Recent Graduates
2021
Katelyn Miner
Current Position: Planning-Planner, Bi-State Regional Commission, Rock Island, IL
Thesis: “Analyzing perceptions of citizen science as part of an international learning experience”
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Tabor
2020
Yiyi Zhang
Current Position: Doctoral student, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Thesis: “Evaluating Livelihood Vulnerability of Farming Communities to Winter Storms in Iowa”
Advisor: Dr. Bingqing Liang
Taylor Rae Garton
Thesis: “Analysis of a Paleoglacier Reconstruction Model for Valley Glaciers of the Wind River Range, Wyoming”
Advisor: Dr. Dennis Dahms
2019
Daniel Murphy
Thesis: “Separability of Maize Varieties Using an Unmanned Aircraft and Hyperspectral Sensor in Iowa”
Advisor: Dr. Andrey Petrov
Grant Burke
Thesis: “Intermodal Transportation Stakeholder Analysis Methods Selection: A New System Addressing Existing Methods and Which to Choose”
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Tabor
Md Atiqur Rahman
Current Position: Doctoral student, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Thesis: “High-Resolution Satellite Imagery Analysis of Coastal Tundra Vegetation Disturbances Caused by All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVS): A Case Study in Teriberka, Russia”
Advisor: Dr. Andrey Petrov
Sushil Tuladhar
Thesis: “Spatio Temporal Assessment of Condition, Seasonal Trends, and Determinants of Agriculturally Derived Nutrients in the Upper Cedar River Watershed, Iowa”
Advisor: Dr. Andrey Petrov
Peterson Wambuu
Current Position: Doctoral student, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Thesis: “Socio-economic Impacts of International Tourism on A Local Community: A Case Study of the Town of Malindi, Kilifi County Kenya”
Advisor: Dr. J. Henry Owusu
2018
Christopher J. Pierce
Current Position: Doctoral student, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Thesis: “Integration of Refugees from Burma in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas in Iowa”
Advisor: Dr. Andrey Petrov
Aaron T. Padilla
Current Position: GIS Technician, Bolton & Menk Inc.
Thesis: “landscape and Climate Drivers of Harmful Algal Blooms in Iowa”
Advisor: Dr. James Dietrich
David Jensen
Thesis: “Spatial Disparities and Socio-economic Conditions: A Food Desert Analysis of Greater Des Moines, Iowa”
Advisor: Dr. Tim Strauss
Dane Atkins
Current Position: Doctoral student, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Thesis: “Affective Risk Perception in Automotive Environments”
Advisor: Dr. Tim Strauss
2017
Athila Gevaerd Montibeller
Current Position: GIS Analyst, Caruso Jr., Florianopolis, Brazil
Thesis: “Estimating Energy Fluxes and Evapotranspiration of Corn and Soybean with an Unmanned Aircraft System in Ames, Iowa”
Advisor: Dr. Bingqing Liang
Narmina Lusubova
Current Position: Research Analyst, Transportation Institue, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Thesis: “A Multiscale Assessment of Wind Energy Resources and Suitability in the Russian Arctic”
Advisor: Dr. Andrey Petrov
2016
Arif Masrur
Current Position: Doctoral student, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Thesis: “Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Active Wildfire Events in the Arctiv Tundra Biome Using MODIS Data (2001-2015)”
Advisor: Dr. Andrey Petrov
Emily Franics
Current Position: Doctoral student, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Thesis: “Analyzing Winter Migration Fidelity and Movement of the Wild Taimyr Reindeer Herd, Rangifer T. Tarandus”
Advisor: Dr. Andrey Petrov
Garrett Jepsen
Current Position:
Thesis: “Natural Disaster Planning an Preparedness at Universities”
Advisor: Dr. Patrick Pease