Sharpe Seed Grant Awards

2019 Sharpe Innovation Commons Seed Grant Awards:

The department is pleased to announce two awards based on the recently completed call for proposals.
Each investigator has assembled a multifaceted team to accomplish the project goals.

We are pleased to announce two Sharpe Seed Grant Awards for AU 2019.

  • Forrest Schoessow et al., 3D-Mapping of high- mountain tropical glacier retreat using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and Lidar remote sensing.
  • Maeve Scully, Visual Methods of Geographic Analysis of Gentrification in Columbus, Ohio

These projects were selected by a committee of faculty based on the following criteria: innovativeness, interdisciplinarity and overall research quality.

Congrats, Forrest and Maeve!


2018 Sharpe Innovation Commons Seed Grant Awards:

James White (white.2571@osu.edu) Project Leader, Undergraduate Senior
Project: Macroscale-Charcoal in Meadow Cores as a Proxy for Wildfire Activity in Great Basin National Park
James’ team has Bryan Mark as Faculty Advisor and includes:

  • Nischay Soni, Environmental Science (Undergrad)
  • Forrest Schoessow, Geography (Graduate)
  • Emily Sambuco, Atmospheric Science (Graduate) 

Forrest Schoessow (schoessow.1@osu.edu) Project Leader, Graduate Student
Project: 3D-Mapping of high-mountain tropical glacier retreat using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and Lidar remote sensing
Forrest’s team has Bryan Mark as Faculty Advisor and includes:

  • Andrea Stanic, Department of Geography
  • Nischay Soni, EEDS Program, College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences
  • Evan Vega, Department of Computer Science Engineering
  • Joseph Warner, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Dean Langenkamp, Department of Welding Engineering

 

We are grateful for the Sharpe’s support and look forward to sharing the results in due course.