Research Summary
Peter Stempel is an associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and is a cofunded faculty member with the Penn State Institute of Energy Environment. He is also affiliated with Water Faculty Initiative and the Ecology Plus Design: E+D initiative. His research is focused on realizing the transformative potential of realistic visualization for hazard and risk communication and public engagement. His work links physical models such as hydrodynamic and wind models to qualitative data gathered from stakeholders and visualizations. He is part of interdisciplinary teams working on projects for the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence for Coastal Resilience. This applied work is complemented by social science research designed to improve visualization practices and inform the development of new paradigms for the use of realistic visualizations.
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Interviews with researchers and practitioners who collaborate with Indigenous groups in the United States: Are climate change adaptation frameworks helpful?
Boon, O., Mainzer, S., Andrews, L., Stempel, P. & Mainzer, K., Sep 2024, In: Socio-Ecological Practice Research. 6, 3, p. 299-310 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interpreting Dynamic Landscapes: Animated Landscape Visualizations to Improve Communication of Changing Coastal Conditions
Stempel, P., Nasr-Azadani, E., Russ, C., Grilli, A., Schuh, E., Grilli, S., Ginis, I., Crowley, D., Walsh, J., Harrington, J., Damon, C., Duhaime, R. & Rubinoff, P., 2024, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2024, 9, p. 182-192 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Social and environmental vulnerability to flooding: Investigating cross-scale hypotheses
Hinojos, S., McPhillips, L., Stempel, P. & Grady, C., Aug 2023, In: Applied Geography. 157, 103017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing the morphodynamic response of a New England beach-barrier system to an artificial reef
Schuh, E., Grilli, A. R., Groetsch, F., Grilli, S. T., Crowley, D., Ginis, I. & Stempel, P., Sep 2023, In: Coastal Engineering. 184, 104355.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3D Morphodynamic Visualizations of Storm Impacts for Decision Support
Stempel, P., Nasr-Azadani, E., Grilli, A., Grilli, S., Shuh, E., Groetsch, F., Ginis, I., Crowley, D., Walsh, J. P., Whaling, I., Damon, C., Duhaime, R., Rubinoff, P. & Schmitt, C., 2023, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2023, 8, p. 554-563 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Expert Perceptions of Uncertainty Communication in 3D Visualizations of Coastal Hazards
Stempel, P., Becker, A. & Nasr-Azadani, E., 2023, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2023, 8, p. 564-573 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Hazard Consequence Prediction System: A Participatory Action Research Approach to Enhance Emergency Management
Becker, A., Hallisey, N., Kalaidjian, E., Stempel, P. & Rubinoff, P., Jan 1 2022, In: Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 19, 1, p. 1-25 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Challenges to climate change adaptation in coastal small towns: Examples from Ghana, Uruguay, Finland, Denmark, and Alaska
Fitton, J. M., Addo, K. A., Jayson-Quashigah, P. N., Nagy, G. J., Gutiérrez, O., Panario, D., Carro, I., Seijo, L., Segura, C., Verocai, J. E., Luoma, S., Klein, J., Zhang, T. T., Birchall, J. & Stempel, P., Oct 15 2021, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 212, 105787.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Beyond the blue blob: Salience and perceived legitimacy of alternative sea level rise visualizations
Stempel, P., Becker, A., Rubinoff, P. & Fultineer, S., 2021, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2021, 6, p. 112-122 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Is it scientific? Viewer perceptions of storm surge visualizations
Stempel, P. J. & Becker, A., 2021, In: Cartographica. 56, 2, p. 120-136 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Visualizations out of context: Addressing pitfalls of real-time realistic hazard visualizations
Stempel, P. & Becker, A., Aug 24 2019, In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 8, 8, 318.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing the multiple impacts of extreme hurricanes in southern new England, USA
Ullman, D. S., Ginis, I., Huang, W., Nowakowski, C., Chen, X. & Stempel, P., Jun 2019, In: Geosciences (Switzerland). 9, 6, 265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Developing consequence thresholds for storm models through participatory processes: Case study of westerly Rhode Island
Witkop, R., Becker, A., Stempel, P. & Ginis, I., Jun 18 2019, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 7, 133.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Real-time chronological hazard impact modeling
Stempel, P., Ginis, I., Ullman, D., Becker, A. & Witkop, R., Nov 10 2018, In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 6, 4, 134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
STORMTOOLS: Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI)
Spaulding, M. L., Grilli, A., Damon, C., Crean, T., Fugate, G., Oakley, B. A. & Stempel, P., 2016, In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 4, 3, 54.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review