Speaker Series

Speaker Series


2011-2012

Center for Urban and Environmental Change organized a mini-workshop on Innovative Geospatial Techniques in Urban and Regional Development and Management on July 28, 2012. Mr. Jim Stout, the Program Manager of IMAGIS, Indianapolis, Indiana, updated the recent progresses of Indiana Ortho and LIDAR program; Dr. Yandong Wang, the Director of Photogrammetric Engineering at Pictometry International Corp., Rochester, New York, introduced oblique imagery technique and its applications; Prof. Keqi Zhang, the Director of Florida Hurricane Center, Florida International University, presented the real time storm surge forecasting and visualization evaluation; Prof. Guangxin Wang from Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Illinois explained his research on spatial joint simulation; And Prof. Qihao Weng, the Director of Center for Urban and Environmental Change, Indiana State University shared his insight on climate change, urban heat island effects and mitigation strategies.

2006-2007

February 2007, Dr. Guofan Shao from Purdue gave a talk on "Use & misuse of digital remote sensing data for land use mapping". This program was sponsored by CUEC and Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology (GGA), Indiana State University.

October 2nd, 3:30-4:30 pm (Monday): Dr. Michael Angilletta, Associate Professor, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Indiana State University, Physiological Adaptation along Thermal Clines: From Macro- to Micrographic Scales.

2005-2006

March 20th, 3:30-4:30 pm (Monday): Jim Stout, IMAGIS Program Manager, Indiana's 2005 Statewide Ortho Project.

April 10th, 3:30-4:30 pm (Monday): Lindsey Purcell, Indy Parks and Recreation, Working Trees: Planning for a Sustainable Community Forest.

2004-2005

Feb. 22, 3:30-4:30 pm (Tuesday): Jeffrey Shan, Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, Airborne Lidar Data Processing for Urban Areas.

April 12, 3:30-4:30 pm (Tuesday): Dr. Joel Ouettes, Head, GEST-Group for the Study of Society and Territory, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Society and Territory in Latin America: Historical and Contemporary Issues.

April 18th, 3:30-4:30 pm (Monday): Jim Stout, IMAGIS Program Manager, The Indianapolis LiDAR Project and Applications.