The Clarkson CEM Consulting Group (C3G) is an in-house Clarkson University capability that provides pre-professional consulting in planning, engineering, and construction areas. This business enterprise uses students in an experiential learning mode in order to deliver products that the targeted market segments would not be otherwise able to conduct these efforts using professional consulting services. Contact us for more info: clarkson-c3g@clarkson.edu or 315-268-4017.
In support of the A2A Collaborative (supported by grant funding from the US National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy) and working with NYS DOT, C3G has been collecting wildlife roadkill data, surveying and assessing roadway infrastructure, and conducting data analytics regarding wildlife crossings of NYS Routes 12 and 37 in both 2023 and 2024. The project is still underway and results will be forthcoming.
This project has conducted by Karthik Thota, Anuj Patil, Kranthi Thota, Malvern Dongo, Emily Yousey, Hunter Berg, Maite Salim, Nabitou Cisse, and Sravani Boddepalli
The following is a set of sample project outcomes that attempt to show the breadth and depth of C3G's work.
Potsdam Route US 11 Walkability & Bike-ability Study. We worked with the Town & Village of Potsdam, with support of the St. Lawrence County Health Initiative to help improve walkability, bike-ability, and traffic along a challenging corridor pictured here. Check out our project website: https://sites.google.com/clarkson.edu/c3g-route-11-potsdam/home
In partnership with the Hammond Central School District with sponsorship by the St. Lawrence Health Initiative, C3G set-up a pop-up traffic garden that supported education in traffic safety and awareness for K-12 students in the community. This is also part of a larger initiative now underway to study the use of traffic gardens in rural settings.
Other Sample Past Projects
Fall 2023 Memo from America Walks (Tech Support) along with Madrid Complete Streets Policy (by C3G, Nicholas Leggett)
Spring 2023 Village of Hammond, Safe Routes for All Policy, Elijah Doubleday
Summer/Fall 2022 Village of Canton, Court Street Complete Streets Study, Matt Cote, Elijah Doubleday, Caeden Bailey
Spring/Summer 2022, Town of Madrid, Madrid Elm Street and Parking Lot Complete Streets Concept Plan, Nicholas Leggett
Spring/Summer 2022 Town of Brasher, Safe Routes to School/For Everyone Study, Haley Meshcon, Nicholas Leggett, Andrew Kipfer
Fall 2022 Town of Stockholm, Safe Routes for All, David Wallace
Summer 2022 Village of Heuvelton, Complete Streets Policy, Elijah Doubleday
Summer/Fall 2019, Village and Town of Canton Judson Street Concept Design for Complete Streets, Sam Skufka, Paul Barber, Autumn Lennon, Nick Frost
Summer/Fall 2019, Village of Potsdam Sidewalk Inventory, Cori Golding, Elizabeth Pogorzelski, Albert Wait, Oscar Anguilar-Cruz, Jenny Ward
Summer 2019, Village of Gouverneur Sidewalk Inventory, Jenny Ward, Anna Poe
Summer/Fall 2018, Village of Massena Complete Streets, Sam Skufka and Ellie Seigfried
Summer/Fall 2018, City of Ogdensburg Complete Streets, Sam Skufka and Ellie Seigfried
Summer 2018, Town of Potsdam Comprehensive Plan – Complete Streets Language, Jon Ignatowski and Hayley Szeglowski
Spring 2018, Akwesasne Arena Master Plan, Ryan Brown, Leudin Dominguez, Tom Gagnon, Quintana Hart and Hayley Szeglowski
As a part of commitment by the Clarkson CEM Program to hands-on and co-curricular education, Director Erik Backus along with Bill Olsen and Jim Billings launched the Clarkson CEM Consulting Group in 2015. This in-house Clarkson University capability provides pre-professional consulting in planning, engineering, and construction areas. This business enterprise uses students in an experiential learning mode in order to deliver products that the targeted market segments would not be otherwise able to conduct using professional consulting services. Likewise, these efforts help to build community economic opportunities by jumpstarting projects that would otherwise not be able to be done absent some key preliminary work. The goal has been to generate further professional work and efforts that can aid in the development of a more robust North Country economy.
If you are looking for older content, please navigate to this website (no longer being maintained): https://webspace.clarkson.edu/~ebackus/Old-C3G.htm.