Title: Advanced Geospatial Modeling through Tangible Interfaces and Computational Notebooks Advisor: Dr. Helena Mitasova, distinguished faculty fellow and professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Abstract: This defense examines how geocomputational tangible user interfaces (G-TUIs) and computational notebooks expand access to advanced geospatial modeling. Following a systematic review of G-TUIs, we present…
Title: Dancing with Data: Geospatial Analytics for Tracing Innovation in Urban Dance Culture Advisors: Dr. Aaron Hipp, faculty fellow and professor in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management & Dr. Laura Tateosian, faculty fellow and associate teaching professor in the Center for Geospatial Analytics Abstract: Culturally innovative dance forms convey identity through movement, but the rapid spread of new…
Title: Geospatial Analyses to Assess Population Demographics and Representativeness in Wastewater-Based Public Health Surveillance Advisor: Dr. Helena Mitasova, distinguished faculty fellow and professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Abstract: Wastewater-based public health surveillance analyzes untreated wastewater to detect human pathogens, providing timely information about diseases circulating in a community. After expanding…
Title: Accounting for Regulatory Zoning in Land Change Science and Modeling Advisors: Dr. Georgina Sanchez, Director of Research Engagement of the Center for Geospatial Analytics and Dr. Ross Meentemeyer, Executive Director of the Center for Geospatial Analytics Abstract: Local land use policies shape when and where economic development, conservation, and hazard mitigation activities occur. Likewise,…
Defense Presentation Title: What’s all this then?: Managing Piedmont forests for balanced ecosystem service delivery Advisor: Dr. Robert Scheller, faculty fellow and associate dean for research in the College of Natural Resources Abstract: Ecosystem services are the goods and services that nature provides to society and the wider ecosystem. Tradeoffs are inherent in any ecosystem, but attempts…
Defense Presentation Title: Policy, Place, and Practice: Mapping Data into Decisions for Environmental Investment Advisor: Dr. Bethany Cutts, faculty fellow and associate professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management Abstract: Data gives us the power to understand environmental challenges and the decisions we make to address them. Yet gaps and misalignments between how…
Listen to Faculty Fellows with the Center for Geospatial Analytics present lightning talks about their research. Lunch provided! Chris Jones (Senior Research Scholar at CGA) Title: Iterative Forecasting improves ecological understanding and management of invasive species. Brian Reich (Gertrude M. Cox Distinguished Professor at the Department of Statistics) Title: Novel spatial causal inference methods for…
Listen to some of the Ph.D. students in Geospatial Analytics present lightning talks about their research. Lunch provided! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/eR85ovW2vtHSKQZ39 This event is part of GIS Week at NC State, organized by the Geospatial Graduate Student Organization.
Presentation Title: Quantifying the Ephemeral: Tracking Wetland Inundation from Space to Understand Methane Dynamics Advisor: Dr. Josh Gray, faculty fellow and associate professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Abstract: Small-scale, ephemeral inundation events drive substantial variability in wetland methane emissions. However, existing satellite products often lack the spatial and temporal resolution needed to…
Defense Presentation Title: Advancing Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Disaster Management: Applications of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Data-Scarce Bangladesh Advisor: Dr. Mirela Tulbure, faculty fellow and professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Abstract: Timely, accurate, and high-resolution flood maps are essential for estimating the impact of flooding on agriculture and infrastructure. In Bangladesh,…