March 2021 Awards Ceremony Program - NCSU

Awards Ceremony

Thursday March 4 2021

North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina

Welcome to the second awards ceremony for the Center for Geospatial Analytics

Today we honor the achievements by the exceptional students faculty and staff at our Center in 2020

Thank you and congratulations for all that you do as a member of our community

Our Community

Geospatial Analytics PhD Students helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip4 CGA-Affiliated Graduate Students helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip5 MGIST Students helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip6 Certificate Students helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip7 Faculty Fellows helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 8 Center Personnel helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip9-10

Honors amp Achievements

Student Honorshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 11-12 Student Leadership amp Service helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 13-14 Geospatial Analytics Degree Milestones helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 15 Student Presentations helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 16-18 Faculty amp Staff Achievements helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 19-20 Center-Affiliated Publications helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 21-24 CGA Awardshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 25-26

Geospatial Analytics PhD Students 2020-2021

Student Advisor

Muyiwa Adeyeye Ryan Emanuel Luke Allen Sandra Yuter Megan Coffer Helena Mitasova Elyssa Collins Ross Meentemeyer Raja Das Karl Wegmann Mollie Gaines Mirela Tulbure Xiaojie Gao Joshua Gray Nick Grokhowsky Helena Mitasova Umesh Gupta Raju VatsavaiRoss Meentemeyer Caitlin Haedrich Helena Mitasova Izzi Hinks Joshua Gray Byron Ifediora Bethany Cutts Nikki Inglis Jelena Vukomanovic Kate Jones Jelena Vukomanovic Kimia Karimi Daniel ObenourSankar Arumugam Nick Kruskamp Ross MeentemeyerJoshua Gray Brit Laginhas Ross Meentemeyer Zekun Lin Ross MeentemeyerAdam Terando Martine Mathieu Jennifer Richmond-Bryant Rohith Matli Daniel Obenour Ian McGregor Joshua Gray Katie McQuillan Katherine Martin Garrett Millar Helena Mitasova Kellyn Montgomery Helena Mitasova Uchenna Osia Bethany Cutts Vini Perin Mirela TulbureJohn Polo Chris JonesRoss Meentemeyer Shannon Ricci DelWayne Bohnenstiehl Ariel Saffer Ross Meentemeyer Laura Tomkins Sandra Yuter Vishnu Vivek Nanda Perver BaranLaura Tateosian Corey White Helena MitasovaRoss Meentemeyer Thom Worm Ross Meentemeyer Alex Yoshizumi Jelena Vukomanovic Began Fall 2020

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CGA-Affiliated Graduate Students 2020-2021

Student Advisor

Claudia Alberico b Aaron HippWilliam Beam a Aaron HippCarrie Gonzales a Jelena VukomanovicJing-Huei Huang b Aaron HippJoshua Randall b Jelena VukomanovicBethany Cutts Paul Schrum c Stacy NelsonJashira Torres c Stacy Nelson

CGA-affiliated graduate students are advised by faculty fellows funded by assistantships through the center and seated in center space The students above are seeking degrees in the following departments

a MS Parks Recreation amp Tourism Management b PhD Parks Recreation amp Tourism Management c PhD Forestry amp Environmental Resources

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Master of Geospatial Information Science amp Technology (MGIST) Students Spring 2021

Eric Adams Deirdre An Eric Anderson Ibelise Atencio Kurt Baker II Daniel Behnke Ashley Belwolff Andrew Boschen Samantha Boyle Matt Conard Jacob Daunais Jeremy Davis Sam Davis Kyle DeBlare Nick Dowdell Mike Doyle Evan Dumke Scott Ellis Julius Emanuel Peter Erlenbach Sean Farrell Chandler Fields Robert Fyfe Cody Garcia Kim Garrett Amy Gelletich Tom Green Brooke Hatcher Ryan Held Bill Herzig Russell Hill

Scott Hill Trey Hinton Dallas Hoffman Katie Ivins Randy Johnson Jr Ian Johnson Mary Johnson Aaron Jones David Kist Justin Klein Yale Kodwo-Nyameazea

Katie Kolcusky Cas Laskowski Scott Lawson Samantha Lee Chad Leftwich Mandy Liesch Kristin Lowder Alex Lowry Jacob Makens Mark Massing Benjamin Masters Ben Maxson Jordan Mayle Cameron McAllister Chanelle McArthur William Meyers Kelsey Mills Michael Mirolli Matthew Moy

Dustin Murray Chris Myers Ken Nagel Corey Nesbit Jaimie Nevins Travis Newton Chase Nicholas Kyle Noel Justin Oakley William Parrish Heather Paxson Hank Pelfrey Marcus Perry Wyatt Pesta Gardner Pierson Jared Poe Rachel Porter Andrew Potter Jr Kimmy Profitko Steven Ratcliffe Elizabeth Rutkowski Andrea Sato Macy Sawtelle Caroline Schnell Jonathan Schwartz Allie Scott Ryan Shaffer Stephen Shepard Brendan Simms Greyson Smith Michael Spear

Mike Strunin Hannah Swartz Pamela Taylor Avery Telligman Lexi Thomas Aidan Thurling Colby Traynor Zach Tunstall Brian Van Wyk Lawrence Webb James Webber Coty Welch Devin Whitney Caleb Williams Chantel Williams Patrick Williams Dylan Wingler Caroline Wood Paige Yelen Brittany Yoder Hubert Yun Shon Zimmerman

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Graduate Certificate in GIS Students Spring 2021

Adrian Al-Khalidi Vinay Arora Julia Babuin Justin Baker Madalyn Baldwin Laura Basnight Jon Beauchaine Sarab Bedi Steve Bert David Bolick Devon Borgardt Jeffery Bowman Jake Bradshaw Patrick Brittain Laura Brookshire Bernadette Burton Marybeth Campeau Olivia Caretti Wayne Carino Jr Elise Carroll Jim Chilton Chris Coffey Austin Conklin Sam Cromer Radwan Dabbas Meghan Daugherty Britt Davis Mark Davis Joe Donlon Mike Donlon Nick Dowdell Chris Draewell Evan Dumke Dominic Eannarino Henry Edmisten

Summer Faircloth Samantha Farquhar Charles Farrington Jr Jill Ferrell Clara Frickmann Cody Garcia Aaron Goldstein Dallas Goodnight Witt Graham Katia Griffin-Jakymec Rebecca Hahn Liam Hales Wesley Harrell Charlotte Harrison Molly Harrison Jenna Hartley Joshua Hedrick Ben Herman Scott Hill Jennifer Honeycutt Maddie Hook Jessie Howington Nancy Ingabire Abayo Jon Ising Aaron Jacque Sarah Jordan Melanie Kahn John Kamanga Justin Karl Mara Kleine Elise Koehncke Sameera Koluguri Shannon Koss

Samantha Lee John Lewis Nikki Long Cristina Lorenzo-Velazquez Raymond Magalski Vanessa Maia Gomes Zakkiyah Majeed Jacob Makens Alex Martin Cassidy Mason Mark Massing Ryan Maxwell Elisabeth McClain Carol McCollum Carley McGrady Amanda Meeks Lena Mikhaylova Stephanie Moffitt Andrew Morrison Brandon Morrissey Chris Myers Emily Nastase Alex Nemeth Jaimie Nevins Valerie Nobles Mark OrsquoLeary Michael OrsquoNeill Robert Overstreet Venkata Pappala Jacob Parente Michelle Pendergrass Rachel Porter

Andrew Potter Jr Caci Powell Alyssa Quackenbush Elissa Rennie Logan Richardson Jose Rivas Rachel Rosenbaum Mikayla Roth Karla Rudnicki Grayson Sanner McKinley Saunders Chris Schultz Marietta Shattelroe Sarah Shefte Danny Smith Jonathan Smith Andrew Sowers Jimmy Spore Jonathan Stephens Alexis Swanson Madison Sweitzer Neil Talton Jillian Tate Emily Terrell Sam Traughber Amber Tripodi Hailey Tuttle Elisabeth Webster Joshua Wescott Bruce Whitley LarsquoMeshia Whittington-Kaminski Chantel Williams Marissa Winship Dana York

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Center for Geospatial Analytics Faculty Fellows

Sankar Arumugam a

Perver Baran b Emily Berglund a

DelWayne Bohnenstiehl c Paul Byrne c

Bethany Cutts d Eric Edwards e

Ryan Emanuel f

Joshua Gray f David Hill g

Anders Huseth c

Aaron Hipp d Daniela Jones h

Yu-Fai Leung d

Gustavo Machado i

Katherine Martin f Helena Mitasova c

a Civil Construction amp Environmental Engineering

b Center for Geospatial Analytics c Marine Earth amp Atmospheric Sciences d Parks Recreation amp Tourism

Management e Agriculture amp Resource Economics f Forestry and Environmental Resources g Landscape Architecture

Natalie Nelson h

Stacy Nelson f

Daniel Obenour a Chris Osburn c

Krishna Pacifici f

Bill Rand j

Brian Reich k

Jennifer Richmond-Bryant f Robert Scheller f

Laura Tateosian b Adam Terando l Mirela Tulbure f Raju Vatsavai m Jelena Vukomanovic d Benjamin Watson m

Karl Wegmann c Sandra Yuter c

h Biological and Agricultural Engineering i Population Health and Pathobiology j Business Management k Statistics l Applied Ecology m Computer Science

Currently advising a Geospatial Analytics PhD student

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Center for Geospatial Analytics Personnel

Zachary Arcaro Assistant Director of Operations Laura Belica Postdoctoral Scholar Mary Hicks Business Service Coordinator Justyna (Inia) Jeziorska Research Assistant Chris Jones Research Scholar Shannon Jones Research Associate Rachel Kasten Graduate Services Coordinator Margaret Lawrimore Research Associate Wanwan Liang Postdoctoral Scholar Ross Meentemeyer Center Director amp Director of

Graduate Programs (PhD) Helena Mitasova Associate Director of

Geovisualization Eric Money Associate Director of Professional

Education amp Director of Graduate Programs (MGIST)

Scott Ogletree Postdoctoral Scholar Okan Pala Research Associate Vaclav (Vashek) Petras Research Software Engineer Anna Petrasova Research Software Engineer Georgina Sanchez Research Associate Benjamin Seliger Postdoctoral Scholar Makiko Shukunobe Research Technologist Kunwar (Krishna) Singh Postdoctoral Scholar Megan Skrip Science Communicator

Continued on p10

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Center for Geospatial Analytics Personnel (cont)

Bill Slocumb Research Associate Lindsey Smart Research Associate Stacy Supak Assistant Teaching Professor Vaishnavi Thakar Assistant Teaching Professor Raju Vatsavai Associate Director of Computing amp

Technology John Vogler Research Scholar Chelsey Walden-Schreiner Research Scholar

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Student Honors

External Fellowships

NASA FINESST Ian McGregor

USGIF Scholarship Megan Coffer Ian McGregor

GEM Fellowship Uchenna Osia (Full Fellow) Muyiwa Adeyeye (Assocate Fellow)

NC Sea Grant-NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship Megan Coffer

NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship Ian McGregor

Recruiting Fellowships

Diversity Enhancement Fellowship Muyiwa Adeyeye

University Graduate Fellowship Caitlin Haedrich Ariel Saffer

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Travel Awards amp Grants

CGA Travel Award Elyssa Collins Nikki Inglis Ian McGregor Kate McQuillan Kellyn Montgomery Thom Worm

Graduate School WorkshopShort Course Award Elyssa Collins Laura Tomkins

Awards amp Honors

EPA Mason Hewitt Award for GIS Technical Excellence Megan Coffer

NC State 2020 Esri Development Center Student of the Year Nikki Inglis

Envisioning Research NC State Research Image Contest Nikki Inglis - 2nd place StudentPostdocs Graphics

MGIST Capstone Project Peoplersquos Choice Award Spring 2020 Fall 2020 Matthew Johnson - 1st place Alexander Reinwald - 1st place Lucian Stewart - 2nd place Victor Dawson - 3rd place

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Student Leadership amp Service

Geospatial Graduate Student Organization 2019-2020 2020-2021

President Kellyn Montgomery Mollie Gaines Alexander Yoshizumi

Vice President Nikki Inglis Secretary Shannon Ricci Ian McGregor Treasurer Rohith Matli Kate Jones Distance Education Rep Matt Conard Peter Erlenbach Social Chair Byron Ifediora Elyssa Collins Forum Chair Corey White Katie McQuillan Development Chair Zach Tunstall

CGA Awards Committee Will Beam

CGA Computing Committee Umesh Gupta

CGA Development Committee Alexander Yoshizumi

CGA Education Committee Nick Kruskamp

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Student Teaching Assignments

Spring 2020 Sara Barker - GIS 280 GIS 530

Christopher Franz - GIS 510

Mary Johnson - GIS 280

Alli Jones - GIS 515 GIS 660

Kelsey Little - GIS 550

Chase Nichols - GIS 540

Heather Paxson - GIS 280 GIS 510

Gardner Pierson - GIS 520 GIS 540

Logan Richardson - GIS 520

Paul Schrum - GIS 205 GIS 512

Chantel Williams - GIS 280

Fall 2020 Elyssa Collins - GIS 710

Michael Donlon - GIS 280


Kim Garrett - GIS 510

Ben Maxson - GIS 520


Saeed Ahmadi Oloonabadi -GIS 515 GIS 660

Vini Perin - GIS 712


William Reckling - GIS 582

Paul Schrum - GIS 512

Allie Scott - GIS 521

Michael Spear - GIS 530

Aidan Thurling - GIS 280

Brian Van Wyk - GIS 550



Thom Worm - GIS 710

Shon Zimmerman - GIS 535

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Geospatial Analytics Degree Milestones

Written Preliminary Exam Completed Garrett Millar - March 2020 Corey White - March 2020 Nikki Inglis - May 2020 Vishnu Mahesh Vivek Nanda - May 2020 Rohith Matli - June 2020 Kimia Karimi - June 2020

Oral Preliminary Exam Completed Student Advanced to PhD Candidacy Vishnu Mahesh Vivek Nanda - September 2020 Rohith Matli - September 2020 Shannon Ricci - September 2020 Nikki Inglis - October 2020 Corey White - November 2020 Garrett Millar - November 2020

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Student Presentations Conference Presentations

Coastal and Estuary Research Foundation (CERF) | Mobile AL November 2019 Coffer M Schaeffer B Salls W et al Monitoring cyanobacterial blooms using highshy

spatial resolution imagery

Matli VRR Laurent A Sohn D et al Fusion-based hypoxia estimates linking geostatistical and mechanistic models of dissolved oxygen variability

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting | San Francisco CA December 2019 Kruskamp N Singh KK Jones C Gray J Meentemeyer RK Web-based decision analytics

for mapping host species distributions and forecasting the spread of forest pests and pathogens - Outstanding Student Presentation Award

Active Living Conference | Orlando FL February 2020 Alberico C Floyd MF Marquet O Huang J-H Hipp JA Hot spot analysis to characterize childrenrsquos park-based physical activity in low-income communities of color

Huang J-H Hipp JA Marquet O Alberico C Mazak E Floyd M Perceived neighborhood social and built environment effects on park use and physical activity among log-income diverse families with young children

Van Bakergem M Hipp JA Rider TR Tracking the emergence of active living topics within real estate development literature A keyword co-occurrence network approach

HurriCon | Greenville NC February 2020 Ifediora B amp Cutts B Muck debris or tree A spatial temporal approach to predicting who asks

for volunteer assistance after disaster and how quickly their needs are met

Ocean Sciences Meeting | San Diego CA February 2020 Ricci SW Bohnenstiehl DR Eggleston D et al Development of a call catalog to support

automated acoustic data processing techniques for coral reef soundscapes

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Presentations Affected by COVID-19

Coffer M Schaeffer B Zimmerman R amp Hill V Automated seagrass mapping from commercial satellite imagery World Seagrass Conference

Coffer M amp Schaeffer B Rethinking the southeastern bloom season an investigation into cold-season cyanobacterial blooms Ecological Society of America

Collins EL Sanchez GM Terando AJ Vukomanovic J amp Meentemeyer RK Dynamic spatiotemporal modeling of population changes in vulnerable communities

International Association for Landscape Ecology-North America

Inglis N amp Vukomanovic J Spatially-explicit exurban growth modeling requires novel amenity parameters International Association for Landscape Ecology-North America

Karimi K Miller JM Arumugam S amp Obenour DR Assessing long term variability in nutrient loading to Jordan and Falls Lake using hierarchical Bayesian modeling Water Resources Research Institute

Karimi K Miller JM Arumugam S amp Obenour DR Using a hybrid Bayesian watershed model to assess differences in phosphorus and nitrogen stream loadings Watershed Management Conference

McGregor I The correspondence of MODIS land surface phenology and GPP International Association for Landscape Ecology-North America

Vivek Nanda VM Baran P amp Tateosian L Incorporating the structure of trees in estimates of clear day solar energy potential over parking lots and roads IEEE Green Technologies Conference

NC State Symposia

College of Natural Resources Graduate Research Symposium 2020

Gao X Gray J Cohrs CW Cook R Albaugh TJ How does phenology control managed forest productivity

Ifediora B amp Cutts B Muck debris or tree A spatial temporal approach to predicting who asks for volunteer assistance after disaster

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Inglis N amp Vukomanovic J Future declines in quaking aspen disproportionately affect Rocky Mountain viewscapes along scenic roadways

Karimi K Miller JM Arumugam S amp Obenour DR Assessing long term variability in phosphorus stream loadings using a hybrid Bayesian watershed model

Kruskamp N Gray J amp Meentemeyer RK Trees and disease Monitoring dynamic forest change from space - 1st Place Three Minute Thesis

Lin Z Terando A Sanchez G Meentemeyer RK How land cover grain sizes affects land change modeling uncertainty

Matli VRR Laurent A Sohn D Craig K Fennel K amp Obenour DR Fusion based hypoxia estimates linking geostatistical mechanistic models of dissolved oxygen variability - 1st Place Land Wildlife amp Forest System Management

McGregor I Gao X amp Gray J Satellite vegetation phenology reliably explains timing of carbon fluxes

Montgomery K Henry J amp Mitasova H Canopy structure measured by low-cost UAS for predicting nutrient content in field grown tobacco

Perin V Tulbure GM Large-scale-on-farm reservoir monitoring using remote sensing techniques - 1st Place Human Dimensions amp Community Health

Randall J Characterizing the multi-scalar interactions of energy poverty

Ricci SW Bohnenstiehl DR Eggleston D Stanley J amp Rowell T Development of a call catalog to support automated acoustic data processing techniques for coral reef soundscapes

Vivek Nanda VM Baran P amp Tateosian L Geospatial estimation of clear day seasonal solar energy potential for parking lots and roads

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Faculty amp Staff Awards

Ryan Emanuel was honored with the Steve Wing International Environmental Justice Award by the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network

Katie Martin won the Editorrsquos Choice Award for a paper she co-authored in Water Resources Research

Bethany Cutts was a finalist for NC Statersquos Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award

Jelena Vukomanovic was named a 2020 TRELIS Fellow (Training and Retaining Emerging Leaders in STEM) by UCGIS

Chris Osburn and Robert Scheller were named University Faculty Scholars

Helena Mitasova received the UCGIS 2020 Research Award

Rachel Kasten was the 2020 SHRA winner of the CNR Award for Excellence She also won the CNR Pride of the Wolfpack Award for 2020

Vaishnavi Thakar received a DELTA Rapid Design Grant

Center-Affiliated Grants Started November 2019shyDecember 2020

PI Ross Meentemeyer I Christopher Jones ndashndash Eradication Analysis amp Decision Support (eRADS) Sponsor Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS)-US Dept of Agriculture Award Amount (Period) $111649 (8-1-2020 to 17-31-2021)

PI Stacy Nelson ndashndash GIS analysis of the benefits of State and Private Forest lands for water supply in the southern United States Sponsor South Carolina Forestry Commission (Prime US Dept of Agriculture Forest Service) Award Amount (Period) $8080 (1-1-2020 to 3-30-2020)

Co-Is Christopher Jones Rob Scheller ndashndash Plant-Aid A Data Driven and Sensor Integrated Platform to Monitor Emerging Plant Diseases

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Sponsor Game-Changing Research Incentive Program for Plant Sciences (GRIP4PSI) Award Amount (Period) $217420 (2-17-2020 to 6-30-2023)

Co-I Christopher Jones ndashndash Sensor Integrated Platform for Monitoring Phytophthora Sponsor Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS)-US Dept of Agriculture Award Amount (Period) $338322 (7-1-2020 to 6-30-2021)

Co-Is Zachary Arcaro Justyna Jeziorska ndashndash Comprehensive Christmas Tree Management Using Drones Sponsor NC Department of Agriculture amp Consumer Services (Prime US Department of Agriculture) Award Amount (Period) $122800 (1-1-2020 to 12-31-2021)

PI Okan Pala ndashndash NCDOT Community Studies Geospatial Sandbox Sponsor NC Department of Transportation Award Amount (Period) $389408 (11-01-2019 to 10-31-2021

Center Service

Thank you to the following faculty and staff who have served on Center committees during 2020

Zac Arcaro Eric MoneyPerver Baran Natalie Nelson Laura Belica Georgina Sanchez Del Bohnenstiehl Megan Skrip Bethany Cutts Bill Slocumb Josh Gray Stacy SupakMary Hicks Laura Tateosian Chris Jones Vaishnavi Thakar Rachel Kasten Mirela Tulbure Ross Meentemeyer Raju Vatsavai Helena Mitasova Chelsey Walden-Schreiner

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Center-Affiliated Publications (2020)

Bolton DK Gray JM et al (2020) Continental-scale land surface phenology from harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery Remote Sensing of Environment 240 111685

Chen G Kingh KK Lopez J Zhou Y (2020) Tree canopy cover and carbon density are different proxy indicators for assessing the relationship between forest structure and urban socio-ecological conditions Ecological Indicators 113 106279

Chen Y Mossa J Singh KK (2020) Floodplain response to varied flows in large coastal plain river Geomorphology 354 107035

Cobb RC Haas SE Kruskamp N Dillon WW Swiecki TJ Rizzo DM Frankel SJ Meentemeyer RK (2020) The magnitude of regional-scale tree mortality caused by the invasive pathogen Phytophthora ramorum Earthrsquos Future 8(7)

Coetzee S Ivanova I Mitasova H Brovelli M (2020) Open geospatial software and data A review of the current state and a perspective into the future ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9(2) 90

Coffer MM (2020) Balancing privacy rights and the production of high-quality satellite imagery Environmental Science amp Technology 54(11) 6453-6455

Coffer M et al (2020) Performance across WorldView-2 and RapidEye for reproducible seagrass mapping Remote Sensing of Environment 250(1) 112036

Coffer M Schaeffer BA (2020) Quantifying national and regional cyanobacterial occurrence in US lakes using satellite remote sensing Ecological Indicators 111 105976

Cohrs CW Cook RL Gray JM Albaugh TJ (2020) Sentinel-2 Leaf Area Index estimation for the pine plantations in the southeastern United States Remote Sensing 12(9) 1406

Cutts BB et al (2020) Hyperlocal sustainabilities Theorizing action research for sustainability in the digital age Sustainability Science 15 315-331

Dai D Wang R (2020) Space-time surveillance of negative emotions after consecutive terror attacks in London International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 4000

Gao X Gray J et al (2020) Longer greenup periods associated with greater wood volume growth in managed pine stands Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 297 108237

Center-affiliated student Center-affiliated faculty or researcher

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Hallowell G Baran P (2020) Neighborhood dynamics and long-term change Geographical Analysis 1-24

Hasala D Supak S Rivers L (2020) Green infrastructure site selection in the Walnut Creek wetland community A case study from southeast Raleigh North Carolina Landscape and Urban Planning 196 103743

Holcomb JA Runnels C Wegmann KW (2020) Deposit-centered archaeological survey and the search for the Aegean Palaeolithic A geoarchaeological perspective Quaternary International 550 169-183

Huang J Hipp JA Marquet O Alberico C et al (2020) Neighborhood characteristics associated with park use and park-based physical activity among children in low-income diverse neighborhoods in New York City Preventive Medicine 131 105948

Inglis NC Vukomanic J (2020) Climate change disproportionately affects visual quality of cultural ecosystem services in a mountain region Ecosystem Services 45 101190

Inglis NC Vukomanovic J (2020) Visualizing when where and how fires happen in US parks and protected areas ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9(5) 333

Jouzi Z Leung Y Nelson A (2020) Terrestrial protected areas and food security A systematic review of research approaches Environments 7(10) 83

Jurjonas M Seekamp E Rivers L Cutts B (2020) Uncovering climate (in)justice with an adaptive capacity assessment A multiple case study in rural coastal North Carolian Land Use Policy 94 104547

Li C Sanchez GM Wu Z Cheng J Zhang S Wang Q Li F Sun G amp Meentemeyer RK (2020) Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of soil contamination with heavy metals during an intensive urbanization period (1989-2018) in southern China Environmental Pollution 260 114075

Li C Sun G Cohen E Zhang Y Xiao J McNulty SG amp Meentemeyer RK (2020) Modeling the impacts of urbanization on watershed-scale gross primary productivity and tradeoffs with water yield across the conterminous United States Journal of Hydrology 583 e124581

Li C Sun G Caldwell PV Cohen E Fang Y Zhang Y Oudin L Sanchez GM amp Meentemeyer RK (2020) Impacts of urbanization on watershed water balances across the conterminous United States Water Resources Research 56(7) e2019WR026574


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London JK Cutts BB et al (2020) Unearthing the entangled roots of urban agriculture Agriculture and Human Values 38 205-220

Matli RRM Laurent A Fennel K Craig K Krause J Obenour DR (2020) Fusion-based hypoxia estimates Combining geostatistical and mechanistic models of dissolved oxygen variability Environmental Science amp Technology 54(20) 13016-13025

Millar GC Mitas O Boode W Hoeke L de Krujif J Petrasova A Mitasova H (2021) Space-time analytics of human physiology for urban planning Computers Environment and Urban Systems 85 Article 101554

Miller AB Kays R Leung Y (2020) Wildlife response to recreational trail building An experimental method and Appalachian case study Journal for Nature Conservation 56 Article 125815

Mitas O Mitasova H Millar G et al (2020) More is not better The emotional dynamics of excellent experience Journal of Hospitality amp Tourism Research

Montgomery K Henry JB Vann MC Huseth AS Mitasova H (2020) Measures of canopy structure from low-cost UAS for monitoring crop nutrient status Drones 4(3) 36

Nelson NG Munoz-Carpena R Phlips E (2020) Parameter uncertainty drives important incongruities between simulated chlorophyll-a and phytoplankton functional group dynamics in a mechanistic management model Environmental Modelling amp Software 129 104708

Perry EE Thomsen JM DrsquoAntonio AL Morse WC Reigner NP Leung Y Wimpey J Taff BD (2020) Toward an integrated model of topical spatial and temporal scales of research inquiry in park visitor use management Sustainability 12(5) 6183

Petrasova A Gaydos DA Petras V Jones CM Mitasova H Meentemeyer RK (2020) Geospatial simulation steering for adaptive management Environmental Modelling amp Software 133 e104801

Phlips EJ Badylak S Nelson NG Havens KE (2020) Hurricanes El Nino and harmful algal blooms in two sub-tropical Florida estuaries Direct and indirect impacts Scientific Reports 10 1910

Richmond-Bryant J (2020) In defense of the weight-of-evidence approach to literature review in the Integrated Science Assessment Epidemiology 31(6) 755-757


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Sanchez GM Terando A Smith JW Garcia AM Wagner CR amp Meentemeyer RK (2020) Forecasting water demand across a rapidly urbanizing region Science of the Total Environment 730 139050

Smart LS Taillie PJ Poulter B Vukomanovic J Singh KK Swenson JJ Mitasova H Smith JW Meentemeyer RK (2020) Aboveground carbon loss associated with the spread of ghost forests as sea levels rise Environmental Research Letters 15(10) Article 104028

Tabrizian P Baran PK Van Berkel D Mitasova H Meentemeyer RK (2020) Modeling restorative potential of urban environments by coupling viewscape analysis of lidar data with experiments in immersive virtual environments Landscape and Urban Planning 195 103704

Tabrizian P Petrasova A Baran PK Vukomanovic J Mitasova H Meentemeyer RK (2020) High resolution viewscape modeling evaluated through immersive virtual environments International Journal of Geo-Information 9(7) 445

Tateosian L Glatz M Shukonobe M (2020) Story-telling maps generated from semantic representations of events Behaviour amp Information Technology 39(4) 391-413

Vukomanovic J Singh KK Vogler JB Meentemeyer RK (2020) Protection status and proximity to public-private boundaries influence land use intensification near US parks and protected areas Conservation Science and Practice 2 e190

Wells MJ Gilmore TE Nelson NG et al (2020) Determination of vadose and saturated-zone nitrate lag times using long-term groundwater monitoring data and statistical machine learning Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 25 811-829

Yoshizumi A Coffer MM Collins EL Gaines MD Gao X Jones K McGregor IR McQuillan KA Perin V Tomkins LM Worm T Tateosian L (2020) A review of geospatial content in IEEE Visualization Publications IEEE VIS Short Paper Proceedings 2020

Zhang Y Chen G Vukomanovic J Singh KK Liu Y Holden S Meentemeyer RK (2020) Recurrent Shadow Attention Model (RSAM) for shadow removal in high-resolution urban land-cover mapping Remote Sensing of Environment 247 111945


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CGA Awards The CGA Awards were created to honor members of the Center for Geospatial Analytics community whose efforts exemplify center ideals of collaboration inclusion and excellence in research teaching and service

Advocate Award Given to one student and one employee who demonstrates a commitment to equity and inclusion within CGA on the NC State campus andor in the community

Beacon Award Given to one student one employee and one alumnus who shines a light on CGA in the wider scientific community through their research partnerships andor involvement in professional organizaitons

Collaboration amp Innovation Award Given to a research team who collaborates across disciplinary boundaries to address environmental and societal challenges

Creativity in Teaching Award Given to one student and one facultystaff member who creates an innovative learning environment (online andor in a classroom) that engages a diverse learners in the study of geospatial data science

Gladys West Award Given to a ldquohidden figurerdquo one student and one facultystaff member who consistently serves as a role model helps others and exceeds expectations and who does not often receive recognition andor does not hold a leadership position at the Center for Geospatial Analytics

Interdisciplinary Advancement Award Given to one student not enrolled in a CGA degree program who applies principles of geospatial analysis to address grand challenges requiring an interdisciplinary approach

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2019 CGA Award Winners

Award Student Employee

Advocate Nick Kruskamp Rachel Kasten

Beacon Devon Gaydos Vashek Petras amp Anna Petrasova

Creativity in Teaching

Elizabeth Robinson Stacy Nelson

Gladys West Shannon Ricci Makiko Shakunobe

Collaboration amp Innovation Sudden Oak Death engagement team Devon Gaydos Chris Jones Shannon Jones Nick Kruskamp Ross Meentemeyer Garrett Millar Vashek Petras Anna Petrasova

geospatialncsuedu

Welcome to the second awards ceremony for the Center for Geospatial Analytics

Today we honor the achievements by the exceptional students faculty and staff at our Center in 2020

Thank you and congratulations for all that you do as a member of our community

Our Community

Geospatial Analytics PhD Students helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip4 CGA-Affiliated Graduate Students helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip5 MGIST Students helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip6 Certificate Students helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip7 Faculty Fellows helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 8 Center Personnel helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip9-10

Honors amp Achievements

Student Honorshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 11-12 Student Leadership amp Service helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 13-14 Geospatial Analytics Degree Milestones helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 15 Student Presentations helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 16-18 Faculty amp Staff Achievements helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 19-20 Center-Affiliated Publications helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 21-24 CGA Awardshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 25-26


Student Advisor


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Student Advisor




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Sankar Arumugam a




Ryan Emanuel f


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