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Offshore Wind Marshalling Port Graphics
I co-authored a research report titled, “Feasibility Assessment for an Offshore Wind Marshalling Port in the Delaware Bay.” The aim of this report was to provide a preliminary design of two potential port locations in the Delaware Bay for the deployment of offshore wind turbines in the US Mid-Atlantic region.
Within the report, I created mutiple graphics to assist investors in visualizing potential designs of a marshaling port for offshore wind on the Delaware and New Jersey sites.
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that are unavailable for use, while the white lines represent dredge spoil areas. The royal blue hatched pattern indicate a 12-foot deep contour, and the teal hatched pattern represent an 18-foot deep contour in the Delaware River.
In the figures, the red hatched sections indicate areas
Background
I was tasked with completing a watershed study for the Frederick Avenue culvert in Southwest Baltimore, MD, on behalf of the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works. One of my contributions to this report involved creating figures that depicted the existing stormwater infrastructure and how proposed improvements would mitigate flooding impacts from future storm events. Given the significant influx of external drainage into the site, the stormwater infrastructure is currently undersized, and Baltimore faces challenges with extreme high-intensity short-duration rainfall events, which have raised major hydraulic concerns within the community.
General Process
The hydraulic and hydrologic analysis was conducted using XPSWMM software, which assesses the existing topography and pipe networks while representing flow conditions. Multiple storms were simulated, with variations in rainfall depth and duration.
Surface water flood depths were extracted from the model and imported into ArcGIS Pro. I utilized GIS to develop figures that illustrate the impacts of the proposed improvements. Additionally, the storm drain pipe network was imported into the GIS system, where the proposed improvements were created to provide clear visuals for the clients.
