Yue Qiu ‘14

“The Effect of Rainfall and Post-revolutionary Land-use Changes on Sediment Yield in Weixi Basin, Yunnan, China”

Yue Qiu’s senior thesis helps tell the larger story of the effect of post-revolutionary national land use policies on a local area in northern Yunnan province. Assistant Professor Amanda Schmidt nominated her work. Yue’s research has depth and detail, and draws thoughtful conclusions from diverse data, and includes well-informed conclusions about how modern land use changes could have affected erosion and sediment supply in this small watershed in western China.