GIS Abstracts
| Abstract Title | Last Name | Presentation Time | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suitability Analysis for a Level II Trauma Center in Mississippi | Benton Freeseman bfreeseman@arizona.edu |
Wed, 05/06/2026 - 22:00 | Mississippi, Suitability Analysis, Trauma Center, GIS, Emergency Services |
| Mapping Institutional Growth: The St. Theresa Partnership Portal | Eric Serna ericserna@arizona.edu |
Wed, 05/06/2026 - 17:00 | Geographic Information Systems, Asset Mapping, School-Community Partnerships, Spatial Data Mining, Institutional Development |
| Spectral Differentiation of Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine Forest in Southern Arizona | Austin Kingsley austinkingsley@arizona.edu |
Wed, 05/06/2026 - 16:30 | old-growth forest, ponderosa pine, remote sensing, Random Forest classification, Sky Island |
| HeleHana: ESRI Web Application Development for Employee Transportation Solutions. | Kayla Kuroki (Laken) klaken@arizona.edu |
Wed, 05/06/2026 - 15:00 | Web Application, Employee Transportation, Transit Optimization, Network Analysis, General Transit Feed Specification. |
| ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF THE LAGUNA WILDFIRE USING DYNAMIC MAPPING | Stephanie Haaser shaaser@arizona.edu |
Wed, 05/06/2026 - 11:00 | Wildfire, prescribed fire, satellite data, dynamic mapping, environmental impacts. |
| Greensboro Fire Department Battalion Analysis | Rachel Budzinski Rbudzinski@arizona.edu |
Wed, 05/06/2026 - 10:00 | Battalion Chief, Service Area, Span of Control, Fire Operations |
| High Resolution Site Analysis for Cosmic Explorer: Great Plains Colorado | Joshua Klein klein3@arizona.edu |
Tue, 05/05/2026 - 15:30 | site selection, geospatial analysis, Boolean constraint mapping, Cosmic Explorer, Eastern Colorado |
| Mapping Legends: A Cartographic Narrative and Deductive GIS Analysis of the Padres’ Lost Silver Story | Siana Collier scollier@arizona.edu |
Tue, 05/05/2026 - 14:00 | historical GIS, least-cost path analysis, mule transport, Mogollon Rim, Spanish silver |
| Building a WebGIS Application for Locating Parks, Preserves, and Amenities for St. Lucie County, Florida | Milo Ruffing mruffing@arizona.edu |
Tue, 05/05/2026 - 12:00 | WebGIS, Parks, Amenities, Local Government |
| Assessing Land Suitability for the Cosmic Explorer Observatory Near Bend, Oregon Using Boolean Spatial Analysis | Alyssa Guzman aguzman99@arizona.edu |
Mon, 05/04/2026 - 14:00 | Cosmic Explorer, Boolean analysis, suitability analysis, gravitational wave observatory, Oregon |
| Identifying Purposed Gravitational Wave Observatory Site Locations Contained Within US Public Lands | Samuel Urben surben@arizona.edu |
Mon, 05/04/2026 - 13:30 | Cosmic Explorer, Federal Land, Gravitational Wave Observatory, State Land, Site Selection |
| SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF MANGROVE CHANGE AND COASTAL LAND RECLAMATION ALONG QATIF COAST, SAUDI ARABIA (1990–2025) | Fadil Alhassan falhassan@arizona.edu |
Mon, 05/04/2026 - 13:00 | Mangrove, Remote Sensing, Coastal Change, Land Reclamation, GIS |
| Automating Military Terrain Analysis: Design and Implementation of an ArcGIS ModelBuilder Toolbox for Terrain Analysis and Modified Combined Obstacle Overlay (MCOO) Generation | Brian McMullen brianmcmullen@arizona.edu |
Mon, 05/04/2026 - 12:00 | OAKOC, Terrain Analysis, Military GIS, ModelBuilder, Mobility Modeling |
| Spatial Analysis and Habitat Suitability Modeling of Culex quinquefasciatus in Tarrant County, Texas (2020–2022) | Nicholas Salas nssalas@tarrantcountytx.gov |
Mon, 05/04/2026 - 09:00 | Mosquito Abundance, Spatial Analysis, Habitat Suitability, Public Health, Tarrant County |
| Automated Wildfire Hazard Modeling Using Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of the 2024 Line Fire | Heather Robbins hrobbins@arizona.edu |
Fri, 05/01/2026 - 11:00 | Wildfires, Open Source, GIS Analysis, Google Earth Engine, Automation |
| Streamlining High-Resolution NAIP Land-Cover Classification Using Automated Preprocessing and Building Footprint Integration | Brendan Lambert lambertbk10@arizona.edu |
Fri, 05/01/2026 - 10:00 | NAIP imagery, land-cover classification, building footprints, feature engineering, ArcGIS Pro |
| From Static to Dynamic: Developing an Interactive Community Risk Assessment Framework to Sustain Fire Service Accreditation in Denton, Texas | Brian Cox briancox2@arizona.edu |
Thu, 04/30/2026 - 13:00 | Community Risk Assessment, Standards of Cover, Geographic Information Systems, Fire Service Planning, Spatial Analysis |
| Echoes Of Fire: Geospatial Analysis of Terrain, Legacy Burns, and Wind-Aligned Severity During The 2025 Forsyth Fire, Pine Valley, Utah | Jennifer Farner jfarner@arizona.edu |
Fri, 12/05/2025 - 15:30 | Wildfire Severity; Terrain Analysis; Remote Sensing; Wind Alignment; Legacy Burns |
| A Habitat Suitability Analysis of the Kit Fox in Colorado | Channing Shepherd cshepherd@arizona.edu |
Fri, 12/05/2025 - 15:00 | Kit Fox, Wildlife, Conservation, Suitability Analysis, GIS, Colorado |
| Protecting Drinking Water Resources: A Conservation Priority Index for Vulnerable Source Water Areas in New Hampshire | Corine Rueda corinethomas@arizona.edu |
Fri, 12/05/2025 - 13:00 | Source Water Protection Areas, Conservation Prioritization, New Hampshire, Drinking Water, Land Use Planning |
| Stratospheric Balloon Landing Suitability Analysis in Arizona, USA | Jay Park jayspark@arizona.edu |
Fri, 12/05/2025 - 10:00 | Suitability, stratospheric balloon, Arizona, AHP, landing zones |
| Supervised Classification of Stinknet in Maricopa County, Arizona | Corey Caulkins ccaulkins@arizona.edu |
Fri, 12/05/2025 - 09:00 | Remote Sensing, Stinknet, Supervised Classification, Satellite Imagery, Maricopa County |
| Assessing Erosion Control Suitability with Normalized Difference Infrared Index in a Semi-Arid Watershed | Nelly Rubio nrubio13@arizona.edu |
Fri, 08/08/2025 - 14:00 | NDII, Soil Infiltration, Watershed Restoration, Erosion Control Structures, Landsat 8 |
| Tacoma Power - Public Safety Power Shutoff Assessment Tool | Christina Chew cchew@arizona.edu |
Fri, 08/08/2025 - 13:00 | Emergency Management, Public Safety Power Shutoff, Wildfire, Water Purveyors |
| Groundwater Depletion and Sustainability in Merced County, California: Analyzing Current Trends and Future Management Scenarios Using GIS Tools | Desiree Raju draju@arizona.edu |
Fri, 08/08/2025 - 11:30 | groundwater storage, GIS, remote sensing, in situ data, Merced County |