A. Ostfeld (PI), E. Berglund

The project will create new modeling tools to assess the impacts of pandemics on water infrastructure management.

A Citizen Science Internship Program to Quantify Racial and Economic Disparities in Lead Levels in Drinking Water Across North Carolina, Water Resources Research Institute, 09/2021-03/2023, C. Cooper (PI), E. Berglund, V. Johnson

This research project creates new tools and platforms that support citizen scientists as they test for and gain awareness of lead levels in tap water.

Catalyzing Stakeholder-Driven Solutions to Inland Freshwater Salinization, National Science Foundation Growing Convergence Program, 09/2020-09/2022, S. Grant (PI)

This trans-disciplinary project seeks to catalyze innovative solutions, in partnership with stakeholders, to inland freshwater salinization.

Training for Innovation in Smart, Sustainable Infrastructure, VentureWell Sustainable Design Faculty Grant, 06/2020-12/2021, A. Grieshop (PI), E. Berglund

The goal of this project is to develop a new course to teach innovation, creativity, and sustainability in the context of smart infrastructure.

From Consumers to Prosumers: Micro-Trading Rainwater at Households, 2019 UoA-NC State Starter Grant, 02/2020-02/2021, E. Berglund, M. Lambert

The goal of this research is to develop a collaboration to explore a smart water grid that facilitates rainwater trading among households via a non-potable pipe network.

Untapping the Crowd: Consumer Detection and Control of Lead in Drinking Water, EPA, 05/2018-05/2022, M. Edwards (PI), K. Pieper, A. Katner, C. Cooper, E. Berglund

This project will create a consumer-centric framework to detect and control lead in drinking water that will complement the utility-centric framework embodied in the Lead and Copper Rule. The project will leverage citizen participation in data collection, develop predictive models that identify areas of vulnerability to high water lead and empower consumers with interventions to control risk.

Social Media, Information Diffusion, and Flood Response During Hurricane Florence, NCSU CCEE Department, 09/2018-09/2019, E. Berglund

Modeling Lead in Water for Underserved Communities, Private Funder, 08/2017-08/2018, K. Pieper, M. Edwards, E. Berglund

Center for Infrastructure Modeling and Management, EPA, 2017-2022, B.s Hodges, University of Texas (PI)

Smart Management of Water Resources and Infrastructure using the Internet of Things, UNC Planning Grant, 09/17-09/18, E. Berglund (PI), G. Kumar, N. Kaza, M. Anwar, J. Bowen

Water Sustainability under Near-term Climate Change : A Cross-Regional Analysis Incorporating Socio-Ecological Feedbacks and Adaptations, NSF Water Sustainability and Climate, 09/01/12 – 08/31/18, S. Arumugam (PI)

Understanding Effects of Norms and Policies on the Robustness, Liveness, and Resilience of SystemsNCSU Science of Security Lablet, 05/14-07/17, E.Z Berglund, M. Singh, J. Doyle

Adversarial Risk Analysis using Agent-based ModelingNCSU Laboratory for Analytical Science, 05/15-12/15, E.Z Berglund (PI)

Agent-based Modeling for the Analysis of WorkflowNCSU Laboratory for Analytical Science, 09/13-05/15, E.Z Berglund (PI)

A Research Network on Water Solutions (ReNeWS): the U.S. Southeast and Beyond, NCSU Research and Innovation Seed Funding Program, 1/01/15 – 12/31/15, Laura Taylor (PI), S. Arumugam, A. Binder, E. Berglund

An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Integrate Social Dimensions and Infrastructure Management for Urban Water Reuse, NSF Civil Infrastructure Systems, 09/12-09/15, E.M. Zechman (PI), A. Binder

An Integrated Framework for Assessing the Dynamics of Population Growth, Land Use and Climate Change for Urban Water Resources Management, North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, 03/12-02/13, E.M. Zechman (PI), S. Arumugam

BRIGE: A Complex Adaptive Systems Analysis Approach for Integrated Water Resources Sustainability, NSF Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering, 09/09 – 09/12, E.M. Zechman (PI)

An Agent-based Modeling Framework for Response Planning to Contamination Events for Water Utilities, NSF Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events, 09/09 – 09/12, E.M. Zechman (PI), K. Brumbelow, M. Lindell, and J. Mumpower

Increasing Stormwater Awareness through Development of a Stormwater Footprint Game, US EPA’s P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability, 08/10 – 08/11, E.M. Zechman (PI), J. Barbour, A. Sprintson, Winner of 2011 EPA P3 Honorable Mention Award

Sustainable Hydrologic Management Practices on Texas A&M University Campus, US EPA’s P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability, 08/08 – 08/09, E.M. Zechman (PI), Bryan Boulanger, Radu Stoleru, Georgianne Moore.

Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Signal Coordination of Oversaturated Networks, Texas Transportation Institute, 08/08 – 12/09, E.M. Zechman (PI) and L. Quadrifoglio