NCSU GIS/MEA582:
Geospatial Modeling and Analysis

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Projects Spring 2011

Projects by section.

Regular section

  • Ray Aull: Routing for Cycling Commuters Based on Landscape Severity
  • Chris Kollar: Slope and Hydrology Analysis at A Montane and A Coastal Plain Mountain Biking Site.
  • Will Marks: Modeling Stem Density of Forested Areas of North Carolina using UAVSAR and LIDAR Data
  • David Robinson: Detecting the Presence of Ladder Fuels for Wildfires in Shenandoah National Park
  • Kyle Marion: LiDAR Mapping of Vegetation Distribution in Shenandoah National Park
  • Meijer Alan: Seasonal erosion and deposition in soils under different tillage systems estimated using terrestrial laser scanning.
  • Thomas Dudley: An Hedonic Housing GIS View Analysis
  • Scott Beck: Viewshed Modeling for Wind Energy Development on Mountain Ridges in Watauga County, NC
  • Shannon Bowling: Landscape factors that influence northern bobwhite densities within agricultural settings
  • Christina Temple: Woolly Adelgid Damage in Western North Carolina
  • Omar Carrero: Temperature Extreme Events Risk Analysis for Eucalyptus Introduction in SE US
  • Megan Embrey: Temperature Change with Elevation Across North Carolina
  • Corey Davis: Smoke exposure risk from active burning and wildfires for North Carolina coastal communities

Distance Education section

  • Carl Nordman: Modeling forest fuels using airborne LiDAR, Skyland area of Shenandoah National Park
  • Yu Takeuchi: Estimating forest canopy height, understory vegetation, and vegetation growth and forecasting forest structure under climate change in North Carolina
  • Lauren McClain: Analysis of Residential Solar Potential for a Neighborhood in Southern Buncombe County, NC
  • Brad Neish: Mapping Solar Energy Potential for a Neighborhood in Carrboro, NC
  • James Kim: Locating and analyzing a suitable location for building solar energy farm at Federal or State-owned properties within Wake County, NC
  • Keren Cepero: Inundation Mapping employing GIS and Hydraulic modeling: Case Study of Neuse River, NC.
  • Christopher Barrow: Inundation probabilities at Canaveral National Seashore, FL
  • Brenda McLuskie: Identification of At Risk Areas from Sea Level Rise in the Delaware River Valley
  • Stacie Flood: Coastal Sand Dune Dynamics in Response to Major Storm Events on Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout, NC and Implications for Endangered Species Management by the NPS
  • Chris Reagan: Wetland Delineation using Geospatial Modeling Techniques
  • Keith Ince: Suitable placement of water main for annexed area of Mecklenburg Co. NC
  • Julie Coco: Erosion Modeling for Agriculture in Harnett County, NC
  • Matthew Whitehead: Potential Stream Contamination and Affected Population modeling
  • Thomas Blue: Ground surface slope statistics at various data resolutions for the Sandhills hydrophysiographic region of North Carolina.