NCSU GIS/MEA582:
Geospatial Modeling and Analysis

Projects Spring 2017

Preliminary schedule of on campus presentations

Tuesday April 25

  • Chesnutt, Julian: Exploring Temporal and Spatial Relationships between Landslide Distribution and Impact Craters on Mars
  • Mangot, Alexandre: Watershed analysis of Morgan Creek, N.C. to assess the impacts of a storm event
  • Ramey, Robin: Field Drawings to 3-D: Modeling Archaeological Features from Scale-Drawings
  • Schrum, Paul: Numerical Study of Raster Resolution Comparing RMSE and File Size of Several Established Methods of Interpolation Smoothing
  • Parry, Joe: Analysis of Least Cost Corridors to Define Military Operational Boundaries

Thursday April 27

  • Bukhari, Fatima: Development of 1 Meter Resolution DEM for ADCIRC Mesh Refinement Around Brunswick Nuclear Plant
  • Nelson Tull: High resolution storm surge flooding prediction
  • Gharagozlou, Alireza: GIS-Based Analysis of Coastal Morphology During Hurricane Isabel
  • Vitor Heringer de Aguiar: Estimating Canopy Height and Density and Understory Vegetation in Loblolly Pine Stands in Virginia
  • Finch, Bryce: Watershed and surface flow analysis of NC State Main Campus

Project titles: DE and on-campus students

Coastal modeling

  • Bukhari, Fatima: Development of 1 Meter Resolution DEM for ADCIRC Mesh Refinement Around Brunswick Nuclear Plant
  • Nelson Tull: High resolution storm surge flooding prediction
  • Gharagozlou, Alireza: GIS-Based Analysis of Coastal Morphology During Hurricane Isabel
  • Connon, Sara June: Sea-level rise on Cape Cod: the impacts on the community and preserved areas of the National Seashore
  • Harmon, Christopher: The Impact of Sea Level Rise to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
  • Suffern, Caroline: Identification of Avalanche/Mudslide Prone Areas and Beach Erosion Using Topographic Analyses and Time Series for the Alaska towns of Juneau, Ketchikan and Shishmaref
  • Wiedenman, Ryan: Predicting Possible Impacts of Sea Level Rise in Wrightsville Beach
Planetary surface analysis
  • Chesnutt, Julian: Exploring Temporal and Spatial Relationships between Landslide Distribution and Impact Craters on Mars
  • Kling, Corbin: Python scripting for global fault analysis on planetary surfaces
Watershed modeling and stream hydrology
  • Finch, Bryce: Watershed and surface flow analysis of NC State Main Campus
  • Mangot, Alexandre: Watershed analysis of Morgan Creek, N.C. to assess the impacts of a storm event
  • Wollman, William: Hydrological Assessment of Stream Mitigation Project in Western North Carolina
  • Buddenbaum, Jonathan: The Hydrological Mystery - Flooded Farms Outside of the Floodplain
  • Baker, Aurora: Potential areas of water contamination from the Merck Durham Plant.
Precipitation distribution, and its impacts on disease; solar energy potential
  • Mac Nzombola: Precipitation Frequency Estimates Tool for Virginia
  • Scott, Emma: Comparison of Mountain Precipitation Values Between Remote Sensing Methods and Gauge Data
  • Sanders, Charles: The effect of mean annual precipitation and human population density on Toxoplasma gondii rates in North American River Otters in North Carolina
  • Black, Brandon: Topographic Influences on North Carolina Tornadogenesis
  • Thomas Gietema: Solar Energy Potential for French Creek, Camp Lejeune North Carolina
Least cost path analysis
  • Parry, Joe: Analysis of Least Cost Corridors to Define Military Operational Boundaries
  • Jonah Waterman: Utilizing Least Cost Path Analysis to Develop Trails Near Roan Mountain, NC
  • Armstrong, Nate: Active Transportation Accessibility Tool (ATAT) for incoming refugees and immigrants,Wake County, NC.
Modeling surfaces and analyzing point cloud data
  • Ramey, Robin: Field Drawings to 3-D: Modeling Archaeological Features from Scale-Drawings
  • Schrum, Paul: Numerical Study of Raster Resolution Comparing RMSE and File Size of Several Established Methods of Interpolation Smoothing
  • Vitor Heringer de Aguiar: Estimating Canopy Height, Density and Understory Vegetation in Loblolly Pine Stands in Virginia