Completed MS Theses and Projects
Below is a list of alumni who have graduated from our Master of Science in Geospatial Science program.
| Name and Hometown | MS Thesis/ Project | Title | Committee Chair | Year Graduated | Where are they now? |
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Akanga, Donald O. |
MS Thesis | Analysis of Spatiotemporal Occurrence of Drought in Kenya Using MODIS Satellite Data | Dr. Mario Mighty | 2018 | Geography PhD Program, Michigan State University |
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Andrews, Abby D. |
MS Thesis | Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks in the Southeast United States from 1960 through 2004 | Dr. Jonathan P. Fleming | 2014 | Wayne County, Tennessee EMS |
| Baker, Bradley W. | MS Thesis | Spatial Assessment of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation on Existing Drought Conditions in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States | Dr. Lisa Keys-Mathews | 2013 | University of Memphis |
| Buttram, Cayla A. | MS Thesis | Infusing Geospatial Technologies into K-12 Social Studies, Science, and Technology Education | Dr. Lisa Keys-Mathews | 2013 | EF Education First |
| Cook, Jeffrey R. | MS Thesis | Terrorism and Civil War: A Geographic Perspective with Case Studies on Algeria and Syria | Dr. Michael Pretes | 2018 | |
| Cornelius, Kevin | MS Thesis | Forecasting Distribution of Hydrilla Verticillata Under Current and Future Climate Scenarios | Dr. Jonathan Fleming | 2017 | |
| Dibble, Sandor G. K. | MS Thesis |
Spatio-temporal Analysis of Movement Activity of White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Using Camera Traps |
Dr. Sunhui Sim | 2018 | |
| Everett, Steven N. | Project |
GIS Applications in Utility Management Damage Assessment System: A GIS Approach
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Dr. Francis T. Koti | 2016 | Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation |
| Graham, Paul D. | MS Thesis |
Quantifying the Offset of Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the University of North Alabama |
Dr. David Brommer | 2018 | University of North Alabama |
| Green, Tucker | MS Thesis |
Sustainability in Desab, Haiti and Military and Urban Expansion around Active Military Installations |
Dr. David Brommer | 2018 | |
| Hardin, John T. | Project |
Rethinking World Regional Geography: Creating a Geospatial Technologies-Enabled Dual Enrollment Class for High School Students Geographic Profiling: An Examination of the Importance of Geographic Profiling of Violent Serial Crimes |
Dr. Lisa Keys-Mathews | 2016 | National Geographic |
| Lane, Jesse M. | MS Thesis | Maritime Exposure and Economic Prosperity: Why Location Matters | Dr. Michael Pretes | 2015 | Daphne High School, Daphne, Alabama |
| Maloney, James P. | MS Thesis | Perspective Based Concealment Analysis | Dr. Jonathan P. Fleming | 2015 | GeoCue Group, Inc. |
| Matharu, Roshan M. Singh | MS Thesis | A Geospatial Analysis of Low Food Security in the State of Alabama: Distributing Food to Meet Hunger | Dr. Mario Mighty | 2018 | esri |
| Miller, Randee | MS Thesis | Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Hydrilla verticillata Infestation in Pickwick Reservoir, Alabama | Dr. Jonathan Fleming | 2018 | |
| Miller, Timothy A. | MS Thesis | The Effect of Beaver Dams on Nutrition and Stream Quality in North Alabama Streams | Dr. Greg G. Gaston | 2015 | Geo-Source, Inc. |
| Nall, Robert M. | MS Thesis | Understanding Vulnerability: Optimization of a Place-based Vulnerability Model to Floods in Davidson County, Tennessee | Dr. Lisa Keys-Mathews | 2013 | nSide, Inc. |
| Odhiambo, Mary G. | MS Thesis | Spatial Incidence of Obesity in the State of Alabama | Dr. Francis T. Koti | 2015 | City of Decatur Police Department |
| Sayed, Md Abu | MS Thesis | Intelligent Parking Management System - A Multi Agent Based Model | Dr. Sunhui Sim | 2016 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Smith, Abigail A. | MS Thesis | Identifying Populations at Greater Risk of Malaria Due to Hydroelectric Dams: A Case Study of the Gilgel Gibe III Hydroelectric Dam in Ethiopia | Dr. Sunhui Sim | 2018 | Hexagon Geospatial |
| Vinson, Casey | MS Thesis | Spatial and Market Analysis of Southern Micropolitan Places with Craft Breweries | Dr. Lisa Keys-Mathews | 2018 | |
| Thompson, Robert B. | MS Thesis | Land Use Regulation and Access to Amenities: Exploring Spatial Equity Using GIS | Dr. Francis T. Koti | 2016 | University of Alabama Law School |
| Wallace, Zebulon C. | MS Thesis | Risk Perceptions to Tornado Hazards | Dr. Lisa Keys-Mathews | 2012 | University of Memphis |
| Wanyama, Dan | MS Thesis | A Spatial Analysis of Climate Change Effects on Maize Productivity in Kenya | Dr. Mario Mighty | 2017 | Geography PhD Program, Michigan State University |
| White, Chandler | MS Thesis | Phylogenetic Patterns of Potamogeton crispus L. and Its Invasive Impacts on Community Assembly | Dr. Jonathan Fleming | 2017 | Clayton County, GA GIS Department |