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Ashwin Shashidharan Is NC State’s 2018 Esri Development Center Student of the Year

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A photo of a woman using a drone for the Center for Geospatial Analytics

Jul 2, 2018

Taking Flight with Drone Research

Winner of a 2018 NASA/NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship, incoming Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Kellyn Montgomery is launching an innovative study of crop health this summer.
NC State graduation

May 14, 2018

Congratulations to Our Spring Graduates!

At May graduation, 43 members of the Center for Geospatial Analytics community were recognized for completing their graduate programs.
The NC State Belltower at dusk and night - Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

May 11, 2018

Helping Community Partners with GIS Solutions

During their final semester, each master's student in Geospatial Information Science and Technology completes a service-learning capstone project, working directly with a community or industry partner. This season, we celebrate the work of our May graduates.
panel discussion

May 9, 2018

Global Change Seminar Panel Discusses Science Advocacy

What are the risks and rewards of science advocacy, and the different forms it can take? Center Ph.D. student and Global Change Fellow Devon Gaydos reports on the findings of a recent panel discussion at the SE Climate Adaptation Science Center.
A photo of Ashwin Shashidharan standing with his advisors, Ross Meentemeyer and Raju Vatsavai, and holding an award at the ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference

Apr 23, 2018

2018 Esri Development Center Student of the Year

Ph.D. student Ashwin Shashidharan, co-advised by Ross Meentemeyer and Raju Vatsavai, has been named by Esri as the 2018 Esri Development Center Student of the Year, out of a pool of over twenty honorees worldwide.
Miranda Johnson and Chris Parker

Apr 16, 2018

A Day in the Life at NC State

Local high school sophomore Miranda Johnson visited the Center for Geospatial Analytics to shadow a graduate student in the center's professional master's program.
person wearing a virtual reality headset

Apr 12, 2018

Using Virtual Reality to Plot Urban Green Spaces

Research with VR goggles gives landscape designers fresh insight on how green landscapes refresh city residents.
Payam Tabrizian wears a virtual reality headset

Apr 2, 2018

Ready Player Two: Virtual Reality in the Geospatial Sciences

Ph.D. student Payam Tabrizian uses virtual reality and geospatial analytics to learn about human cognition and advance landscape design. We asked him about his current research and his predictions for the future of the field.

aerial view of suburban homes

Mar 27, 2018

New Research Shows Water Use Impacted by the Shape of Our Cities

Georgina Sanchez, Ph.D. student in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, is using geospatial analytics to understand water demand in the Southeast. Her latest findings: urban developments with simpler shapes use less water.
Ashwin with colleagues

Mar 22, 2018

Ashwin Shashidharan Is NC State’s 2018 Esri Development Center Student of the Year

The Center for Geospatial Analytics joined an elite group of worldwide university departments last fall when it was named an Esri Development Center. Congratulations to our first EDC Student of the Year: doctoral student Ashwin Shashidharan.