James Chryssanthacopoulos

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Chetan Deva

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Current: Graduate Student, Earth and Environemnt

University of Leeds, UK

At RDCEP: 2015

Research Assistant, Computation Institute, University of Chicago

Chetan is scoping the use of gridded biophysical crop models in India. The goal of this project is to improve understanding of the potential combined impact of climate change and resource constraints on agriculture in bread basket regions of the country.

Carah Alexander

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Current Position:

Undergraduate, Stanford University

with RDCEP:

Summer Scholar 2014

I just graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and I will be joining Stanford University's class of 2018 in the fall. I am interested in alternative energy production and energy consumption. I intend to pursue a Mechanical Engineering or Energy/Atmosphere Engineering degree at Stanford. 

Anna Blinderman

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Undergraduate Student, Grinnell College

Research Assistant, RDCEP

Prior to becoming a Research Assistant, Anna has held prior positions with RDCEP such as Summer Scholar 2014 RDCEP-IIT and Boeing Scholars Summer Course 2013.  Her past research projects included the Agricultural Adaptation & the Green Revolution project as well as the Loop Lamp.

Download Anna's Summer Scholar presentation as a PDF.

Research Projects

Green Revolution | Smart Lamp

KeJuan Smith

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KeJuan Smith, RDCEP Intern

My name is KeJuan Smith. I'm 16 and a computer geek. I do many volunteer projects and I love to write to poetry. I am also a bike mechanic at Blackstone bicycle shop, working with kids and teaching them how to fix bikes. I love to ride bikes downtown and on the lakefront trail.  Apart from RDCEP, I'm a sophomore at Tilden Career Community Academy High School.

Diego Gomez

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Current Position:

Undergraduate, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

with RDCEP:

Summer Scholar 2014

I am Diego Gomez, I graduated from Lindblom Math and Science Academy and I will be attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and will be majoring in Aerospace Engineering in the fall. My interests are in physics, chemistry, aerodynamics, nature, and history. I hope that this summer internship can help me gain skills in computer programming and gain knowledge about climate change and policies. 

Husam Haj

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Research Assistant, RDCEP

 

Husam Haj is a part-time research assistant for analyzing data sets regarding countries' agriculture. Being part of the IIT Boeing Scholar Program, he had an opportunity to work on determining the accuracy of City Infrastructure Data using the 311 Pothole Database. His favorite subjects are Math and Science, with a small passion for philosophy.

He is always involved in his school and community being part of several clubs: a member of a Leadership Grant Project (Breaking Barriers),  Founder of the JFK Aquaponics Lab, and was Captain of the JFK Debate Team. In the future, he hopes to major in Mathematics with a Specialization in Economics.