Coes Zone
Digital Commons
Coes Zone is showcasing the work of Worcester college students. Students are building their skills and traveling off campus to meet community activists and subject matter experts. Students are producing usable documents that can be built upon by government, the community and future students. Some of this work will inform academic research and be developed as best practices around the world.
The Coes Zone Digital Commons will continue to feature the work of college and university students and add the work of middle school and high school students and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) projects as well.
Stakeholder Engagement Baseline Report Created For The Coes Zone Task Force Worcester, MA, 2015
by Emily Albertson, Frances Boehnlein, Stefanie Covino, Ted Snook & Federico Sotomayor, Student Authors--McCauley IDCE 30253
"HYDRO-RAKING AS A MANAGEMENT OPTION FOR AQUATIC NON-NATIVE INVASIVE AND NATIVE NUISANCE PLANTS IN FRESHWATER PONDS AND LAKES: CASE STUDIES IN MASSACHUSETTS" by Desmarais, Danielle L., (2016). International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE). Paper 38--Samuel Ratick, Chief Instructor
Creating Bathymetry Maps of Coes Reservoir, Worcester, MA, 2013
by Joey Hersh, Student Author--Thatcher, GEOG190 (find on Coes Zone group Facebook page in the "Files" tab, link to Facebook in right column)
Assessing Potential Contributors to Coes Pond Pollution Using Multi Criteria Evaluation, Worcester, MA 2015
by Zachary Peloquin ’16, LEEP Fellow. Sponsor: Professor Florencia Sangermano (find it on Coes Zone group Facebook page in the "Files" tab, there is a link to Facebook in the right column of this page)
Coes Reservoir and Pond Park Renewal & Restoration: Biodiversity Survey and BioBlitz work in Progress, Worcester, MA, 2015
by Alexis Charney, Nicholas Pagan, Liz Crowther, Jitske Grift, Madhubanti Anashua, Student Authors-- in collaboration with Gaia Khairina, graduate student; Sponsor: Professor Dianne Rocheleau
Coes Reservoir and Pond Park Renewal and Restoration: Water Quality and Living Machines - Work in Progress. Worcester, MA, 2015
by Jessica Cusworth, Nicholas Pagan, Gabby Rigutto, Alexis Charney, Zachary Peloquin, Devon Miller, Madhubanti Anashua & Belen Betancourt -- Sponsor: Professor Dianne Rocheleau
Coes Pond Water Quality Testing & Living Machine Prototype Development. Worcester, MA 2015,
by Jessica Cusworth, LEEP Fellow, Gabrielle Rigutto, LEEP Fellow & Belen Betancourt, LEEP Fellow (sponsor: Professor Timothy Downs)
Project summary by Gabrielle Rigutto, LEEP Fellow
June 2015 – September 2015 (4 months)
As a part of a team of 3 other Clark students, we designed a water quality research project to take place at Coes Pond over off of Mill st. in Worcester this summer, where we have been teaching ourselves how to use a YSI water quality sonde and have begun routinely monitoring several basic parameters of the water directly off of the newly established swimming area at the Coes Pond beach. Alongside this project, we have also been in the process of developing our own Living Machine, as we are hoping to explore the same type of chemical bioremediation by means of mimicking natural processes that the John Todd Ecological Design Eco-Machine employs. The entire project is a baby-step in testing the feasibility of this type of technology in improving water quality at Coes Pond, which is notorious in the community for its legacy pollution.
Local Knowledge is a data repository developed to enhance the collaboration between Clark University and partners in the Worcester, Massachusetts community
College of the Holy Cross Non-Profit Careers Conference team prepared a project for Coes Zone: an Excel database catalog
Worcester Polytechnic Institute students have provided research about Coes Pond and Patch Resevoir
Explanation of IQP
An Inventory and Assessment of Data Requirements for the development of a Coes Pond Watershed Management Plan, Worcester, MA, 2015
Environmental Injustice In Five Worcester Communities, Worcester, MA, 2012
by Michael Bowen, Kathleen Hodge, David Ilacqua, Margaret McDonough, Student Authors --Corey Denenberg Dehner An Interactive Qualifying Project submitted to the faculty of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Patch reservoir development plans, Worcester, MA, 05/01/84
by Robert Galgano, Jeffrey Smith, Colin Lawrence, Student Authors – Fitzpatrick M, in archives, Students Info Project ID:4316, Call number:84D217I
The Major Qualifying Project (MQP) focuses on the student’s major field.
Feasibility study of the water level drawdown at Patch Resevoir, Worcester MA, 05/01/96
by Robert Galgano, Jeffrey Smith, Colin Lawrence, Student Authors – Mathisen, in archives, Students Info Project ID: 8727, Call number: 96D107M
First Year Experience: Great Problems Seminar
Visit the poster galleries to find out about residential irrigation sytems, stormwater runoff, and more
This website was originally created by a group of WPI students in a Great Problem Seminar about The World's Water. After looking into Coes Pond, the group realized that the main problem wasn't really about the state of the pond but the different groups that all cared about it, but in different ways. While yes there are meetings on the pond, each different group wants a different thing. This website was created with the idea of a "common ground" for all parties involved and the public as well.
Phosphorus Coes-ing Some Trouble Worcester, MA, 2015
By Matt Biondi, Brooke Pierce, Graysen DeLuca, Michael Taylor, Student Authors
one of the poster presentation winners in the GPS category
Worcester State University
Ferrarone, John, Independent Study from a citizen perspective of Invasive Species in Coes Reservoir, often referred to as Coes Pond, Fall 2015
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