Student Scholar Spotlight – Ash DeRegis
Student Scholar Spotlight – Ash DeRegis
Featured student work during their time as a college scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Ash DeRegis
My program of study in College Scholars is titled “Conservation and Animal Behavior”; I am also pursuing a second major in chemistry. My goal is to create an interdisciplinary course of study that connects the science of chemistry with ecosystem restoration efforts to invoke novel ways of conserving the natural world and its resources and to explore the relationship between humans and the environment.
The idea for my senior project is to enhance designs of bioretention by implementing applications of chemical adhesion properties during the design process. Bioretention consists of any landscaped areas that are designed to treat storm-water runoff in a controlled and efficient way.
These designs are critical especially in the growing industrialized areas to maintain a healthy environment for humans and animals to coexist. This new lens of green-infrastructure design crossed with chemical research will mitigate issues such as maintenance costs, geological erosion, biohazards, and flooding.