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Mapping Rice: Lessons from a Remote Sensing Stint in Bangladesh

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Margaret presenting - Presenting on Flood Risk, Development and Human Migration at AGU - Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Jan 18, 2024

Presenting on Flood Risk, Development and Human Migration at AGU

At the recent American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Margaret Lawrimore presented her research with FUTURES 3.0, the Center's signature land change model.
Rebecca with presentation - Exploring Urban Flooding with Satellite Imagery at AGU - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Jan 10, 2024

Exploring Urban Flooding with Satellite Imagery at AGU

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Rebecca Composto uses satellite imagery and machine learning to map urban floods, determining flood extent and its impact after Hurricane Ida in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Felipe Sanchez presenting - When in Rome: Presenting at the GeoVet 2023 Conference in Italy - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Oct 3, 2023

When in Rome: Presenting at the GeoVet 2023 Conference in Italy

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Felipe Sanchez is developing approaches to identify the locations of livestock farms using aerial imagery and artificial intelligence, to improve disease monitoring and surveillance.

Sep 14, 2023

Presenting Urban Forest Fragmentation Research at the Ecological Society of America Meeting in Portland, OR

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Shannon McAvoy's research reveals how ecosystem services provided by urban trees and socioeconomic disadvantages are spatially connected.

Sep 12, 2023

Exploring New Landscapes and Discussing Landscape Models at ESA 2023

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Andrew Shannon is developing species-specific relationships between trees and disturbance events like drought and wildfire, to predict how forests will respond to future conditions.
people pose for a group photo outside a building

Aug 28, 2023

Center Researchers Attend GRASS GIS Community Meeting in Czech Republic

In June, five Center researchers gathered with other GRASS GIS developers and users in Prague to celebrate the open-source software's 40th anniversary. Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Caitlin Haedrich shares her experience.

Apr 24, 2023

My Trip to IALE: A Bloom of Ideas After a Long Drought

Ph.D. candidate Thom Worm found the recent IALE-NA conference in California a refreshing experience after three years without in-person gatherings.

Apr 17, 2023

Discussing the Implications of Boundaries in Social-Ecological Systems at IALE-NA

At her first conference since starting grad school, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Christina Perella presented her work exploring tradeoffs in defining a study system's spatial and temporal boundaries.

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.