SCC-RCN: Smart Civic Engagement in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions

Sponsor: National Science Foundation
PI: Ross K. Meentemeyer; Co-PI: Helena Mitasova
Award Amount (Period): $499,847 (1-1-2018 to 12-31-2021)

Unifying Biological and Environmental Data Streams to Monitor Emerging Lepidopteran Resistance to Genetically Engineered Crops

Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
PI: Anders Huseth; Co-PIs: George Kennedy, Alper Bozkurt, Brian Reich, Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $500,000 (9-1-2020 to 8-31-2024)

Mapping Future Flood Probability Following Climate Change

Sponsor: NCSU Sea Grant Program
PI: Georgina Sanchez
Award Amount (Period): $10,000 (10-1-2020 to 9-30-2021)

Research and Development in Geographic Information Systems for the National Park Service, Interior Region One

Sponsor: US National Park Service (Prime–US Dept. of Interior (DOI))
PIs: Ross Meentemeyer, Bill Slocumb
Award Amount (Period): $106,920 (8-24-2020 to 9-30-2021)

Automated Host Mapping Tool and Interface for Spread Modeling and Field Operations Planning

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PIs: Ross Meentemeyer, Christopher Jones
Award Amount (Period): $108,053 (8-1-2020 to 7-31-2021)

Managing Tangible Landscape

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PIs: Ross Meentemeyer, Christopher Jones
Award Amount (Period): $110,080 (8-1-2020 to 7-31-2021)

FACT: Developing Data-to-Decision Pipelines for Agroecosystem Management through High-performance Computing and Big Data Analytics

Sponsor: USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $500,000 (8-1-2019 to 7-31-2023)

Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA): A Framework for Monitoring, Prediction and Assessment to Support Decision-Makers Needs for Coastal and Ocean Data and Tools

Sponsor: Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association – SECOORA (Prime–National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA))
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $43,918 (1-15-2021 to 1-31-2022)

Indian River Lagoon Microalgae and Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring

Sponsor: University of Florida (Prime–US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA))
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $3,000 (10-14-2020 to 9-15-2021)

CAREER: Characterizing the Unseen Water Quality Consequences of Sunny-Day Floods in Nearshore Waters

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $419,752 (8-1-2021 to 7-31-2026)

Development of Near Real-Time Land Surface Phenology Product by Fusing Geostationary Satellite and VIIRS Observations in Support of Agriculture and Land Management

Sponsor: South Dakota State University (Prime–National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA))
PI: Josh Gray
Award Amount (Period): $8,098 (8-1-2020 to 7-31-2021)

Forecasting Fire Risk through Analysis of Past and Future Variability in Hydrologic Regimes & Integrate into South Florida Fire Danger Index

Sponsor: US National Park Service (Prime–US Dept. of Interior (DOI))
PI: Jelena Vukomanovic
Award Amount (Period): $74,800 (8-17-2020 to 8-31-2022)

Predicting Wildland Fire Behavior and Water Supply in Fire-affected Landscapes

Sponsor: USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
PI: Katherine Martin
Award Amount (Period): $195,000 (9-4-2019 to 8-31-2022)

Comprehensive Christmas Tree Management Using Drones

Sponsor: NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (Prime–US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA))
Investigator(s): Jeffery Owen, Justyna Jeziorska, Zachary Arcaro
Award Amount (Period): $122,800 (1-1-2020 to 12-31-2021)

NCDOT Community Studies Geospatial Sandbox

Sponsor: NC Department of Transportation
PI: Okan Pala
Award Amount (Period): $389,408 (11-1-2019 to 10-31-2021)

Can Strategic Riparian Buffers Improve Coastal Resilience to Changing Conditions in the Cape Fear River Watershed?

Sponsor: NCSU Sea Grant Program
PI: Katherine Martin; Co-I: Ross Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $92,784 (2-1-2020 to 1-31-2022)

Watershed Response To Land Use And Climate Change In Central North Carolina

Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service
PI: Katherine Martin; Co-I: Robert Abt
Award Amount (Period): $44,980 (5-22-2018 to 8-14-2023)

Improving Scenarios of Future Patterns of Urbanization, Climate Adaptation, and Landscape Changes in the Southeast

Sponsor: US Geological Survey (USGS) (Prime–US Dept. of Interior (DOI))
PI: Ross Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $323,040 (4-19-2019 to 4-18-2022)

Assessing Controls on Nutrient Loading at the Watershed Scale through Data-Driven Modeling

Sponsor: NCSU Water Resources Research Institute
PI: Daniel Obenour; Co-PIs: Sankar Arumugam, Helena Mitasova
Award Amount (Period): $59,999 (3-1-2020 to 12-31-2021)

NGOMEX 2016: Synthesis and Integrated Modeling of Long-term Data Sets to Support Fisheries and Hypoxia Management in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Sponsor: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (Prime–US Dept. of Commerce (DOC))
PI: Daniel Obenour
Award Amount (Period): $470,651 (9-1-2016 to 8-31-2021)

Development of a Tool to Forecast Closure of Shellfish Aquaculture Harvest Areas

Sponsor: NCSU Sea Grant Program
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $119,034 (2-1-2020 to 1-31-2022)

Location Aware Approach to Creating Effective Public Outreach

Sponsor: NC Department of Transportation
PI: Okan Pala
Award Amount (Period): $229,360 (7-1-2019 to 12-31-2021)

FACT: Pigs, Poultry, the Planet, and Data-Driven Problem Solving (P4)

Sponsor: USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $475,600 (2-15-2019 to 2-14-2024)

Forecasting Landscape Change Across the Southern Appalachians

Sponsor: US Forest Service
PI: Robert Scheller
Award Amount (Period): $28,371 (5-30-2019 to 6-30-2021)

CNH-L: Visualizing Forest Futures Under Climate Uncertainty: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Into Decision Support Tools For Collaborative Decision Making

Sponsor: Pennsylvania State University (Prime–National Science Foundation (NSF))
PI: Robert Scheller
Award Amount (Period): $68,669 (4-1-2018 to 7-31-2022)

LANDIS Application to Forest Planning

Sponsor: US Forest Service
PI: Robert Scheller
Award Amount (Period): $39,607 (9-11-2017 to 9-1-2022)

Spatial Patterning and Carbon Vulnerability: Does the Spatial Arrangement of Forest Management Increase Susceptibility to Climate Change and Ecosystem Disturbances?

Sponsor: University of Colorado – Denver (Prime–National Science Foundation (NSF))
PI: Robert Scheller
Award Amount (Period): $32,376 (1-1-2021 to 6-30-2024)

Geospatial Analytics for the Fire Management Offices of the National Capital, Northeast, and Southeast Regions of the National Park Service

Sponsor: US National Park Service (Prime–US Dept. of Interior (DOI))
PI: Jelena Vukomanovic; Co-PI: Justin Shedd
Award Amount (Period): $131,875 (8-15-2017 to 7-25-2021)

Interactive Analytics for Natural and Cultural Resource Management at Congaree National Park

Sponsor: US National Park Service (Prime–US Dept. of Interior (DOI))
PI: Jelena Vukomanovic; Co-PI: Justin Shedd
Award Amount (Period): $64,320 (9-10-2018 to 12-31-2021)

An Operational Multisource Land Surface Phenology Product from Landsat and Sentinel 2

Sponsor: Boston University (Prime–National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA))
PI: Josh Gray
Award Amount (Period): $224,184 (1-15-2018 to 1-14-2022)

MMC APS High Frequency Monitoring Data

Sponsor: RTI International (Prime–Millennium Challenge Corporation)
PI: Josh Gray
Award Amount (Period): $15,000 (10-1-2019 to 1-29-2022)

Eradication Analysis & Decision Support (eRADS)

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PI: Ross Meentemeyer; Co-PI: Chris Jones, Helena Mitasova
Award Amount (Period): $111,649 (8-1-2019 to 7-31-2021)

A Tangible Landscape Framework to Support Spotted Lanternfly Program

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PI: Ross Meentemeyer; Co-PIs: Chris Jones, Yu Takeuchi
Award Amount (Period): $80,000 (4-1-2021 to 9-30-2021)

Long-Distance Dispersal and Disease Outbreaks: Effects of Initial Prevalence, Basic Reproduction Number, and Control Tactics

Sponsor: Oregon State University (Prime–US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
PI: Ross K. Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $639,132 (9-1-2015 to 8-31-2021)

The North Carolina Strategic Plan for Sustaining Military Readiness Through Conservation Partnership

Sponsor: US Fish and Wildlife Service
PIs: Robert Bardon, Mary Addor, Georgina Sanchez, Jelena Vukomanovic
Award Amount (Period): $206,782 (10-15-2019 to 8-15-2021)

Plant-Aid: A Data Driven and Sensor Integrated Platform to Monitor Emerging Plant Diseases

Sponsor: Game-Changing Research Incentive Program for Plant Sciences (GRIP4PSI)
PIs: Jean Ristaino, Qingshan Wei, Anna Whitfield, Robert Scheller, Dorith Rotenberg, David Rasmussen, Chris Jones, Yong Zhu, Inga Meadows, Kelly Zering
Award Amount (Period): $217,420 (2-17-2020 to 6-30-2023)

Monitoring Visitation at North Carolina Artificial Reef Sites using Very High-resolution Satellite Imagery (NC Space Grant Project; Shannon Ricci)

Sponsor: NC State University NC Space Grant Consortium
PI: DelWayne Bohnenstiehl
Award Amount (Period): $20,000 (6-1-2020 to 5-30-2021)

Sensor Integrated Platform for Monitoring Phytophthora

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PIs: Jean Ristaino, Qingshan Wei, Chris Jones
Award Amount (Period): $338,322 (7-1-2020 to 6-30-2022)

Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship

Sponsor: National Academies
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $76,000 (9-1-2020 to 8-31-2022)

LSU Superfund Research Center – Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals

Sponsor: Louisiana State University (Prime–National Institutes of Health (NIH))
PI: Jennifer Richmond-Bryant
Award Amount (Period): $311,000 (2-1-2020 to 1-31-2022)

Forestry of the Future: Improving Student Readiness and Workforce Participation of Underrepresented Minority Populations in Forest Resources

Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
PI: Zakiya Leggett; Co-PIs: Elizabeth Nichols, Mark Megalos, Stacy Nelson, Rajan Parajuli, Louie Rivers
Award Amount (Period): $246,000 (4-1-2020 to 3-31-2025)

GAPS (Geospatial Applications for Problem Solving) for Hi-Tech Teens

Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Student Science Enrichment Program
PI: Eric Money; Co-PIs: Kyle Bunds (PRT), Michael Evans (Friday Institute), Betsey McFarland (Wade Edwards Learning Lab), and David Chrest (RTI International)
Award Amount (Period): $175,006 (2-1-2017 to 8-31-2021)

Translating and Disseminating Findings from RWJF’s Physical Activity Research

Sponsor: Baylor University (Prime–Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
PIs: Aaron Hipp, Myron Floyd
Award Amount (Period): $36,000 (8-15-2019 to 8-14-2020)

Water, Climate, and Food in the Anthropocene

Sponsor: NASA
PI: Josh Gray
Award Amount (Period): $266,809 (8-1-2016 to 7-31-2020)

A Web Platform for Mapping Global, Publication-based, Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)

Sponsor: NCSU Center for Human Health and the Environment
PI: Helena Mitasova
Award Amount (Period): $23,633 (4-15-2020 to 4-15-2021)

Building Resilience by Innovating through Diverse Group Engagement: Long-term recovery from Hurricane Matthew

Sponsor: NCSU Sea Grant Program
PI: Bethany Cutts
Award Amount (Period): $119,979 (2-1-2018 to 12-30-2020)

Lake Tahoe West Expanded LANDIS Modeling

Sponsor: US Forest Service
PI: Robert Scheller
Award Amount (Period): $143,086 (9-15-2017 to 9-30-2020)

GIS Analysis of the Benefits of State and Private Forest Lands for Water Supply in the Southern United States

Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service
PI: Stacy A. Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $131,284 (2-2-2018 to 12-31-2020)

Geomorphology and Geochronology of Artifact-bearing Late Quaternary Landforms Near Sweeney Pass, ABDSP (Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California)

Sponsor: Anza-Borrego Foundation
PI: Karl Wegmann
Award Amount (Period): $5,000 (10-1-2018 to 6-30-2020)

Evaluation of a Subcanopy Solar Radiation Model Under Real-Sky Conditions with Field Validation Measurements

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
PI: Stacy Nelson; CoI: Laura Belica
Award Amount (Period): $14,001 (8-1-2018 to 7-31-2020)

Forecasting Plant Pest Spread Using Tangible Landscape Technology

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PI: Ross Meentemeyer; Co-PI: Chris Jones, Helena Mitasova
Award Amount (Period): $125,396 (7-1-2019 to 6-30-2020)

Geographic Information System Research and Development for the Northeast Region of the National Park Service

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Ross Meentemeyer; Co-PI: William S. Slocumb
Award Amount (Period): $526,438 (9-11-2015 to 9-30-2020)

Characterizing Hydrologic Uplift Metrics to Support Restoration Decisions in North Carolina Watersheds

Sponsor: USGS (Prime: US Dept. of Interior)
PI: Ross Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $70,155 (3-4-2019 to 3-3-2021)

Characterization and Geochronology of Climatically-Triggered Landslides along the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment of North Carolina via Surficial and Bedrock Geologic Mapping

Sponsor: US Geological Survey (USGS)
PI: Karl Wegmann
Award Amount (Period): $17,497 (6-15-2019 to 12-14-2020)

High-resolution Dynamic Risk Mapping to Guide Timely Disease Interventions
Swine Health Information Center

Sponsor: Swine Health Information Center
PIs: Gustavo Machado, Glen Almond, Juliana Bonin Ferreira, Ross Meentemeyer, Chris Jones
Award Amount (Period): $86,987 (8-1-2019 to 7-31-2020)

Evaluation of Pathways, Trends, and Risks to Improve Targeting

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PI: Yu Takeuchi
Award Amount (Period): $100,000 (8-1-2019 to 7-31-2020)

Spatial Analytic Framework for Advanced Risk Information Systems (SAFARIS) – Technical Development

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PIs: Yu Takeuchi, Kathi Dello
Award Amount (Period): $466,671 (8-1-2019 to 7-31-2020)

Tangible Landscape Framework

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PIs: Ross Meentemeyer, Chris Jones, Yu Takeuchi
Award Amount (Period): $300,000 (9-30-2019 to 9-29-2020)

Plant Pest Pathway Characterization with Pandemic Approach

Sponsor: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – USDA
PIs: Ross Meentemeyer, Yu Takeuchi
Award Amount (Period): $230,817 (9-30-2019 to 9-29-2020)

Conservation Adaption Planning for Landscape and Climate Changes in the Southeast

Sponsor: USGS (Prime: US Dept. of Interior)
PIs: Nils Peterson (Fisheries & Wildlife), Ross Meentemeyer (CGA), Fred Cubbage (FER)
Award Amount (Period): $982,765 (9-14-2015 to 9-13-2019)

Developing a Comprehensive Wildland Fire Geospatial Decision Support System for the National Park Services National Capital, Northeast, and Southeast Region’s Fire Programs

Sponsor: US National Park Service
PIs: Ross K. Meentemeyer, Justin M. Shedd
Award Amount (Period): $713,457 (9-2-2014 to 10-31-2019)

Spatial Congruence between Biodiversity and other Ecosystem Services across Scales in a Managed Landscape Mosaic

Sponsor: University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign (Prime–US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
PI: Bethany Cutts
Award Amount (Period): $41,684 (5-15-2017 to 5-14-2020)

RAPID: Coastal Consequences of Engineered Water Control Systems: The Role of Freshwater Discharges in Florida’s Ongoing Harmful Algal Bloom Crises

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $121,624 (9-15-2018 to 2-29-2020)

Needs Assessment and Guidance to Define a Clear Vision for a Geospatial Mapping System to Service the Needs and Opportunities of the National Park Service – Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Branch and Related Programs

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Aaron Hipp; Co-PIs: William Slocumb, Charlynne Smith, Raju Vatsavai, Smith, J. W. (Utah State University)
Award Amount (Period): $98,405 (9-16-2013 to 12-31-2019)

Harmful Algal Blooms in the Indian River Lagoon-North

Sponsor: University of Florida (Prime–US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA))
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $3,000 (10-1-2018 to 9-30-2019)

Johns Island Community Conservation Initiative: Ecosystem Services Mapping and Land Protection Toolkit

Sponsor: Lowcountry Land Trust (Prime–Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation)
PI: Jelena Vukomanovic
Award Amount (Period): $79,986 (2-1-2018 to 1-31-2020)

Geo-IDEAs: Geo-Innovation, DEveloping Analytic Solutions for Wake County

Sponsor: Wake County
PIs: Perver Baran, Laura Tateosian
Award Amount (Period): $20,000 (8-15-2018 to 10-30-2019)

Spatiotemporal Reconstruction of Historical Swine CAFO Spread in North Carolina and Connections to Water Quality

Sponsor: NCSU Sea Grant Program
PI: Natalie Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $7,923 (3-1-2019 to 1-31-2020)

A Summer Workshop to Develop Teacher Aptitudes for Integrating Geospatial Science and Technologies in the Classroom

Sponsor: NCSU NC Space Grant Consortium
PI: Eric Money
Award Amount (Period): $19,849 (5-1-2019 to 9-30-2019)

Socio-ecological solutions to the salinization of Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula: An interdisciplinary assessment of land and water resources and community climate readiness

Sponsor: NC State University, College of Natural Resources
PIs: Emanuel, R., Seekamp, E., Dasmohapatra, S., Moorman, C., & Smith, J. W.
Award Amount (Period): $815,929 (2015 – 2018)

Powering Energy Efficiency & Impacts Framework: Mapping a comprehensive regional energy strategy for Upper Coastal Plain Council of Government Region (PEEIF)

Sponsor: Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments; US Dept. of Energy
Co-PIs: Charlynne Smith, William Slocumb, and Ross K. Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $103,396 (10-1-2016 to 9-30-2018)

Simulating Emerging Urban Spatial Patterns for Assessing Future Water-Use Scenarios

Sponsor: USGS (Prime: US Dept. of Interior)
PI: Ross K. Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $40,000 (7-1-2016 to 6-30-2018)

Developing Tangible Landscape GIS Tools to Better Inform Management Decisions: Sudden Oak Death Collaborative Management Planning for the Oregon – California Border

Sponsor: USDA Forest Service
PI: Ross K. Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $40,000 (7-22-2016 to 12-31-2018)

Using Repeat Lidar Surveys and Multi-Temporal Satellite Data to Evaluate Vegetation Responses to Sea Level Rise and Saltwater Intrusion

Sponsor: Sea Grant Program
PI: Ross K. Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $10,000 (9-1-2016 to 8-31-2017)

Informing plans for managing resources of Cape Lookout National Seashore under projected climate change, sea level rise, and associated impacts

Sponsor: National Park Service
PIs: Seekamp, E., & Smith, J. W.
Award Amount (Period): $125,000 (2014 – 2016)

Building climate readiness in nature-based tourism-dependent coastal communities

Sponsor: Minnesota Sea Grant
PIs: Davenport, M. A., Enzler, S., Nieber, J., Wilson, B., Messer, C., Kanazawa, M., Seekamp, E., & Smith, J. W.
Award Amount (Period): $183,232 (2014 – 2016)

Collaborative Research: Interacting Disturbances: Leaf to Landscape Dynamics of Emerging Disease, Fire and Drought in California Coastal Forests

Sponsor: National Science Foundation
PI: Ross Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $2,500,000 (11-22-2013 to 8-31-2016)

Phase 6 GIS Database Development for the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (CESU)

Sponsor: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit – Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast (Prime–US Dept. of Interior (DOI))
PIs: R. Meentemeyer and Smith, C.T.
Award Amount (Period): $16,173 (2015 – 2017)

Development and Implementation of Cultural Resources GIS Data Integration

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Ross Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $45,000 (8-29-2013 to 9-30-2016)

SMART-SLEUTH: Augmenting the SLEUTH Urban Growth Model with New Smart-Growth Scenario-Building Capabilities

Sponsor: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in conjunction with the South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative
PI: Ross Meentemeyer
Award Amount (Period): $146,406 (3-1-2013 to 2-28-2015)

Federal Lands Transportation Program: Roads GIS Mapping for USACE

Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
PIs: Ross K. Meentemeyer, Charlynne T. Smith
Award Amount (Period): $75,000 (2014 – 2015)

Developing Archive Structures and Automated Mapping Elements for Spatial Fire Management Plans

Sponsor: National Interagency Fire Center – National Park Service
PIs: Ross K. Meentemeyer, Justin M. Shedd
Award Amount (Period): $75,000 (2014 – 2015)

Contingent valuation of the aesthetic and acoustic impacts of multiple ecological disturbances

Sponsor: NC State University, College of Natural Resources
PIs: Smith, J. W., Slocumb, B., & Smith, C. T.
Award Amount (Period): $4,000 (2014 – 2015)

GIS Research and Development for the Northeast Region of the National Park Service

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Hugh Devine
Award Amount (Period): $296,850 (8-15-2013 to 8-14-2015)

Use of GPS enabled smartphone technology for inventorying and monitoring resource conditions in urban park settings

Sponsor: NC State University, College of Natural Resources
PIs: McAreavy, D., & Smith, J. W.
Award Amount (Period): $500 (2013 – 2014)

Geographic Information System Research and Development for the Northeast Region of the National Park Service

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Hugh Devine
Award Amount (Period): $159,920 (8-9-2013 to 8-14-2014)

Enterprise GIS Decision Support Models and Web Mapping System to Support the NPS Hurricane Sandy Recovery Efforts

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Hugh Devine
Award Amount (Period): $39,999 (7-25-2013 to 12-31-2013)

Phase 5 GIS Database Development for the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Hugh Devine
Award Amount (Period): $25,898 (8-20-2013 to 4-30-2014)

SAFEGUARD: A New Global Approach to Space Threats

Sponsor: International Space University
PIs: Joseph Pelton, Siamak Khorram, Scott Madry
Award Amount (Period): (2013-2014)

Collaborative Assessment of the National Park Service Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Branch and Related Public Service Programs (Needs Assessment and Guidance to Define a Clear Vision for a Geospatial Mapping System-to Service the Needs and Opportunities of the National Park Service)

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PIs: Jordan Smith, Hugh Devine, William Slocumb, Charlynne Smith
Award Amount (Period): $20,000 (9-19-2013 to 8-31-2014)

Demonstration/Validation of the Unit Stream Power Erosion and Deposition (USPED) Model

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture – Forest Service
PI: Helena Mitasova
Award Amount (Period): $61,835 (6-18-2013 to 9-20-2014)

Capacity Building — Phase III Increasing the Pool for the Development of a Multicultural Workforce and Connection to Underserved Communities across the US

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
PIs: Stacy Nelson, Barry Goldfarb
Award Amount (Period): $74,999 (6-26-2013 to 8-15-2015)

Capacity Building — Phase IV Increasing the Pool for the Development of a Multicultural Workforce and Connection to Underserved Communities across the US

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
PIs: Stacy Nelson, Barry Goldfarb
Award Amount (Period): $74,997 (6-26-2013 to 8-15-2015)

Climate Change Internship (Training)

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Stacy Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $90,000 (9-15-2013 to 9-15-2014)

Forest Vegetation Simulator Processing

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture – Forest Service
PI: James McCarter
Award Amount (Period): $95,006 (8-27-2013 to 4-30-2014)

Development of New Geospatial Tools for Wildland Fire Management and Risk Reduction

Sponsor: NASA
PIs: Siamak Khorram, Greg Biging, Peng Gong, Matthew Potts, Max Moritz
Award Amount (Period): $163,324 (10-1-2012 to 3-30-2015)

Supporting Climate Change Science Needs for Early Adopters of the 2012 Planning Rule

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
PIs: Stacy Nelson, Barry Goldfarb
Award Amount (Period): $73,681 (8-1-2012 to 8-14-2014)

Capacity Building — Phase II Increasing the Pool for the Development of a Multicultural Workforce and Connection to Underserved Communities across the US

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
PIs: Stacy Nelson, Barry Goldfarb
Award Amount (Period): $74,642 (8-13-2102 to 5-14-2014)

Hydrological Modeling for Flow-Ecology Science in the Southeastern U.S.

Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey
PI: Stacy Nelson
Award Amount (Period): $39,113 (9-17-2012 to 6-30-2014)

Spatial Database Development for Wake County Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) Access and Environment Workgroup: Phase 2

Sponsor: Wake Med Health and Hospitals
PI: Hugh Devine
Award Amount (Period): $10,022 (2-1-2011 to 1-31-2012)

Fire GIS Decision Support System for the National Park Service National Capital, Northeast, and Southeast Region’s Fire Programs

Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
PI: Hugh Devine
Award Amount (Period): $456,268 (8-30-2011 to 12-31-2014)

Phase 4 GIS Database Development for the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
Award Amount: $29,139 (7-11-2011 to 6-30-2012)

Terrain Dynamics Analysis Using Space-time Domain Hypersurfaces and Gradient Trajectories Derived From Time Series of 3D Point Clouds

PI: Helena Mitasova
Sponsor: U.S. Army – Army Research Office
Award Amount: $245,999 (4-1-2011 to 9-30-2014)

Visualization of Terrain Evolution: from Animations to Space-Time Cube

PIs: Laura Tateosian, Helena Mitasova, Margery Overton
Sponsor: Renaissance Computing Center
Award Amount: $12,000 (1-1-2011 to 12-31-2011)

Capacity Building – Increasing the Pool for the Development of a Multicultural Workforce: Supporting Climate Change Science Needs for Early Adopters of 2012 Planning Rule

PIs: Stacy Nelson, Barry Goldfarb, Daniel Robison
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Award Amount: $74,000 (8-11-2011 to 2-14-2013)

Middle School Sport Facilities: Policies, Physical Activity, and Cost Effectiveness

PIs: Michael Kanters, Jason Bocarro, Hugh Devine, Chrystos Siderelis, Jonathan Casper
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Award Amount: $100,000 (1-15-2010 to 1-14-2011)

The Southern Fire Exchange: Putting Fire Science On The Ground

PIs: Joseph Roise, Hugh Devine, Justin Shedd, Susan Moore, Toddi Steelman
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Award Amount: $172,014 (8-30-2010 to 11-30-3013)

Virtual Forest Management Plan – Online Polygon Capture Project

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Award Amount: $38,700 (11-15-2010 to 5-15-2011)

Mapping Marsh Condition on Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Award Amount: $36,837 (7-16-2010 to 2-28-2012)

BETSMap: Location Intelligence for Food Safety and Defense

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Award Amount: $56,566 (11-15-2010 to 8-31-2011)

High Definition Survey System for Rapid Monitoring of Terrain Dynamics: Maintenance Requirements and Accessory Equipment

PI: Helena Mitasova
Sponsor: U.S. Army – Army Research Office
Award Amount: $14,737 (8-23-2010 to 8-22-2011)

Spatial Database Development for Wake County Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) Access and Environment Workgroup

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: Wake Med Health and Hospitals
Award Amount: $20,464 (1-1-2009 to 12-31-2009)

Understand Urban and Community Forests Contributions to Physical Activity and Health

PIs: Myron Floyd, Perver Baran, Melissa McHale, Yu-Fai Leung, Dorothy Anderson, Karla Henderson, Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Award Amount: $148,752 (11-1-2009 to 1-30-2014)

Vegetation Map Accuracy Assessment for Gauley River National Recreation Area. (CESU)

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
Award Amount: $35,338 (6-17-2009 to 2-28-2010)

Phase 3 GIS Database Development for the OVNHT (CESU)

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
Award Amount: $22,995 (9-9-2009 to 6-30-2010)

Terrain/Landscape Monitoring, Dynamics, and Sustainability

PI: Helena Mitasova
Sponsor: U.S. Army – Army Research Office
Award Amount: $143,000 (4-15-2009 to 5-31-2012)

Decision Support System for the Northeast and National Capital Region Fire Programs

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
Award Amount: $485,941 (9-5-2008 to 6-30-2012)

Natural Resource Data Management and Database Development for the Mid-Atlantic Network of the NER (CESU)

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
Award Amount: $60,500 (9-15-2008 to 12-31-2010)

Geographic Information System Research and Development for the Northeast Region of the National Park Service

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
Award Amount: $670,093 (9-2-2008 to 9-1-2013)

Review of Selected Natural Resource Research Data For the Northeast Region Inventory and Monitoring Program (CESU)

PI: Hugh Devine
Sponsor: U.S. National Park Service
Award Amount: $201,988 (9-5-2008 to 1-31-2010)

On-the-fly Scene-dependent ATR

PIs: Wesley Snyder, Siamak Khorram
Sponsor: US Air Force – Office of Scientific Research
Award Amount: $361,188 (12-1-2008 to 5-31-2010)

Scalable Techniques for High Resolution Elevation Data Analysis & Modeling

PI: Helena Mitasova
Sponsor: U.S. Army – Army Research Office
Award Amount: $160,001 (9-15-2008 to 9-14-2012)

High Definition Surveying System for Monitoring Terrain Dynamics

PI: Helena Mitasova
Sponsor: U.S. Army – Army Research Office
Award Amount: $64,478 (6-15-2008 to 6-14-2009)