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MUP Capstone 2012
| Student | Title | Poster & Final Product | Advisor(s) | Client |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelica Aquino | Building a Sustainable Future Without Borders: Farmer's Market Design-Build and Relocation Plan with Multidisciplinary Actions | Stacy Harwood | Monteverde Institute, Costa Rica | |
| Jeremy Borrego | The Gateway to Smart Growth: St. Louis and the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development | Brian Deal | East-West Gateway, St Louis, MO | |
| Brandon Boys | Sustainable Economic Development: Issue Framing and Opportunities for the Hondsrug Geopark | Brian Deal | ||
| Elli Cosky | Main Street Revitalization Plan: Knoxville, Illinois | Mary Edwards | City of Knoxville, IL and University of Illinois Extension | |
| Mary Kate Ferrer | Reimagining Downtown: Creative Placemaking in Monmouth, Illinois | Mary Edwards | City of Monmouth, IL and University of Illinois Extension | |
| Matt Hiett | Planning for Net Zero Installations | Brian Deal | US Army Corps of Engineers, Constrution Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL | |
| Aditi Kambuj | Social Learning for Sustainability: Perspectives from a Styrian Case Study | Poster, Report | Brian Deal | Institute for the Environment and Regional Development, Vienna University of Economic and Business |
| Amber King | Heights Neighborhoods: Community Assessment 2011-2012 | Stacy Harwood | Heights Community Development Corporation | |
Anjali Krishan |
[In]Secure: Govering Fear in Culiacan, Mexico |
Poster, Report | Faranak Miraftab | Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Mexico |
Yongsung Lee |
Are land use planning and gasoline price increase mutually supportive in getting more transit riders in the US urbanized areas? | Poster, UP Thesis | Bumsoo Lee | |
Wesley Maurer |
Building Resilient Communities: Lessons Learned from Long Term Recovery | Rob Olshansky | ||
| Megan Neary | Flexible Tools for Unique Places:Interim Land Use and Urban Agriculture, Opportunities from Berlin, Germany, and Strategies for Oakland, California | Faranak Miraftab | Department of Geography, Humboltd University, Berlin | |
Holly Nelson |
Educational Tradeoffs: Weighing the options for a new high school location | Daniel Schneider | ||
| Ira Mabel | Sustainable Soldiers: Water Usage and Conservation Techniques for US Army Traiing Bases | Brian Deal | US Army Corps of Engineers, Constrution Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL | |
| Shelley Stevens | Catawba Country Food Distribution Center Feasibility Study | Brian Deal | Catawba Country Planning, Parks, and Development, NC | |
| Alexandra Thompson | Institutional Capacity to Engage Older Adults for Volunteer Work in Vienna, Austria | Brian Deal and Faranak Miraftab | Vienna University of Economics and Business | |
| Edward Tseng | University of Illinois Research Park Development: City of Champaign Economic Development Perspective | Mary Edwards | City of Champaign, Economic Development Department, IL | |
| Heidy Valenzuela | Evaluating the Chicago Housing Authority's "Plan for Transformation:" A Case Study of the Redevelopment of the Julia C. Lathrop Homes | Stacy Harwood and Andrew Greenlee | ||
| Yue Zhue | Downtown Champaign: Transforming a High-Speed Rail Station to the City’s Hub | Poster, Report |
Rob Olshansky | City of Champaign, IL |
MUP Capstone 2011
| Student | Title | Poster & Final Product | Advisor(s) | Client |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Alexander | Organizational Options and Opportunities for the University District Development Association, Spokane, Washington | Arnab Chakraborty | Spokane University District Development Association | |
| Dan Begert | Champaign-Urbana Core Market Study | Bumsoo Lee | City of Urbana, Illinois | |
| Elizabeth Boerke | The Original Green: Regulatory Best Practices for Sustainable Historic Preservation in Montpelier, VT & Design Guideline Brochures |
Rob Olshansky | City of Montpelier, Vermont | |
| Leeswann Bolden | CoGrow: Chicago 2040 Agro-Eco-Industrial District | Brian Deal, Lynne Dearborn | ||
| Matthew Cho | Downtown Urbana Strategic Revitalization | Brian Deal | City of Urbana, Illinois, Community Development Department | |
| Dan Dickson | Placing Tuckahoe: Redesign Depot Square for Public Use | Brian Deal | Village of Tuckahoe, New York & EEK Architects | |
| Xin Dong | Post-Disaster Recovery Planning and Sustainable Development: A Lesson from Wenchaun Earthquake, China 2008 | UP Thesis | Rob Olshansky | |
| Janel Gomez | Vertical Inequality in Property Taxation: A Spatial Analysis of Propostion 13 in San Diego County, California | Bev Wilson | ||
| Seth Gunnerson | Champaign-Urbana Core Market Study | Bumsoo Lee | City of Urbana, Illinois | |
| Jessica Henry | How to Build a Rain Garden Program in Champaign: Case Study Analysis of Design & Construction, Maintenance, and Funding | Daniel Schneider, Gale Fulton (LA) | City of Champaign,Illinois, Public Works | |
| Eric Holthaus | Eco-Reps: A Living Plan | Brian Deal | Student Sustainability Committee, University Housing | |
| David Kay | The Relationship between Formal and Informal Employment in South Africa | Poster, ACE Thesis
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Ed Feser, Kathy Baylis (ACE) | |
| Mashael Majid | Greening City Documents: Best Practices in Equitable Climate Action Planning | Ken Salo | City of Los Angeles, California, Department of City Planning | |
| David Massey | Goals, Objectives, and Performance Measures for the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Transportation System | Bumsoo Lee | Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments | |
| Luciana Mattos | Spatial Segregation in Medium Cities During the 1990s: the Case of Ribeiro Preto, SP-Brazil | UP Thesis | Faranak Miraftab | |
| Melissa Pognon | Both Sides of the Story: Exploring University Relations with Local African American Communities | HCD Thesis | Robert Hughes (HCD), Stacy Harwood | |
| Regina Pritchett | Land Titling as Women's Empowerment: Critcal Observations from Recife Brazil | UP Thesis | Faranak Miraftab | |
| Mailka Victoria Ramdas | Energy Planning for a Sustainable Future | Brian Deal | ||
| Yolanda Richards | Youth in Action: The Incorporation of Urban Youth in Planning-Related Practices | Ken Salo | ||
| Isaiah Ross | Community Resilience to Corruption, Climate Change, and Disasters: Planning for Food Security in Kenya's Urban and Rural Low-income Communities | Faranak Miraftab | ||
| Laura Searfoss | Local Perspectives on HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program | Mary Edwards | National Community Stabilization Trust | |
| Stephen A. Sherman | The effects of elite-led power sharing on postconflict urban reconstruction: Consociationalism and the Master Case | Faranak Miraftab | ||
| Brie Sherow | Surf Break Protection: Planning implications of the NZCPS and the need for a collaborative approach | Bev Wilson | ASR Ltd | |
| Lauren Tidd | Planning for Locally Grown Food Distribution in Champaign-Urbana | Brian Deal | Amanda Bates & Bart Wyatt |
MUP Capstone 2010
| Student | Title | Poster & Final Product | Advisor(s) | Client |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamal Ahmad | Appropriating Decentralization: How Urban Poverty Project Triggers Advocacy | Faranak Miraftab | ||
| Scott Albertsen | Champaign-Urbana Green Coordidors Plan | Poster, Report | Mary Edwards | Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District |
| Mariela Alburges | Envisioning the "Impossible": Fostering Community-Led Economic Development through Alternative Economic Models and Community Development | Poster, Report | Elizabeth Sweet | |
| Charles Allen | Dewitt County Comprehensive Plan | Poster, Report | Arnab Chakraborty | Dewitt County |
| Smita Ambadi | Westgate Land Use Plan | Poster, Report | Brian Deal | Champaign County Regional Planning Commission |
| John Campbell | Dewitt County Comprehensive Plan | Poster, Report | Arnab Chakraborty | Dewitt County |
| Rebecca Carroll | A Sustainable Redevelopment Plan for First Street Corridor | Poster, Report | Brian Deal | City of Champaign, Planning Dept |
| Paul Cheng | Creek Daylighting: A Public Outreach Effort 9 | Poster, Report | Brian Deal | San Francisco Planning Dept & Public Utilities Commission |
| Samantha Copeland | Growth Management In Monteverde:learning from the past, looking at the present, planning for the future | Report | Stacy Harwood | Monteverde Institute |
| Laura Curvey | Dewitt County Comprehensive Plan | Poster, Report | Arnab Chakraborty | Dewitt County |
| Marina Drigo | Why use agent-based models to explore social issues? The case of intimate partner violence and social support systems | Poster, UP Thesis | Elizabeth Sweet | |
| Brad Gregorka | Montgomery County Comperhensive Plan | Poster | Rob Olshansky, Pat Curry (Extension) | Montgomery County, IL |
| Suzanne Hemphill | Pinpointing Foreclosure and Vacancy in the City of Des Moines: A Neighborhood Analysis of Sales and Foreclosure Data for the Period 2006-2009 | Poster, Report | Lynne Dearborn | City of Des Moines |
| MeLena Hessel | Dewitt County Comprehensive Plan | Poster, Report | Arnab Chakraborty | Dewitt County |
| Ryan Holmes | Champaign-Urbana Green Coordidors Plan | Poster, Report | Mary Edwards | Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District |
| Donald Hughes | Southern Peoria Educational and Employability Revitalization Plan, 2010-2014 | Poster | Stacy Harwood | Social Capital Investment Group Inc. |
| Vinod Sudhir Kadu | Westgate Land Use Plan | Poster, Report | Brian Deal | Champaign County Regional Planning Commission |
| John Kersh | A Healthy Plan: Best Practices for Creating Healthy Communities | Poster | Stacy Harwood, Steve Navarro(Kinesiology) | Champaign County Christian Health Center |
| Hyun-Kyong Lee | State Economic Development Institutional Structure and Governance: The Case of Florida and Pennsylvania | Poster, Report | Ed Feser | |
| Rachel Siegert | Village of Rochester Comprehensive Plan | Poster, Report | Bev Wilson | Village of Rochester, IL |
| Tina Marie Smith | Champaign-Urbana Green Coordidors Plan | Poster, Report | Mary Edwards | Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District |
| Jane Tigan | Great Lakes Urban Innovation Guidebook | Poster, Report | Stacy Harwood | Great Lakes Urban Exchange |
| Maulik Vaishnav | Opportunities and Obstacles in Obtaining Air Connectivity for the Residents of Federally Designated Essential Air Service Communities | Poster, UP Thesis | Edward Feser, Andy Isserman | Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences |
| Crystal Whiters | Gullah/Geechee Food Network: Using Culture as an Economic Development Tool |
Poster, Arch Thesis | Paul Kapp (ARCH) Lynne Dearborn (ARCH/UP) |