Research: Importance and Resiliency in the Port of Galilee, RI
Background: B.S. Biological Sciences URI/M.S. Bio Oceanography URI GSO/Principal Fisheries Biologist RIDEM DMF

Research: Regulatory landscape of overlay zones and sustainability practices impacts physical outcomes in Designated Port Areas and Harbor Zones.

Background: Rosemarie Fusco joined the Marine Affairs department in 2021. She is interested in how both incentivized standards and regulations impact development decisions, and in how the outcomes of these decision-making processes are equitable and successful. Rosemarie has also had the opportunity to contribute to other Marine Affairs research projects such as the Military Installation Resilience Review (MIRR) from 2020-2021 where she worked with Naval Staff to develop a GIS inventory of consequence thresholds in and around Naval Station Newport. Prior to attending URI, she received a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Florida where she researched environmental justice of coastal planning practices in city and county government.

rfusco@uri.edu
www.linkedin.com/in/rosemariefusco2019

Research: Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, Coastal Resilience, Coastal Hazard Impact Modeling, Disaster Risk Reduction
Background: I completed my BS in Environmental Earth Sciences at Eastern Connecticut State University in 2018 and an MSc in Biological and Environmental Sciences at University of Rhode Island in 2021. I also have a graduate certificate in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing and another in Science Writing and Rhetoric from URI.

I’m a PhD student in the Marine Affairs Coastal Resilience Lab (MARCL) advised by Dr. Austin Becker. I am interested in researching how geospatial tools and technologies can be used to support bottom-up approaches for assessing and enhancing community resilience. Before joining the Marine Affairs program, I worked with Dr. Becker on developing a Participatory Action Research approach to capture critical infrastructure managers concerns about hurricanes and nor’easters in Providence. We also developed a methodology for mapping coastal infrastructure that can be used for conducting regional risk assessment and for coastal planning and management. I also work for the Office of Innovation in General Education supporting student learning outcome assessment for the General Education program at the URI. Outside of my research, I am an avid endurance bicyclist and race endurance mountain bike and cyclocross. I also host weekly group bike rides around Rhode Island through a bike group I created called “Gravel Bike Rhode Island”.

Email: halliseyn@uri.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-hallisey-5a3583170/ 

Samuel W. Adams is a doctoral student in the Department of Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island. His research addresses the vulnerability of coastal communities as a function of critical infrastructure dependencies and the cascading consequences of storm hazards. He has a master’s degree in public administration from American Public University and a bachelor’s degree in historic preservation from Roger Williams University.

He also serves as the University’s full-time Emergency Management Director and Assistant Director of Public Safety where he oversees campus emergency management and fire safety programs. He is past president of the Rhode Island Association of Emergency Managers (RIAEM) and is a RIAEM-certified Advanced Emergency Manager.

Background: University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, 2009
European Joint program (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Catalunya, City, University of London) Master’s in Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management, 2016

While I joined the URI Marine Affairs department in the Fall of 2020, my background is formally in coastal engineering design and marine construction. I have professional experience working in marine construction on dredging projects with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC, and in coastal engineering modeling and design, working in both the public (USACE Norfolk District) and private (Mott MacDonald Consultancy Group) professional sectors.

kyle_mcelroy@uri.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-mcelroy-8335a159/

An officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a senior program manager with
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass
Destruction Office, David Ostwind joined the Marine Affairs department
as a PhD student in 2022 and is currently researching how evacuation
by sea may save lives and alleviate suffering after a catastrophic
incident.  David seeks to develop a methodology to categorize and
prioritize U.S. jurisdictions that require Catastrophic Incident
Sealift (CIS) capability.  His research will also evaluate and
classify vessels for evacuation by sea following the National Incident
Management Systems (NIMS) typing model.  Prior to attending URI, David
conducted research on this topic as a student at the U.S. Naval War
College and has supported the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
Maritime Administration in preparing for disaster response while
completing an interagency detail.