Marzieh Azarderakhsh Awarded $150K for Algal Bloom Monitoring Project in Delaware River

Marzieh Azarderakhsh (Construction Management & Civil Engineering Technology) is pleased to announce the award of $150,000 for City Tech as part of a multi-institutional/agency collaborative for the project, Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delaware River Watershed Using Drones and Spatial Analysis, funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund. The project will develop algorithms to predict the development of benthic and planktonic HABs under various hydrologic/seasonal conditions to inform decision-making for habitat management and restoration initiatives, particularly related to drinking water quality, wildlife conservation, and recreation activities.