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Stacy Supak

Aug 30, 2017

A Passion for Solving Puzzles

Stacy Supak, an online instructor for the Center for Geospatial Analytics' MGIST program, loves solving problems in the most efficient way possible and enjoys teaching others to do the same.
Downtown Raleigh

Aug 30, 2017

InVision Raleigh Lets Urban Planners See the Future

Center researchers led by faculty fellow Perver Baran partnered with a team from the City of Raleigh to create a revolutionary 3-D tool on the web for visualizing development alternatives.
Walking

Aug 17, 2017

A Walk Around Campus

“NC State has a good network of greenways and walking trails that make it easy to go from place to place without leaving campus,” Aaron Hipp says. “There are free buses to get you to places on campus, and NC State is a certified bike-friendly university. All of those things help promote faculty and staff getting out of their offices and moving during their workday.”
Visualization

Aug 16, 2017

Bedbugs and Mars: Graphics Winners of the 2017 NC State Research Image Contest

A Mars map by Faculty Fellow Paul Byrne won first place for graphics and illustration among faculty and staff in the 2017 NC State Research Image Contest.
MGIST students at orientation

Aug 14, 2017

New Enrollment in Online Master’s Degree Breaks Previous Record

This Fall, the center welcomes its largest group of new students to the professional master's program in Geospatial Information Science and Technology. Thirty-nine students are newly enrolled, breaking last Fall's record of 32.
An image of a map of North Carolina

May 19, 2017

Service Learning in Action

During their final semester, each master's student in Geospatial Information Science and Technology completes a service-learning capstone project.
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.
The Memorial Belltower at North Carolina State University on a spring day

Apr 12, 2017

Center Graduate Students Inducted into Forestry Honor Society

Four students from the Center for Geospatial Analytics were recently inducted into Xi Sigma Pi, the Forestry Honor Society, during the local chapter’s 77th annual banquet held at the NC…
Megan Amanatides and Christiana Ades before going out for fieldwork in the Sacramento San-Joaquin Delta in California.

Apr 12, 2017

Center Master’s Students Recognized for Their Work in Remote Sensing

Two center graduate students were recently awarded valuable scholarships recognizing their research and academic excellence. Megan Amanatides has won the 2017 Scholarship Award from the North Carolina Association for Environmental Professionals…
Okan Pala looks on as students collaborate during a simulated drill in a disaster management class at the North Carolina State University Center for Geospatial Analytics

Apr 10, 2017

Disaster Response Drill Trains Next Generation of GIS Professionals

When disasters strike, it’s important to be prepared. Responses can hinge on the ability of skilled, agile GIS teams to swiftly map and communicate the locations of impacts, for decision-makers…