Student Projects - CP&E Geospatial Laboratory - Imagery

Student Special Projects

Building Geospatial Skills

Each ESSP Graduate student spends a portion of their time supporting our UMAC Geo-spatial laboratory. This allows us to fulfill our committments to end users by providing processed imagery, while at the same time helping students build valuable geo-spatial skills. In addition to routine image processing, there are additional tasks, or special projects, which students complete to supplement their experience and enhance UMAC's web offerings.

Project Selection

Students are assigned one or two projects each semester, depending on project complexity, from a wish list of possible work. Projects are selected and approved based on the learning potential of the geo-spatial techniques employed, and the perceived benefit of the end product for our users. Use the links below to check out individual student projects.

2008

Create state level digital elevation model
Changes in Geographical Distribution of Crops in North Dakota
Monitoring real-time water flow and historical groundwater data in UMAC area
Detecting water level changes in ND's 3 big reservoirs (Fort Peck, Sakakawea, Oahe)

2007

Analysis of Ag-Census data
Various climate change scenarios in Northern Great Plains to assess climate change impacts
North Dakota Meteorological Network Gateway
Monitoring Land Surface Temperature Variation Using MODIS Data