August 2024 – May 2025

The Caribbean Center for Rising Seas engaged as a ‘client’ the students and professors at George Mason University’s Data Analytics Engineering program to answer various research questions. Student teams gathered, analyzed, depicted, and presented data on various topics related to flooding in Puerto Rico. These projects are a way to advance capacity building on handling data critical for decision making in the face of global warming. Following are the project abstracts.

About the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust:

The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust, as described in Public Law 214, is a private nonprofit organization established in 2004 to promote the Island’s participation and job creation in the global knowledge economy by promoting investments and financing for research and development in science and technology. It invests, facilitates, and develops capacities that continually advance Puerto Rico’s economy and the well-being of its citizens through research and development-based enterprises, science and technology, public health, and innovation, aiming for Puerto Rico to be a globally recognized center of innovation. For more information: www.prsciencetrust.org.