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: Palmdale sits directly on the San Andreas Fault . A geological paper could examine local fault activity or the "mysterious booms" often reported in the High Desert.

: A historical analysis of how a small Swiss-German farming settlement (originally called Palmenthal ) transformed into one of America’s fastest-growing desert cities in the 1990s. palmdale

: A study on the NASA X-59 QueSST , currently being tested in the Mojave Desert to solve the "sonic boom" problem for commercial supersonic travel. 2. Urban Planning & Economic Development : Palmdale sits directly on the San Andreas Fault

: Investigating the history of water rights in the Antelope Valley , from the 1894 drought that nearly wiped out the town to modern groundwater sustainability projects. 4. Sociology & Local Culture palmdale