Megan Skrip

Feb 9, 2023

Celebrating Our Community: Fourth Annual CGA Awards

At our Awards Banquet on January 31, the Center for Geospatial Analytics honored students, faculty and staff for their achievements and presented the CGA Awards.

Feb 1, 2023

First-Year Students Learn the Value of GIS for Environmental Justice

Each year, more than 150 incoming NC State freshmen in the Environmental First Year Program learn how geospatial tools can help reveal and address environmental inequities produced by systemic racism.

Jan 26, 2023

Spatial Associations of Long-Term Exposure to Diesel Particulate Matter and COVID-19 Mortality

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Martine Mathieu's research explores spatial associations between COVID-19 mortality rates and exposure to exhaust from diesel engines.

Jan 26, 2023

Mapping Rice: Lessons from a Remote Sensing Stint in Bangladesh

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Varun Tiwari, in collaboration with a research team including Mollie Gaines (pictured), developed an automated method to map rice cultivation in Bangladesh to support food security.

Jan 24, 2023

Changing Trends in Landslide Susceptibility in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Raja Das uses high-resolution satellite data and machine learning to map landslide-affected areas and identify where future landslides are likely to occur.

Jan 24, 2023

Exploring Scenario-Based Surface Water Area Projections at AGU

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Mollie Gaines uses machine learning to project surface water area in the Southeast under different climate and land cover change scenarios.

Jan 23, 2023

The National Phosphorus Budget

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Kimia Karimi is developing new ways to quantify how much phosphorus flows through US watersheds to support water quality management.

Jan 23, 2023

Modeling Water in Earth’s Rivers

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Elyssa Collins developed a new algorithm that corrects bias in estimates of the amount of water flowing monthly through rivers across the globe.

Jan 20, 2023

Capturing Changes in Wetlands from Space

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Jenna Abrahamson is developing new ways to track daily changes in coastal wetlands and better understand their role in the carbon cycle.

Jan 10, 2023

2022 Year in Review

What were our most popular news stories from 2022? Check out the top ten news blog posts from the Center for Geospatial Analytics.