Project Timeline
October 2013
- Rob McDaniel and David Merrick travel to Ile a Vache and Port-au-Prince, Haiti at the request of SODADE and FAVACA for an initial needs assessment.
December 2013
- Audrey Heffron Casserleigh, Jarrett Broder, and David Merrick travel to Ile a Vache to finalize coordination on the island for full staff trips in 2014.
- Interview and selection of researchers completed
January 2014
- Staff training
- Project objectives developed and finalized
February 2014
- Staff trip Ile a Vache. Trip 1 focused on data collection including UAS operations, ground surveys, interviews, and water testing.
March 2014
- Data aggregation and analysis
- Creation of outreach materials
- Training development for local government
April 2014
- Training development, cont’
- Staff trip to Ile a Vache. Trip 2 focused on delivery of outreach content and training delivery. Further UAS operations were conducted
May-July 2014
- Processing UAS imagery
- Final report