2020-2021: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (NDPW), this student team prepared a Complete Streets design for South Street in Northampton, MA. Complete Streets infrastructure is intended to provide safer, more accessible, and more equitable roadways for…
Low Impact Development (LID) Stormwater Design for Mitigating Elm Street Brook Flooding
2019-2020: In collaboration with personnel at the Northampton, MA Department of Public Works (NDPW), the student team developed a viable solution to reduce the occurrence of flooding on Elm Street in Northampton. Flooding along this particular stretch of roadway is…
Development of a Culvert Evaluation Program and Stream Crossing Design
2018-2019: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works, this student team developed a culvert evaluation program to provide an objective method for prioritizing culverts for replacement for the City. Culverts are a vital part of existing infrastructure that…
Design of Mass Central Rail Trail Extension into Haydenville, MA
2015-2016: In collaboration with the Mill River Greenway Initiative (MRGI), the Northampton Office of Planning and Sustainability, the Northampton Department of Public Works, and HyGround Engineering, this student team designed an extension of the Mass Central Rail Trail from Northampton…
Design of MassCentral Rail Trail Spur to Main Street in Leeds, MA
2014-2015: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (NDPW), the Northampton Office of Planning and Sustainability (NOPS), and two community groups (the Leeds Civic Association and the Mill River Greenway Initiative), this student team designed an access spur…
Sustainable Stormwater Management Designs for the Mill River
2013-2014: This team collaborated with the Northampton Department of Public Works, the Northampton Office of Planning and Sustainability, and the Smith College Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability on sustainable stormwater management for the Mill River. The project…
Inventory of Green Infrastructure Opportunities and Retrofit Designs for Stormwater Management
2012-2013: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (DPW), this student team developed resources and designs to integrate green infrastructure into the City’s stormwater management program. Green infrastructure is an environmentally sustainable method of managing stormwater on site,…
Evaluation and Design for Renewable Energy at the Northampton Landfill
2010-2011: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works and the Northampton Energy and Sustainability Commission, this student team evaluated the feasibility of wind, biomass crop, and solar energy on the Northampton landfill after its projected closure in 2012. …
Design for Nitrogen Reduction at the Northampton Wastewater Treatment Plant
2009-2010: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (DPW), this student team designed a nitrogen reduction plan for City of Northampton’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). In its recently approved EPA permit, the DPW received substantive comments from down-river…
Design of a Flow Measurement System for Avery Brook
2008-2009: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (DPW), this student team designed an automated system to measure, record, and transmit stream flow data for Avery Brook, the main tributary into the primary water supply reservoir for the…
Design of a New Residential Solid Waste Transfer Station for Northampton
2006-2007: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (DPW), this student team designed a new residential solid waste transfer station to address the shortcomings of the current facility and effectively handle the volume of solid waste and residential…
Design of a Storm Drainage System for the Elm St. Brook Region in Northampton, MA
2005-2006: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (DPW), this student team designed drainage modifications to minimize flooding in the lower Elm Street region of Northampton, Massachusetts. During large rain events, Elm Street Brook floods the lower Elm…
Replacement Design of the Ridgewood Terrace Utilities
2004-2005: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (DPW), this student team redesigned the utilities for Ridgewood Terrace in Northampton, MA. The DPW identified Ridgewood Terrace as a high priority project as a result of multiple problems with…
Design of a Sidewalk for Bridge Road in Northampton, MA
2003-2004: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works, this student team designed a much-needed sidewalk along Bridge Road, which many children use to walk to Northampton’s public schools. The students’ final design for the 4,000-foot sidewalk incorporated numerous…