Travis Flohr
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
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419 Stuckeman
University Park, PA - tlf159@psu.edu
- 814-865-6112
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Most Recent Publications
Measuring the Shade Coverage of Trees and Buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Amirhosein Shabrang, Mehdi HerisHunt, Travis Flohr, 2025, Findings
Exploring a Just and Diverse Urban Forests’ Capacity for Mitigating Future Mean Radiant Temperatures
Travis Flohr, Lara Garcia, Caio Figueiredo, C Figeueredo, Mehdi Heris, J Lindemann, Margaret Hoffman, Justine Lindeman, J Lindemann, L Richardson, Mehdi Heris, Hong Wu, Lilliard Richardson, 2024, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 302-313
Spatial Indices for Convivial Greenstreets
Emmy Kriehn, Kenneth Tamminga, Travis Flohr, 2023, Sustainability on p. 23
Professional perceptions of participatory practices in green stormwater infrastructure development
Mahsa Adib, Hong Wu, Travis Flohr, 2023, PLOS Water on p. e0000084
Investigating New York City’s Cool Roof Program Implementation Using Remote Sensing Through an Environmental Justice Lens
Travis Flohr, Mehdi Heris, Rosy George, Andrea Avila, 2023, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 65-74
An ENVI-met Simulation Data Pipeline for Evaluating Urban Tree Patterns Impacts on Urban Micro-climate
Travis Flohr, Mehdi Heris, Elizabeth Derycke, 2022, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 538-548
An ENVI-met Simulation Data Pipeline for Evaluating Urban Tree Patterns Impact on Urban Micro-climate
Travis Flohr, Mehdi Heris, Elizabeth Derycke, 2022, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 538-548
The Virtual Studio: creating physical presence in a virtual studio environment.
Travis Flohr, T Johnson, K Tamminga, 2021, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture
A web app for urban pollinator site assessment
Travis Flohr, H Wu, Nastaran Tebyanian, 2020, Landscape Research Record on p. 177-191
Creating virtual environments in support of on-line problem-based learning
Travis Flohr, Dolores Sirek, Ross Tredinnick, 2020, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 386-394
Most-Cited Papers
A Geodesign approach to environmental design education: Framing the pedagogy, evaluating the results
Brian Muller, Travis Flohr, 2016, Landscape Planning on p. 101-117
An ENVI-met Simulation Data Pipeline for Evaluating Urban Tree Patterns Impact on Urban Micro-climate
Travis Flohr, Mehdi Heris, Elizabeth Derycke, 2022, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 538-548
Creating virtual environments in support of on-line problem-based learning
Travis Flohr, Dolores Sirek, Ross Tredinnick, 2020, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 386-394
Professional perceptions of participatory practices in green stormwater infrastructure development
Mahsa Adib, Hong Wu, Travis Flohr, 2023, PLOS Water on p. e0000084
Deep decarbonization and renewable energy in the Appalachian Mountains (DDREAM): a socio-ecological systems approach to evaluating ecological governance
Stephen P. Mainzer, Charles Cole, Travis Flohr, 2019, Socio-Ecological Practice Research on p. 249-263
Exploring a Just and Diverse Urban Forests’ Capacity for Mitigating Future Mean Radiant Temperatures
Travis Flohr, Lara Garcia, Caio Figueiredo, C Figeueredo, Mehdi Heris, J Lindemann, Margaret Hoffman, Justine Lindeman, J Lindemann, L Richardson, Mehdi Heris, Hong Wu, Lilliard Richardson, 2024, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 302-313
Spatial Indices for Convivial Greenstreets
Emmy Kriehn, Kenneth Tamminga, Travis Flohr, 2023, Sustainability on p. 23
Investigating New York City’s Cool Roof Program Implementation Using Remote Sensing Through an Environmental Justice Lens
Travis Flohr, Mehdi Heris, Rosy George, Andrea Avila, 2023, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 65-74
A web app for urban pollinator site assessment
Travis Flohr, H Wu, Nastaran Tebyanian, 2020, Landscape Research Record on p. 177-191
An ENVI-met Simulation Data Pipeline for Evaluating Urban Tree Patterns Impacts on Urban Micro-climate
Travis Flohr, Mehdi Heris, Elizabeth Derycke, 2022, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture on p. 538-548
News Articles Featuring Travis Flohr
May 19, 2026
New Beescape updates include county-level plant recommendations for pollinators
Penn State’s Beescape tool is gaining a new feature that allows users to download county-specific lists of pollinator-attractive plants, offering a more localized approach to improving pollinator habitats across Pennsylvania. The feature, developed by a multidisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State’s Center for Pollinator Research in the College of Agricultural Sciences, allows users to generate lists of plants tailored to ecological conditions at the county level.
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May 19, 2025
Urban heat portal aims to tackle rising temperatures, protect at-risk residents
As heat and associated risks intensify in cities around the world, a new tool developed by researchers in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School at Penn State and the Department of Urban Policy at Hunter College aims to shed light on how rising temperatures affect New York City’s neighborhoods — and what can be done to protect the most vulnerable communities.
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May 01, 2023
'Growing Impact' explores urban forests, their impact on hot cities
The latest episode of “Growing Impact” features Travis Flohr, assistant professor of landscape architecture at Penn State.
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Nov 01, 2022
NASA-funded research seeks to address vulnerability to extreme heat in cities
A new NASA-funded project will support the development of an internet-based design and planning-decision support platform that will help equitably address urban heat management at the building, neighborhood and city scales.
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