Willard Braun

U.S.-Canada Center on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected Grid

Principal investigators: Zareipour, Hamidreza H

Keywords: climate-change induced grid issues; flooding and grid resiliency; grid modernization; heat wavesand grid resiliency; linking grid, data, climate, society; northern communities weak grids; secondary impacts of extreme events; social equity and grid outages; technology transfer and training; wildfires and grid resiliency

CREATE Immersive Technologies (CITech)

Principal investigators: Sadeghzadeh Milani, Abbas A

Keywords: 3d learning; application innovation; community engagement; data visualization; education innovation; immersive technologies; interactivity; problem-based learning; smart manufacturing and maintenance; technology innovation

Constrained Nonparametric Inference and Data Visualization through Data Sharpening

Principal investigators: Braun, Willard

Keywords: nonparametrics; smoothing; bootstrapping; regression; density estimation; bias reduction; shape-constrained estimation; penalized smoothing; differential equations; stochastic modelling

Determining optimal wildflower patch arrangements to maximize pollination services by wild bees in cultivated blueberry

Principal investigators: Tyson, Rebecca

Development of statistical methods to reduce the ground sampling requirements for predicting various forest characteristics using satellite and airborne imagery

Principal investigators: Braun, WillardJohn

Smoothing and Bootstrapping with Application to Forest Fire Modelling

Principal investigators: Braun, Willard