| Year |
Student |
Degree |
Advisor(s) |
Title of Thesis or Dissertation |
| 2022 |
Margaret Crawford |
M.S. |
Bukvic |
The Social Cascades of Exposure to Flood Induced Natech Events on Vulnerable Populations in Hampton Roads, Virginia |
| 2022 |
Daniel Donahoe |
M.S. |
Kennedy |
Leveraging the Landsat Archive to Track Understory Evergreen Shrub Expansions in the Coweeta Basin, North Carolina |
| 2022 |
Tyler Gingrich |
M.S. |
Ramseyer |
Synoptic-Scale Atmospheric Conditions Associated with Flash Drought Initiation in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean |
| 2022 |
Parker Henry |
M.S. |
Ramseyer |
Using Self-Organizing Maps to Identify Changes in Winter Seasonal Temperature Trends in the Southeastern U.S. |
| 2022 |
Colleen Lewis |
M.S. |
Pingel |
Least Cost Path Modeling Between Inka and Amazon Civilizations |
| 2022 |
Tyler Stanfield |
M.S. |
Ramseyer |
A Climatological Analysis of Upper-Level Velocity Potential Fields Using Global Weather Reanalysis, 1958-2020 |
| 2022 |
Shakira Stackhouse |
M.S. |
Zick |
Evaluating the Skillfulness of the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) Forecasts for Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using an Object-Based Methodology |
| 2022 |
Kyler Stanley |
M.S. |
Resler |
Toward Understanding Geodiversity Perception in Grayson County, VA Through Geodiversity Mapping |
| 2022 |
Mark Villareal |
M.S. |
Baird |
Distribution of Resource Use in an Informal Learning Environment: Using Sensor Technologies to Bring Geography Indoors |
| 2021 |
Sam Carani |
M.S. |
Pingel |
Detection of Tornado Damage via Convolutional Neural Networks and Unmanned Aerial System Photogrammetry |
| 2021 |
Peter Forister |
M.S. |
Resler |
Spatial Patterns and Variations of Tornado Damage as Related to Southeastern Appalachain Forests and Terrain from the Franklin County, Virginia EF-3 Tornado |
| 2021 |
Jen Kern |
M.S. |
Juran and Resler |
Modelling Hydrologic System Change in a Paraglacial Catchment in the Northern Rocky Mountains |
| 2021 |
Allison Mitchell |
M.S. |
Bukvic |
Impacts of Coastal Flooding on Watersheds in Hampton Roads, VA |
| 2021 |
Balaji Ramesh |
M.S. |
Kolivras |
Estimating Health Risks Associated with Flooding following Hurricante Harvey using Earth Observations and the CDC Social Vulnerability Index |
| 2021 |
Josh Starner |
M.S. |
Carstensen |
Relative Convenience of Battery Electric Vehicles vs. Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles for Non-Commuting Trips in the Contiguous United States |
| 2021 |
Holly Young |
M.S. |
Kolivras |
Examining the Relationship Between Safe Drinking Water Violations and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Virginia |
| 2021 |
Zachary Van Tol |
M.S. |
Ellis |
Analysis of Urban Heat Island Intensity Through Air Mass Persistence |
| 2021 |
James Young |
M.S. |
Pingel |
An Evaluation of DEM Generation Methods Using a Pixel-Based Landslide Detection Algorithm |
| 2021 |
Jack Gonzales |
M.S. |
Pingel |
Comparing UAV and Pole Photogrammetry for Monitoring Beach Erosion |
| 2020 |
Heng Wan |
Ph.D. |
Shao |
Assessing Annual Urban Change and its Impacts on Evapotranspiration |
| 2020 |
David Jensen |
Ph.D. |
Resler |
Detecting and Modeling Landfast Ice in the Alaskan Bering Sea |
| 2020 |
Michael L. Marston |
Ph.D. |
Ellis |
Variation and Change in Daily Precipitation Extremes Across the United States Since the Mid-20th Century |
| 2020 |
Lindsey Morrison |
M.S. |
Zick |
Evaluating the Role of Atmospheric Stability in Generating Asymmetrical Precipitation During the Landfall of Hurricane Florence (2018) |
| 2020 |
Hudson Chase |
M.S. |
Pingel |
Immersive Virtual Reality Point Cloud Classification Correction |
| 2020 |
Gretchen Goeke Dee |
M.S. |
Resler |
Spatial Pattern Analysis of Tree Species Distribution in a Central Appalachian Upland Heath Barren |
| 2020 |
Ryley Harris |
M.S. |
Kennedy |
Spatial Patterns on Virginia's Second Highest Peak: Land Cover Dynamics and Tree Mortality in Two Rare Ecosystems |
| 2020 |
Alexander Rosenman |
M.S. |
Shao |
Multiscale Remote Sensing Analysis of Vegetation Patterns in an Alpine Environment, Glacier National Park, Montana |
| 2020 |
Eric West |
M.S. |
Carstensen |
The Digitization of American Viticultural Area Boundaries: An Efficient Method for Constructing GIS Polygons from Federal Government Data Sources |
| 2020 |
Aaron Whittemore |
M.S. |
Ellis |
Analysis of Human Influence on Drought Conditions in the Upper Colorado River Basin (Texas) |
| 2020 |
Molly McKnight |
M.S. |
Kolivras |
Examining the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem: Associations Between Surface Mining and Birth Outcomes in Central Appalachia at Multiple Spatial Scales |
| 2019 |
Yong Huang |
M.S. |
Campbell |
Virginia Urban Dynamics Study Using DMSP/OLS Nighttime Imagery |
2019
|
Elizabeth Weaver |
Ph.D. |
Kolivras |
Investigating the Valley Fever – Environment Relationship in the Western U.S. |
| 2019 |
Hoa Tri Tran |
Ph.D. |
Campbell |
Integration of Geospatial Technologies in Monitoring Drought Events in a Coastal Area of Vietnam (Case Study: Binh Thuan Province) |
| 2019 |
Iris Flynn |
Ph.D. |
Campbell |
Geospatial Analysis of Forest Fragmentation & Connectivity in Virginia |
| 2019 |
Damien Geffroy |
M.S. |
Oliver |
A City of Projects: Grand Paris, The 2024 Summer Olympics, and the Jurisdictional Negotiation of Contemporary Paris |
| 2019 |
Nathaniel Lawrence |
M.S. |
Resler and Saladyga |
Fire History of an Acidic Barrens Complex: A Methods Assessment of Fire Return Intervals |
| 2019 |
Veronica Scott |
M.S. |
Juran and Ling |
Strontium in Drinking Water: Assessing Strontium as a Drinking Water Contaminant in Virginia Private Wells |
| 2019 |
Megan Stevenson |
M.S. |
Kolivras |
The Effects of Land Cover Change on the Spatial Distribution of Lyme Disease in Northern Virginia since 2005 |
| 2019 |
Kelly Summers |
M.S. |
Baird |
Mobile Phones, Social Relations, and the Gatekeepers to Women's Empowerment in Maasai Households |
| 2019 |
Yanshen Sun |
M.S. |
Carstensen |
Evaluating the Quality of Ground Surfaces Generated from Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) data |
| 2019 |
Aaron Updike |
M.S. |
Zick |
A Modeling Study of the Principal Rainband in Hurricane Matthew and the Influence of Remote Terrain on Hurricane Structure During its Intensification in the Southern Caribbean |
| 2019 |
Helen White |
M.S. |
Resler |
Biotic and Abiotic Factors of Picea rubens (Red Spruce) Seedling Regeneration in Disturbed Heathland Barrens of the Central Appalachians |
| 2018 |
Sanam Aksha |
Ph.D. |
Juran and Resler |
Assessing Vulnerability and Multi-Hazard Risk in the Nepal Himalaya |
| 2018 |
Allison LeBlanc |
Ph.D. |
Kennedy |
Lake Sediment-Based Reconstructions of Late-Holocene Lowland Environments on Dominican Republic and Barbuda, Northern Caribbean |
| 2018 |
Shreejana Bhattaria |
M.S. |
Kolivras |
Understanding the Relationship between Land Use/Land Cover and Malaria in Nepal |
| 2018 |
Timothy Greene |
M.S. |
Ellis |
The Impact of Synoptic Weather on the Ice Phenology of Maine Lakes, 1955-2005 |
| 2018 |
Jessica Kirkland |
M.S. |
Zick |
Regional Differences in the Spatial Patterns of Precipitation Bands in Hurricanes Through Landfall along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coasts of the United States |
| 2018 |
Callie Lambert |
M.S. |
Resler and Shao |
Spatio-Temporal Vegetation Change as Related to Terrain Factors at Two Glacier Forefronts, Glacier National Park, Montana |
| 2018 |
Suzanna Lindeman |
M.S. |
Ellis |
Assessment of Model Forecast Temperature Bias During Cold-Air Damming in the Central Appalachian Mountains |
| 2018 |
Erik Olson |
M.S. |
Oliver |
Rescinding a Bid: Stockholm's Uncertain Relationship with the Olympic Games. |
| 2018 |
Breeanna Prince |
M.S. |
Juran |
Access to Water: Advancement of Multidimensional, Multiscalar, and Participatory Methods of Measurement in the Global South |
| 2018 |
Kaitlyn Spangler |
M.S. |
Christie |
When He Comes Home, then He Can Decide: Male Out-Migration, the Feminization of Agriculture, and Integrated Pest Management in the Nepali Mid-Hills |
| 2018 |
Logan Stevens |
M.S. |
Kolivras |
Future Lyme Disease Risk in the Southeastern United States Based on Projected Land Cover |
| 2018 |
Ruoyu Zhang |
M.S. |
Shao |
An Evaluation of a Data-Driven Approach to Regional Scale Surface Runoff Modelling |
| 2017 |
David Fox |
M.S. |
Baird |
Settlement Patterns and their Potential Implications for Livelihoods among Maasai Pastoralists in Northern Tanzania |
| 2017 |
Taylor Meade |
M.S. |
Campbell |
Analyzing Spatial Locations of the Common Agricultural Policy’s Subsidy Areas in Romania with Landsat Imagery |
| 2017 |
Julia Sherry |
M.S. |
Juran |
Perceptions of Water Services and Innovations to Improve Water Services in Tanzania |
| 2017 |
Andy Skeen |
M.S. |
Shao |
Estimating Impervious Surface Cover in Flathead County, Montana |
| 2017 |
Jessica Suggs |
M.S. |
Ellis |
Long-Term Changes in Synoptic-Scale Air Mass Persistence across the United States |
| 2016 |
Tammy E. Parece |
Ph.D. |
Campbell |
Geospatial Analysis to Site Urban Agricultur |
| 2016 |
Jie Ren |
Ph.D. |
Campbell |
Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing of Changing Agricultural Land Uses with the Midwestern Corn Belt, 2001-2015 |
| 2016 |
J.T. Bandzuh |
M.S. |
Juran and Kolivras |
Perceptions of Measures to Control Aedes Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Costa Rica |
| 2016 |
Austin Cooner |
M.S. |
Shao |
Detection of Urban Damage Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Algorithms: Revisiting the 2010 Haiti Earthquake |
| 2016 |
Mario Garza |
M.S. |
Resler |
Biophysical and Climate Analysis of the Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) Infestations in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, 1962-2014 |
| 2016 |
Michael Marston |
M.S. |
Ellis |
Analysis of Extreme Reversals in Seasonal and Annual Precipitation Anomalies across the United States, 1895-2014 |
| 2016 |
Camille Martineau |
M.S. |
Oliver |
Still Last on the List: Examining Patterns of Economic Distress in Appalachia |
| 2016 |
Amanda Michaels |
M.S. |
Resler |
Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem |
| 2016 |
Trevor White |
M.S. |
Carstensen |
Dual-Doppler Derived Vorticity as a Predictor of Hail Size in Severe Thunderstorms |
| 2015 |
Ashley Athey |
M.S. |
Ellis |
Verification of Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates over Complex Terrain: A Ground Truth Analysis for Nepal |
| 2015 |
Leyang Feng |
M.S. |
Shao |
Sensitivity Analysis of Hot/Cold Pixel Selection in SEBAL Model for ET Estimation |
| 2015 |
Lauren Freelander |
M.S. |
Kolivras and Hill |
Socio-Demographic and Environmental Influences on the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in North Carolina |
| 2015 |
Leslie Harwood |
M.S. |
Carstensen |
Identifying Environments in which Vehicle-to-Vehicle Safety Application Alerts were Affected by the Surrounding Topography |
| 2015 |
Bailey Kyle |
M.S. |
Oliver |
The Road to Rio: Infrastructure, Image, New Media, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| 2015 |
Ashley Lewis |
M.S. |
Baird |
Human-Wildlife Conflict and Mobile Phone Use among Maasai Pastoralists near Tarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania |
| 2015 |
Rachael Lubitz |
M.S. |
Kennedy |
A Late Holocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Coastal Lake in Northeastern Dominican Republic |
| 2015 |
Daniel Moore |
M.S. |
Carstensen |
Zone-Based Multiple Regression Models to Visualize GPS Locations in a Network Camera Image |
| 2015 |
Brandon Wheeler |
M.S. |
Shao |
Evaluating Time-Series Smoothing Algorithms for Multi-Temporal Land Cover Classification |
| 2015 |
Suwen Zhao |
M.S. |
Shao and Campbell |
Simulating Urban Growth for Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area by Coupling SLEUTH Model and Population Projection |
| 2014 |
David Kramar |
Ph.D. |
Carstensen |
Evaluation, Assessment, and Determination of Risk to High Trophic Level Piscivores in the Mid-Atlantic: A Spatial and Comparative Case Study of Mercury in Virginia and New England Bald Eagle Populations |
| 2014 |
Ayanda Masilela |
M.S. |
Kolivras |
Discerning Neighborhood Characteristics as Contributing Factors to Infant Mortality in Rural Northern Plains Communities |
| 2014 |
Paul Miller |
M.S. |
Ellis |
The Utility of Total Lightning in Diagnosing Single-Cell Thunderstorm Severity in the Central Appalachian Mountains Region |
| 2014 |
Jayashree Surendrababu |
M.S. |
Kolivras |
Modeling the Impact of Projected Land Cover on Lyme Disease Emergence |
| 2014 |
Haitao Wang |
M.S. |
Kennedy and Shao |
Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics in Zhongwei, an Arid City of Northwest China |
