CIVIC Projects

Fort Smith, AR

(SMILIES) A community-based framework to develop Shared MicromobIlity for affordabLe-accessIblE housing

University of Arkansas

Polk County, IA

A Disaster Multiplayer Online Game (DMOG) to Enhance Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in the Midwest

Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Oklahoma City, OK

Advancing Urban Tree Resilience from Ice Storms in Oklahoma City

University of Oklahoma

Houston, TX

Artificial-Intelligence-based Decision Support for Equitable and Resilient Food Distribution during Pandemics and Extreme Weather Events

University of Houston

Cape Canaveral, FL

Assessing the Performance of Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation and Coastal Resilience and Water Management in the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida

Stetson University

Monroe County, NY

Bridging the Gap between Essential Emergency Resources and Services and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community in Monroe County NY: A Geospatial-Visual Approach

Rochester Institute of Technology

Alaska

Bridging the Rural Justice Gap: Innovating & Scaling Up Civil Access to Justice in Alaska

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Irvine, CA

CaReDeX: Enabling Disaster Resilience in Aging Communities via a Secure Data Exchange

University of California, Irvine

San Antonio's Westside neighborhood, TX

Co-created Digital Twins for Heat-resilient Home Rehab Co-design

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Austin, TX

Co-Creating a Community Hub for Smart Mobility: A University-Government-Nonprofit Partnership

University of Texas at Austin

Maine

Codeveloping local flood thresholds and high tide flooding predictions with community science and innovative technology

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Chicago, IL

Community Food Mobilization in Chicago

Illinois Institute of Technology

Nashville, TN

Community Informed AI-Based System for Driver Training to Advance Neurodiverse Independence and Employment

Vanderbilt University

Salt Lake City, UT

Community Resilience through Engaging, Actionable, Timely, High-Resolution Air Quality Information (CREATE-AQI)

University of Utah

Austin, TX

Community-Based Gunshot Alert System

Vanderbilt University

College Station, TX

Community-Centric Pre-Disaster Mitigation with Unmanned Aerial and Marine Systems

Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Connecting Underrepresented Youths with Employment Opportunities

University of Kansas

Hampton Roads, VA

Convergence, Inventory, Matching, and Assignment (CIMA) to Optimize Post-event Housing Repair for Displaced Vulnerable Populations

Old Dominion Research Foundation

St. Paul Island, AK

Creating a community-centered framework to address inequities in food-security in Alaskan coastal communities facing a changing climate

University of Alaska

Greenbrier County, WV

Creating the West Virginia Flood Resilience Framework for comprehensive disaster response and long-term community recovery

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN

Data-Driven Analytics for Scaling Up Community Carshare: Bringing Affordable, Reliable, and Clean Carshare to More People

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Nashville, TN

Data-Driven Monitoring and Optimizing of Right-of-Way Permits

Vanderbilt University

Detroit, MI

Designing a Decarbonization- Ready Common Home Assessment

Pecan Street Inc.

Yukon-Kuskokwin (Y-K) Delta, AK

Dynamic Modeling of River Ecosystem Stability

University of Arkansas

Los Angeles, CA

Enabling Safe, Community-wide Bike-to-Work Strategies via Participatory Sensing

University of California, Los Angeles

Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas around Tulsa and Oklahoma City, OK

Enhancing Oklahoma Community Energy Resilience and Disaster Preparedness Through Electric School Bus Integration into Local Grids

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Los Angeles, CA

Everyday Respect: Measuring & Improving Police Officer Communication During Motor Vehicle Stops

University of Southern California

New York, NY

Full Building Scans for Targeted Micro-retrofits using Drones, Radars, and Deep Learning

New York University

Great Lakes Region, MI

Helping Rural Counties to Enhance Flooding and Coastal Disaster Resilience and Adaptation

Michigan Technological University

Halelea, HI

Hoomalu Halelea – Community-led Innovation for Integrated Flood Resilience

University of Hawaii

New York City, NY

Inclusive Insurance: Improving the Post-Flood Financial Resiliency of Low- and Moderate-Income Households

Environmental Defense Fund

Boston, MA

Kickstarting A Youth-Centered Green Economy For The Environmental Justice Community Of East Boston

Eastie Farm

Seattle Metropolitan Region, WA

Leveraging a connected network of unattended micro-pantries to reduce food waste and improve food security

University of Washington

Pittsburgh, PA

Leveraging existing fiber-optic cables to identify and manage urban environmental hazards

Pennsylvania State University

Ohkay Owingeh, NM

Low-Cost Efficient Wireless Intelligent Sensors (LEWIS) for Greater Preparedness and Resilience to Post-Wildfire Flooding in Native American Communities

University of New Mexico

Waco, TX

Novel Fuel-Flexible Combustion to Enable Ultra-Clean and Efficient Waste-to-Renewable Energy in Changing Climate

Baylor University

Puerto Rico

Participatory Civic Technology to Close the Last-Mile Disaster Relief Gap in Puerto Rico

Foundation for Puerto Rico

Atlanta, GA

Piloting On-Demand Multimodal Transit in Atlanta

Georgia Tech

Philadelphia, PA

Placekeeping: a Co-designed Model for Intergenerational Co-housing and Coalition Building in a University-Adjacent Community

Drexel University

Central Florida, FL

Reimagining Urban Resilience and Education Hubs Using a Community-Engaged, Equity-Centered Approach

University of Central Florida

North Slope Borough, AK

Resilient Arctic Innovations for Sustainable Communities in Extreme Environments (RAISE)

The Pennsylvania State University

Tompkins and Tioga Counties, NY

Resilient Rice Farming through Community Innovation

Cornell University

Philadelphia’s Delaware River Waterfront, PA

Revitalizing Legacy Infrastructure Using Rapidly Deployable Pop-Up Metro

Carnegie Mellon University

Calhoun County, FL

Rural Resiliency Hubs: An Integrated, Community-Centered Approach to Addressing the Resiliency Divide through Rural Public Libraries

Florida State University

Elizabeth, NJ

Smart Kids and Cool Seniors

Rutgers University New Brunswick

New Orleans, LA

Streamlining and Supporting Access to Public Assistance Programs in Louisiana

Tulane University

San Francisco, CA

Strengthening community paramedicine services through action research

San Jose State University Foundation

Central Business District & Central Activities District in Charlotte, NC

Strengthening Community Safety and Well-being with Ethical, AI-Assisted Video Solutions

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

New Jersey, NJ

Strengthening Peer-Run Safety-Net Behavioral Health Services through Community-centered AI Design

Carnegie Mellon University

New York City, NY

UNUM: Unification for Underground resilience Measures

New York University

Milwaukee, WI

User-Centered Mobility Solutions (UCMS): A New Vision to Connect Jobs and the Labor Force

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Savannah, GA

Visualizing Resilience: BIPOC Youth Advocacy through Mapmaking

Georgia Institute of Technology

Roanoke, VA

Youth-centered civic technology and citizen science for improving community heat resilience infrastructure

Virginia Tech