{"id":24924,"date":"2026-03-02T09:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=24924"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:30:49","slug":"geospatial-analytics-dissertation-defense-caitlin-haedrich","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/event\/geospatial-analytics-dissertation-defense-caitlin-haedrich\/","title":{"rendered":"Geospatial Analytics Dissertation Defense: Caitlin Haedrich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Advanced Geospatial Modeling through Tangible Interfaces and Computational Notebooks<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advisor: <\/strong>Dr. Helena Mitasova, distinguished faculty fellow and professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>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 case studies using the Tangible Landscape platform across tourism research, education, and stakeholder engagement in water quality research. These examples demonstrate how G-TUIs support collaborative design, exploration of environmental processes, and teaching\u00a0 geospatial computation and simulation. Finally, we discuss the <em>grass.jupyter<\/em>\u00a0package, which integrates\u00a0GRASS\u00a0with\u00a0Jupyter Notebooks\u00a0to support reproducible, documented, and shareable workflows. This package has been widely used in research, workshops, and courses, helping expand access to transparent and collaborative geospatial methods.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-24925\" src=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Defense-Haedrich-10Mar2026-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Defense-Haedrich-10Mar2026-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Defense-Haedrich-10Mar2026-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Defense-Haedrich-10Mar2026-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Defense-Haedrich-10Mar2026-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Defense-Haedrich-10Mar2026.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[47],"class_list":["post-24924","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-dissertation-defense","cat_dissertation-defense"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24926,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24924\/revisions\/24926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24924"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=24924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}