Projects Fall 2017
Preliminary schedule of on campus presentations
Tuesday November 21
- Mick, Russell: Assessing Future Climate Suitability for Almonds in California’s Central Valley Based on Chilling Hours: An Exercise in GRASS GIS Temporal Framework
- Montgomery, Kellyn: Using UAS-derived DSM to estimate grain sorghum biomass
- Gilbert, Elizabeth: Selecting Best Site Options for Rooftop Solar on UNC-Wilmington Campus
Tuesday November 28
- Bastias, Sabina: Impact of Swine CAFOs on Localized Streams and Watersheds in Duplin County, NC
- Koropeckyj-Cox, Lydia: Comparing methods of watershed delineation and evaluating landslide risk in the Neuse River Watershed, NC
- McGregor, Dresden: Green Infrastructure Site Selection in the Walnut Creek Wetland Community
Thursday November 30
- Reed Emily: Using least-cost paths to test hypotheses on mosquito dispersal in Wake Co, NC.
- Wooster, Emilee: Linking watershed characteristics to individual and community-level traits of native fishes
- Millar, Garrett: Navigating the Three-Dimensional Landscape: Evaluating How Geovisualizations Improve Route Planning Performance
- Norris Andrew: Sanitation Network Optimization Using Least Cost Path Analysis
Project titles: DE and on-campus students
Coastal modeling
- Forte Michael: Slope Evolution Over 40 Years of Coastal Morphology Data
- Mugrage Chris: Hurricane Harvey and the Catastrophic Flooding Event in Houston, Texas
- Nakkina Geeta: Using 3D GIS Visualization to Communicate Flood Risk Information in Carteret County NC Coastal Communities
- Stull Meredith: Quantifying the Effects of Sea Level Rise in Duck, North Carolina
- Wallace, Dennis: Analyzing the Migration of Alabama's Barrier Islands
- Watkins Sandra: Modeling Potential Sea Level Rise Impacts on Structures using QL2 LiDAR Data
- Wiegand, Rebecca: Analyzing Coastal Flooding in Florida due to Hurricane Irma
Watershed analysis
- Balik Jared: Watershed and Surface Flow analysis of East River Basin (RMBL, CO)
- Bastias, Sabina: Impact of Swine CAFOs on Localized Streams and Watersheds in Duplin County, NC
- Koropeckyj-Cox, Lydia: Comparing methods of watershed delineation and evaluating landslide risk in the Neuse River Watershed, NC
- McGregor, Dresden: Green Infrastructure Site Selection in the Walnut Creek Wetland Community
- Smith Nakita: Using Flow Routing to Determine Streams Impacted by Waste Sites in North Carolina
Biology
- Lombardo Steven: Quantification of riparian zone land cover and thermal barriers to river herring within the Albemarle Sound Watershed
- Reed Emily: Using least-cost paths to test hypotheses on mosquito dispersal in Wake Co, NC.
- Scott Robyn: Cost Distance Analysis of Red Wolf Recovery Zone in Eastern North Carolina
- Wooster, Emilee: Linking watershed characteristics to individual and community-level traits of native fishes
Plant growth management
- Mick, Russell: Assessing Future Climate Suitability for Almonds in California’s Central Valley Based on Chilling Hours: An Exercise in GRASS GIS Temporal Framework
- Montgomery, Kellyn: Using UAS-derived DSM to estimate grain sorghum biomass
- Stone, Karen: Geospatial Analysis of TPC Sawgrass Golf Course for Turf and Grounds Managment
Renewable energy potential, atmoshperic science
- Ellis Steven: Solar Energy Potentiality of Town of Cary Rooftops
- Gilbert, Elizabeth: Selecting Best Site Options for Rooftop Solar on UNC-Wilmington Campus
- Hoffman Kylie: ??? (atmospheric lidar)
Route planning
- Gainan Shane: ??? (least cost path? lidar data analysis?)
- Lopez Michelle: Least cost path for suitable location for new trails in the Great Smokey’s National Park
- Mathern David: Expanding the Green River Game Lands Trail Network
- Millar, Garrett: Navigating the Three-Dimensional Landscape: Evaluating How Geovisualizations Improve Route Planning Performance
- Norris Andrew: Sanitation Network Optimization Using Least Cost Path Analysis
- Yang Yi-Peng: The computation of the paths to the coffee shops in Raleigh area -- with OpenStreetMap data
Environmental impacts
- Beuthe Michael: Using Cost Surfaces to Assess Environmental Exposure to Air Pollution
- Cobb, Matthew: Analyzing topology change and terrain diversity loss from mountaintop removal mining, Raleigh County, West Virginia.