Project Participants
This project is a collaborative effort between Virginia Tech, Cornell University, and University of California at Davis.
Virginia Tech, Research Focus: Tree Growth and Root Development
Susan Downing Day, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Departments of Forestry and Horticulture
Julia Bartens, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech (current position, Ph.D. student, Department of Forestry)
Sarah B. Dickinson, Research Associate, Department of Horticulture
Joseph E. Dove, Ph.D., P.E. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
J. Roger Harris, Ph.D. Professor and Head, Department of Horticulture
The Society of Friends, Blacksburg, VA
Cornell University, Research Focus: Surface Treatments and Pervious Pavement
Nina Bassuk, Ph.D. Professor and Program Leader of the Urban Horticulture Institute
Ted Haffner, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University; Associate Landscape Architect, Terry Guen Design Associates, Chicago, IL
Peter Trowbridge, MLA Professor and Chair, Landscape Architecture
Andy Hillman, City Forester, The City of Ithaca, NY
University of California at Davis, Research Focus: Water Quality
Qingfu Xiao, Ph.D. Research Water Scientist, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources
Laurence Costello, Ph.D. Cooperative Extension Advisor, San Mateo— San Francisco Extension
E. Gregory McPherson, Ph.D. Director, Center for Urban Forestry Research PSW, USDA Forest Service
The City of Davis, CA
Acknowledgments
We would especially like to thank Tess Wynn on the faculty of the Biological Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. In addition, we appreciate the work of John O. James, Jason Grabosky, Stephanie Worthington, Mona Dollins, Liz Crawley, Velva Groover, F�lix Rub�n Arguedas, and many others in bringing this project to completion.
