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A photo of Payam Tabrizian as he looks on while Joan Iverson Nassauer experiments with designing a landscape using colored felt.
Apr 28, 2017

Getting in Touch with the Designer in All of Us

Payam Tabrizian is a landscape architect and Ph.D. student in Design, but he firmly believes that designing landscapes shouldn’t be limited to the professionals. His research bridges disciplinary gaps between design and the geospatial and cognitive sciences.
A photo of Justin Shedd leading a classroom discussion using ArcGIS Online at the North Carolina State University Center for Geospatial Analytics
Nov 7, 2016

GeoMentor Justin Shedd Leads Local Classroom to Explore Mapmaking with ArcGIS Online

Specializing in GIS for wildland fire management at the center, Justin Shedd participates in the GeoMentor program run by the American Association of Geographers and Esri.
A photo of a man holding a CFL lightbulb
Jan 24, 2017

Helping North Carolinians Save Money on Energy

Researchers at the Center for Geospatial Analytics are collaborating with government, university, and industry partners to reduce burdens on low-income households facing high energy costs through a recent grant from the Department of Energy.
A photo of Ashwin Shashidharan standing with his advisors, Ross Meentemeyer and Raju Vatsavai, and holding an award at the ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference
Nov 7, 2016

Ph.D. Student Ashwin Shashidharan Wins Student Research Competition at International Conference

Ashwin Shashidharan (Dept. of Computer Science) won first place in the Student Research Competition at the 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems in San Francisco, CA.
A photo of a Wolfline bus stopped at the West Parking Deck while students cross Varsity Drive at North Carolina State University
Oct 27, 2016

Webcams as Data Sources about Healthy Living and Urban Design

Streaming public webcams—now so abundant in our modern cities—can provide rich evidence for the ways our urban environments impact our daily lives, particularly our behavior navigating those environments.

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A touching scene in NCSU lab means someone changed the simulation

Feb 16, 2017
WRAL.com

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Social Media the Saviour of European Beauty Spots?

Oct 31, 2016
Science Focus

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This Disease Has Killed a Million Trees in California, and Scientists Say it’s Basically Unstoppable

May 2, 2016
The Washington Post

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