Duke Students on the Forest: Monika Dharia

Protecting the Duke Forest Advised by Dr. Mark Borsuk and doctoral student Jonathan Holt from the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke undergraduate environmental engineering student Monika Dharia conducted a major project on the Duke Forest for her senior thesis and in order to graduate with distinction from Duke. Monika modeled… Read More

Duke Students on the Forest: Engineering first-years

Engineering first-years build mast collector Under the supervision of Biomedical Engineering Professor Ann Saterback and Duke Forest Director Sara Childs, first-year Duke engineering students Jin Cho, Jack Horton, Tommy Howell, Jenny Xin, and Leo Young, designed (fall semester) and modified (spring semester) a mast collection device to sort falling mast… Read More

Duke Students on the Forest: Julia Geschke

Map of study areas

GIS mapping salamander habitats Julia Geschke completed an ambitious masters project in the Duke Forest in fulfillment of her Master of Environmental Management degree at the Nicholas School of the Environment. Julia used GIS (geographic information system) data to model salamander habitats across the Duke Forest. As development and urbanization… Read More