10:23 AM EST Share One project will study new ways to track forest fires, another is focused on sinkholes at Silver Springs.
The University of North Florida Environmental Center awarded research seed grants to three UNF professors.
One project focuses on battling wildfires by using thermal imaging to improve tracking. Another will study sinkholes surrounding Florida’s Silver Springs.
The competitive, merit-based grants are awarded annually to UNF faculty members to support environmental research and inspire effective collaboration between faculty and students in diverse disciplines, according to a news release from the university.
Forest fires
UNF associate professors John Nuszkowski, mechanical engineering, and Alan Harris, electrical engineering, were awarded $8,000 for their project, “Forest Fire Tracking using Machine Learning and Thermal Imaging from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.”
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Polling missed Florida again, underestimating the Trump vote
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A Florida Times-Union editorial
Polls on the presidential election took another hit this year. That s two straight elections with major polling flaws.
For the second straight presidential election, many polls underestimated the votes drawn by Donald Trump. This was especially concerning because pollsters were thought to have learned from the 2016 election.
Michael Binder, who runs the respected polling operation from the University of North Florida, said his polling adjusted for Trump s popularity among non-college-educated people.
But in an opinion column for The Washington Post, David Hill, director of Hill Research Consultants, said there is a bigger issue.
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