Modeling Threats to the Nation's Forests Driven by Global Change Hosted by: Dr. Adam Terando Summary: Forests across the U.S. support biodiversity and provide ecosystem services, including water quality and carbon storage. Knowledge about the impacts of global change drivers, including climate and land-use change, on forested landscapes in the U.S. is therefore important for…

Spatial Variability of Earthquake Ground Motion and Deformation: Examples of How Geospatial Analytics is Shaping our Understanding of Seismic Hazards Introduction by: Dr. Dan Obenour Summary: Efforts toward improving resiliency of urban environments to seismic hazards are challenged by highly variable ground motions and deformations over large scales. The geologic structures near the ground surface…

Geospatial Insights into Youth Mental Health Hosted by: Dr. Aaron Hipp Summary: Youth mental disorders and suicide are an acute public health crisis. Yet, mental health research primarily focuses on clinical settings and qualitative methods that are local in scale or limited to the most severe outcomes (e.g., suicide). Identifying geographic hotspots in which adolescents…

GIS in the News Hosted by: Dr. Georgina Sanchez and Geospatial Analytics PhD student Margaret Lawrimore Summary: From weather to world events, geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping play critical roles in conveying news to the public. In this forum, Mr. Reinhard will showcase a variety of world news events that he contributed to as…

From Here to There: Exploration, Process and Deadlines in Journalistic Cartography >>> REGISTER HERE! <<< Hosted by: Dr. Georgina Sanchez and Geospatial Analytics PhD student Margaret Lawrimore Summary: GIS and mapping are used throughout the creation of many news stories, from reporting and sketches to final presentations. In this studio, Mr. Reinhard will dive deep…

The MGIST Digital Symposium is an opportunity for our graduating professional master's students to present their Capstone projects to the geospatial community at NC State and beyond. This includes student peers, alumni, faculty and staff from across the university, and our community and industry partners. This is a tremendous professional development and networking opportunity for…

Tradeoff Analyses Using Spatially Informed Natural Resource Economic Modeling Summary: Forthcoming. About the speaker: Dr. Justin Baker is an associate professor in NC State's Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. Justin uses geospatial analytics and structural economic models to capture spatial and temporal dependencies between markets, natural resource systems, infrastructure and policy constraints. He develops…

Seward’s Folly: Insights from a 20-Year Career in the Geospatial Industry Summary: Are you considering a career in geospatial? Perhaps you’re a few semesters in wondering what types of jobs are available after you graduate. The geospatial landscape has changed greatly over the last 20 years, from a niche industry that few knew about, to…