Washington DC is seen as a center of politics, bureaucracy, litigation, legislation, and the trading of power and resources. For this reason outsiders are both attracted to and repelled from our city. For many of us transplants and government workers, a large portion of our collective self-image is dictated by the ebb and flow of our governing body. / Master of Architecture

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1926. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 78-79.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2010. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 102 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Water management in the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) is challenging because the system relies on flow in the Potomac river, which is largely uncontrolled and augmented by the Jennings-Randolph reservoir, located 9-10 days travel time upstream. Given this lag, release decisions must be made collectively by federal, state and local stakeholders amid significant uncertainty, well in advance of accurate weather forecasts with no ability to recapture excess releases. Adding to this uncertainty are predictions of more severe and sporadic rainfall over the next century, caused by anthropogenic climate change. This study aims to evaluate the potential impacts of demand and climate change on the WMA water supply system, identifying changes in system vulnerability over the next century and developing adaptation strategies designed to maximize efficiency in a nonstationary system. A daily stochastic streamflow generation model is presented, which succesfully replicates statistics of the historical streamflow record and can produce climate-adjusted daily time-series. Using these time series, a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm is used to optimize the system's operating rules given current and future conditions, considering several competing objectives. / Ph. D.

Planktonic Foraminifera were examined from the Aquia Formation (Late Paleocene) from 2 localities in the Aquia type area along the Potomac River 7 miles southeast of Stafford, Virginia to: identify taxa present, and to effect biostratigraphic correlation with other Paleocene studies on the Virginia Coastal Plain. Two genera and twenty-two species were recovered, allowing recognition of the Globorotalia pseudomenardii and Globorotalia velascoensis zones, and correlation with The Oak Grove Core, 23 miles to the southeast (Gibson, et al. 1980), and a Pamunkey River locality 50 miles to the south (Seaton, 1982). This correlation shows equal thicknesses of the Aquia within zonal boundaries over the Potomac River - Oak Grove - Pamunkey River area, suggesting uniform rates of Aquia sedimentation in this portion of the Salisbury Embayment. Correlation of the Oak Grove Core, which was zoned via the Tertiary NP zonation indicates the presence of NP zones 5,6-?7,8,9 in the Aquia type area. / Master of Science

Water edge communities are portals to terra firma. Their role as negotiators between land and water is more important now than ever before due to increasing fluctuations in water height from storm surges and sea level rise. To understand the future of these edge conditions, my research looks to the past at a 1967 report entitled; The Potomac: A Report on Its Imperiled Future and a Guide for Its Orderly Development, authored by pioneers Stewart Udall, Ian McHarg and others. The report approached the ecology and culture of the Potomac River basin through the lens of the 1960s, a time of unprecedented growth. Emerging at the semi-centennial of the original report, my thesis is both an homage and critique, challenging its concepts of order and development, and redefining four of the original eleven principles in the report's concept of the ideal region. The thesis investigation also works within a more actionable scale of intervention, a tributary to the Potomac River. The project develops a transferable approach for other tributaries, exploring Quantico Creek and the town of Dumfries, Virginia, a historic seaport in Prince William County, as a case study for design intervention, and analyzes the historic and ecological conditions that led to the marginalization of the community in the wake of siltation and urban sprawl. The resulting proposal reconnects the community with the creek, and fulfills an intention of the original Potomac Report: to spark inspired realities along the river's 400-mile course. / Master of Landscape Architecture / Water edge communities hold much of the nation's history and are heavily impacted by climate change phenomena. To better understand how to plan and design for these communities, my research re-examines a 1967 report entitled; The Potomac: A Report on Its Imperiled Future and a Guide for Its Orderly Development, authored by some of the most influential designers, planners and conservationists of their era. The report approached the ecology and culture of the Potomac River basin through the lens of the 1960s, a time of large scale development and suburban growth. Fifty years later, my thesis recognizes the aspects of the report that are applicable to planning and design today and recommends changes in the approaches and methodologies of the report for continued use in other communities. The thesis design proposal is at the scale of a small tributary called Quantico Creek in Prince William County, Virginia. The project proposal reconnects the community of Dumfries, VA with Quantico Creek by making it an accessible, public waterfront, and fulfills an intention of the original Potomac Report: to spark inspired realities along the Potomac River’s 400-mile course.

My thesis is a space to display the parts of a ship hull excavated from the ground along the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. My thesis is about finding a way to display these ship hull parts in a way that not only contextualizes and informs the public about them, but also respects their part in the history of the Potomac River and the neighboring buildings. These found ship hull parts (from here they will be referred to as the "found ship") amount to one third of the hull of a late 18th century merchant ship that was scuttled along the waterfront of Alexandria to extend the shoreline and to create more useable land. It was one of four found over a period of three years between 2015 and 2018. It was the largest, being approximately 102 feet long, 25 1/4 feet in beam, and 11 feet deep; it was believed to be three-masted, fully rigged (or ship rigged), with the main mast estimated to have been at least 100 feet tall. It is also estimated to be flat-floored and to be able to carry up to 264 tons. The recovered remains are 85 feet long and 30 feet wide. It is my goal to display the found ship in a publicly accessible manner that not only represents the history correctly, but also respects the context of both today and its time. To display the found ship, I will need to either display it as-is (some old pieces of wood) or as a part of a fully reconstructed vessel. Both present challenges and advantages but will be unique design additions to the project. Regardless of how I choose to display the found ship, I must display it somewhere. To do this, I need to design a building that not only allows it to be displayed, but that does so in a way that is respectful to it the context of the city and river themselves. I will design a building on a site immediately adjacent to West's Point Park on the Potomac Waterfront. / Master of Architecture / The Alexandria waterfront is full of history. A lot of it is visible: the row houses, the street grid, the old buildings and piers. Even more of it is invisible, lying unseen below the ever-changing waterfront and the earth beneath it. Here, in the depths of the mud that makes up the waterfront of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, lay the remains of four of water-going vessels. Of these, three were small boats and barges, not being capable of sailing on the open ocean. The fourth, however, is an ocean-going vessel, a ship. This found ship was a merchant ship and is only partially intact – most of the ship is gone (the decks, the masts, rigging, and sails, and any other parts of the structure), but a portion, roughly thirty percent, is still intact, although very fragile. When I learned of this archaeological find, I immediately wanted to know more, and to display it somewhere. It was my goal to design a building in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, to not only house the found ship in some way, but to allow the community to come and learn about it and the rest of the city and region. I also wanted to design a building that was more than a museum, but a place for people to gather, and as a place people wanted to come back to. I hope you enjoy reading about it as much as I have enjoyed researching and designing it.

Thesis--Catholic University of America. / Bibliography: p. 31-33.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2000. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 278 p. : maps. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-272).